Matthew 9:5

For whether is easier to say,..... Christ proceeds to clear himself of the charge of blasphemy, and to prove his power to forgive sins, by putting a case to them, of which he makes themselves Judges,…

For whether is easier to say - Thy “sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise and walk?” The one involves divine “power,” the other divine “authority,” and neither can be done but by God. One is as easy…

The first words of this chapter oblige us to look back to the close of that which precedes it, where we find the Gadarenes so resenting the loss of their swine, that they were disgusted with Christ's…

When Jesus said "Thy sins have been forgiven thee" the young man did not immediately rise (see Mat 9:9). Instantly the scribes thought with a sneer "this fellow blasphemes," i. e. pretends to a divine…