Commentaries:
People's Commentary (NT)
Matthew 9:3
Certain of the scribes. The learned class, the official expounders
of the Scriptures, the theologians, the jurists, the legislators, the
politicians, and, indeed, the soul of Israel.
Said within themselves. They had scented heresy from afar, and
came from Jerusalem to pry into the teachings of the Prophet of
Galilee, as the people called him (Matthew 21:11). See Luke 5:17.
This [man] blasphemeth. By professing to forgive sins, the
prerogative not of man, but of God. If Christ were but a man, as they
imagined, the scribes would have been right. And yet, so far, he had
not said that "he" forgave the sins, but merely declared them forgiven.
This was the beginning of the opposition that ended with the cross. On
the same accusation of blasphemy, now first made, the Sanhedrin
condemned him to death (Matthew 26:65).
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Matthew 9:3
Mark 2:2-12
Luke 5:17-26
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