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Mark 2:7

Mark 2:7
Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only?

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And immediately, when Jesus perceived in his Spirit,.... "His own Spirit", as the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, Arabic, and Ethiopic versions read; not his human soul, nor the holy Spirit of God, though both…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Mark 2:3-12

See this miracle explained in Mat 9:2-8. Palsy - See the notes at Mat 4:24. Borne of four - Carried upon a couch Mat 9:2 by four men. Mar 2:4 The press - The crowd, the multitude of people. Jesus was…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? - See this explained Mat 9:3 (note), etc.

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Mark 2:1-12

Christ, having been for some time preaching about in the country, here returns to Capernaum his head-quarters, and makes his appearance there, in hopes that by this time the talk and crowd would be…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

blasphemies for the claim to forgive sins implied a distinct equality with God in respect to one of His most incommunicable attributes.