“ Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only? ”
See this miracle explained in Matthew 9:2-8 . Palsy - See the notes at Matthew 4:24 . Borne of four - Carried upon a couch Matthew 9:2 by four men. Mark 2:4 The press - The crow...
The Healing of the Paralytic. Loisy (pp. 86- 88) regards the discussion of the right to forgive sins as artificially interwoven by Mk. into a simpler story of healing. He says it is not like Jesus...
but God only . except One [that is] God. God. App-98.
Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only? Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? - See this explained Matthew 9:3 (note), etc.
Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies?— The word blasphemy, in prophane writings, signifies slander, calumny, or any kind of opprobrious language; but in Scripture it commonly denotes opprobri...
Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only? Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only? In this second question they expresse...
The Sick of the Palsy 1-12. Healing of the palsied man ( Matthew 9:9 ; Luke 5:27 ). See on Mt.
Why doth this man ...? — The better MSS. give, “Why doth this Man thus speak? He blasphemeth.”
Chapter 2 CHAPTER 2:1-12 ( Mark 2:1-12 ) THE SICK OF THE PALSY "And when He entered again into Capernaum after some days, it was noised that He was in the house." Mark 2:1 (R.V.) [And when He...
the Friend of Sinners Mark 1:40-45 ; Mark 2:1-22 The leper, Mark 1:40-45 . The news of Christ spread fast and far until it reached the outcasts from Jewish society, the very dregs of human...
A great principle of the exercise of power by the Master is revealed in the words, "When He saw their faith." There can be no doubt that the word "their" includes the whole party, both the man himsel...
(2) And straightway many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no room to receive them, no not so much as about the door: and he preached the word unto them. (3) And they come unto him, b...
Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies ?.... They took Christ to be a mere man, and reasoned with themselves, that he must be a blasphemer, in assuming that to himself, which was peculiar to God:...
Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only? Ver. 7. Who can forgive sins, &c. ] Man may remit the trespass, God only the transgression.
When Jesus saw their faith The faith of the bearers of the paralytic, as well as of the paralytic himself, manifested by their making these extraordinary efforts to bring him to Jesus, he had compa...
One paralyzed man who was dependent on the help of four men was now brought to Him. If leprosy is the type of sin's corruption, paralysis teaches us the helplessness occasioned by sin. Yet all five m...
The Healing of a Paralytic. 1 And again he entered into Capernaum after some days; and it was noised that he was in the house. ...
See Poole on " Mark 2:1 "
The Son of Man Has the Power to Forgive Sins (2:1-12). The idea of the authority of Jesus continues. Having been revealed as the drencher in the Holy Spirit, God's beloved and Spirit anointed Son,...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES Mark 2:1 . It was noised .— It was heard, He is in the house , or at home . Perhaps the house already mentioned, viz. Simon’s ( Mark 1:29 ); but more probably His...
Mark 2:1-12 Note here: I. The helplessness of some men. All helplessness traceable to sin. II. The social usefulness of some other men. We can all carry sufferers to Christ, even when we cannot...
Mark 2:1-2 . And again he entered into Capernaum, after some days; and it was noised that he was in the house. And straightway many were gathered together, inasmuch that there was no room to receiv...
Mark 2:4 . They uncovered the roof. Houses in the east have mostly flat roofs on which they walk for the benefit of the air. They have but a narrow door, and seldom a window to the street. All the...
And again He entered into Capernaum. The general ministry of Christ Christ’s apparent delays are only the maturings of time-the ripenings of opportunity. He will come, not when impatient men th...
EXPOSITION Mark 2:1 The first sentence of this verse is better rendered thus: And when he entered again (εἰσελθῶν πάλιν) into Capernaum after some days; literally, after days (...
Christ's defense against the scribes:
Daniel 9:9 ; Isaiah 43:25 ; Job 14:4 ; John 10:33 ; John 10:36 ; John 20:20-23 ; Luke 5:21 ; Luke 7:49 ; Micah 7:18 ; Mark 14:64 ; Matthew 26:65 ; Matthew 9:3 ; Psalms 130:4
The Healing of the Sick of the Palsy Mark 2:1-17 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. How Christ's meetings were advertised. Our Lord's Word and His work was sufficient to assure Him a multitude, whithersoev...