Whether his name was Zacchaes or Zacharias is unknown but in the hotel industry he became known as *Zack.
It is not known if he inherited Bethlehem‘s “Best Eastern” from his family,
his wife’s family, or bought it outright.
But on THAT famous night he was the proprietor of the inn.
Zack may have been young or old, the record does not say. We are not informed if he was wealthy or poor – barely meeting his payments on the inn.
Was Zack tall or short, skinny or fat?
No documents exist to acclaim his great learning or lack thereof.
Was Zack a gentleman with a handsome profile or did his face reveal low breeding? Were his words kind and friendly or were they harsh?
We’re not told if he was attired in the latest Roman robe or if his appearance was conservatively Hebrew. Was he married? Had HIS wife ever given birth to a child? Had HE ever traveled from Bethlehem and needed a room?
What was he worth the night he died? What were his perks? How much did he earn each week? Where was he born? What was his genealogy?
How long did he own the “famous” inn? Did Zack enjoy plain mutton chops and bread or was he a connoisseur of Mediterranean dining?
Did he race camels, collect Hittite pottery or trivialize his time with some other hobby?
Were his days simple or scheduled segments of managerial perfection?
Zack’s hair, was it black, stylishly cut or was it a mere shadow of its former glory with an exceedingly wide part?
We do not know his race, face, pace, or even his grace. Was he a faithful worshipper at the local synagogue or had he imbibed “modern thoughts” about God?
Did he ever learn who his ALMOST Guest was?
For a key player in history we know so little about him.
HISTORY HAS LEFT BUT ONE FACT, ABOUT ZACK
– HE HAD NO ROOM FOR JESUS!
Written while pastoring Bible Holiness Chapel, Oelrichs, SD and printed in the Hot Springs Star (newspaper) Dec., 1995
* No, we have not discovered some old scroll detailing the inns of the Holy Land, but allow me to use Zack in stead of saying “the innkeeper” each time and it could even make this story more real.
Separate-Holy 
Daddy, I enjoyed reading all about Zack. However, I don’t want to be like him, I want to HAVE ROOM FOR JESUS!
I just posted a picture, of a picture, of a picture on my blog, that I’d like you to see. In April, Uncle Don had an old picture of you and your family, when you were just a baby. I took a picture of it, and got it printed, put it in a frame and then took a picture of it to put on my blog. I’m very happy to have that picture and thankful that the Lord helped it to turn out so nicely. You were a cute little baby then. =)
Love to you and Moma from Colombia. Please tell Grandma that we got her nice Christmas picture in the mail.