Whether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk?
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Gill's Exposition
But that ye may know that the son of man,.... Meaning himself, who was really man, and the true Messiah, in which sense this phrase had been used in the writings of the Old Testament; see Psa 80:17,…
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…
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…
Cambridge Bible
Whether is it easier Observe what is here contrasted, Not, "Which is easier, to forgive sin or to raise a paralytic?" but "Which is easier, to claimthis power or claimthat; to say, Thy sins be…