Jesus Christ has made me clean. I am sorry for what happened. This is all I own, and I want you to have it. He hands the sergeant a tattered Bible and disappears into the darkness. Astounded, the sergeant stares down at the Bible as the screen fades out.
Few things are more powerful than a Christian making amends.
The roots of penance in Christianity. A. Old Testament practice of restitution. Guilty parties must pay back, plus a penalty. Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody out of anything, I will pay back four times the amount. Zacchaeus is going way above that, as a way to make up for his selfishness.