Commentaries:
People's Commentary (NT)
Mark 2:2-12
Many were gathered together. For notes on the healing of this
paralytic see Matthew 9:2-8. Compare Luke 5:17-26. As we learn from
Luke, among those gathered were Pharisees and scribes from Judea,
Jerusalem, and Galilee (Luke 5:17), evidently by a preconcerted
arrangement. The whole incident illustrates: (1) The Divine power of
Christ. He could assert that he forgave sins without blasphemy. (2) The
difference between Christ and his apostles, none of whom claimed to
forgive sins (see Acts 8:22-24). (3) It affords a test for all
priests who claim to forgive sin. If they possessed power to forgive
sins they would have power also to relieve the body of the physical
consequences of sin.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Matthew 9:2
Mark 2:2-12
Luke 5:17-26
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