Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Luke 5:23
Whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Else up and walk?
Whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Else up and walk?
See this passage explained in the notes at Matthew 9:1. Luke 5:17 ON A CERTAIN DAY - The time and place are not particularly mentioned here, but from Matthew 9:1 it seems
CHAPTER 5 _ 1. The Miraculous Drought of Fishes. (Luke 5:1)_ 2. The Leper Healed. (Luke 5:12) 3. The Paralytic Healed. (Luke 5:17) 4. The Call of Matthew and the Feast ...
THE HEALING OF THE PARALYTIC (Mark 2:1 *, Matthew 9:1 *). All three accounts are in close agreement. Lk. however introduces at the outset Pharisees and teachers of the law from all over Galilee as wel...
THE CONDITIONS OF A MIRACLE (Luke 5:1-11)...
Now--look you--there came men bearing on a bed a man who was paralysed, and they were trying to carry him in and to lay him before Jesus. When they could find no way to carry him in because of the cro...
BE. have been. THEE. to thee....
_Whether is easier, to say_ An impostor might _say_-thy sins have been forgiven" without any visible sign whether his words had any power or not; no one could by a word make a man -rise and walk" who...
The Healing of the Paralytic 17. _on a certain day_ The vagueness of the phrase shews that no stress is here laid on chronological order. In Matthew 9:2-8; Mark 2:3-12 the scene is in a house in Caper...
ΤΊ ἘΣΤΙΝ ΕΥ̓ΚΟΠΏΤΕΡΟΝ …; The adj. εὕκοπος is not found in Attic. In the N.T. it is only used in the comparative. Any one might _say_ ‘thy sins have been forgiven’ without any visible sign whether his...
THE HEALING OF THE PARALYTIC...
Ver 17. And it came to pass on a certain day, as he was teaching, that there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, which were come out of every town of Galilee, and Judea, and Jerusalem: a...
ΕΎΚΟΠΏΤΕΡΟΝ _сотр. от_ ΕΎΚΟΠΟΣ (G2123) легкий; _сотр._ легче, ΕΙΠΕΊΝ _aor. act. inf. от_ ΛΈΓΩ (G3004) говорить. Эпэкз. _inf._ ΈΓΕΙΡΕ _praes. imper._ aci от ΕΓΕΊΡΩ (G1453) подниматься, ΠΕΡΙΠΑΤΕΊ _pra...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 2 Cleansing Men (Luke 5:12-26) 12 While he was in one of the cities, there came a man full of leprosy; and when he saw Jesus, he fell on his face and besought him, Lord, if...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _Jesus Heals a Paralytic Scripture_ Luke 5:17-26 And it came to pass on one of those days, that he was teaching; and there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, who w...
And it came to pass on a certain day, as he was teaching, that there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, which were come out of every town of Galilee, and Judaea, and Jerusalem: and the...
8-11 Compare Mat_4:19-22; Mar_1:20. 11 This is the marvelous manner in which He recalls them. In a few minutes He gives them a preview of the mission which they are to fill, and then summons them to...
THE PARALYTIC (Matthew 9:1; Mark 2:1). See on Mt....
MIRACULOUS DRAUGHT OF FISHES. THE PALSIED MAN 1-11. First miraculous draught of fishes (peculiar to Lk). Many critics identify this incident with that recorded in Matthew 4:18 and Mark 1:16. But there...
LUKE’S GOOD NEWS LUKE _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 5 JESUS CALLS THE FIRST *DISCIPLES 5:1-11 V1 The people crowded round Jesus because they were so eager to hear God’s message. He was standing by the...
(17-26) IT CAME TO PASS... — See Notes on Matthew 9:1. PHARISEES AND DOCTORS OF THE LAW. — The description of the crowd of listeners is peculiar to St. Luke. The fact that many of the doctors of the l...
_The paralytic_ (Matthew 9:1-8; Mark 2:1-12)....
CLEANSING, POWER AND PARDON Luke 5:12-26 Jesus did not hesitate to touch the leper, because He could no more be polluted by uncleanness than could a ray of light by passing through a fetid atmospher...
Four of Jesus' disciples, already called into the relation of discipleship, are here called more definitely to service. Taking command of their vessel, to which in all probability they had returned wi...
HE HEALS A PARALYTIC Matthew 9:2-8; Mark 2:1-12; & Luke 5:17-26. Mark: “And again He came into Capernaum during those days, and it was heard that He is at home. And immediately the multitudes came tog...
3. _The Paralytic: Luke 5:15-26_. 1 _st._ A general description of the state of the work, Luke 5:15-16; Luke 2 _d._ The cure of the paralytic, Luke 5:17
_The Miracle._ The miraculous work which is to follow is for a moment deferred. Jesus, without having heard the words of those about Him, understands their murmurs. His mind is, as it were, the mirror...
(17) And it came to pass on a certain day, as he was teaching, that there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, which were come out of every town of Galilee, and Judea, and Jerusalem: and...
The preface of Luke's gospel is as instructive as the introduction of either of the two preceding gospels. It is obvious to any serious reader that we enter a totally different province, though all be...
Man, He was come for men. He will associate others (chapter 5) with Himself in this glorious work. He has a right to do it. If He is in grace a servant, He is so according to the full power of the Hol...
WHETHER IS IT EASIER TO SAY,.... Mark adds, "to the sick of the palsy"; to whom Christ had said that his sins were forgiven him, which had given offence to the Scribes and Pharisees, imagining that he...
And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is this which speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone? 22 But when Jesus perceived their thoughts, he answering said u...
_And on a certain day, as he was teaching_ Not on a sabbath day, as it appears, but on a week-day; and not in the synagogue, but in a private house. Preaching and hearing the word of God is good work,...
The works of Jesus Christ, when on earth, showed that he had power to forgive sins and is truly divine....
PETER, JAMES AND JOHN CALLED AS DISCIPLES (vs.1-11) It is good to read in verse 1 that by the Lake of Gennesaret (or Sea of Galilee) the people pressed upon the Lord Jesus, not to see miracles, but t...
17-26 How many are there in our assemblies, where the gospel is preached, who do not sit under the word, but sit by! It is to them as a tale that is told them, not as a message that is sent to them....
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Luke 5:23 Which G5101 is G2076 (G5748) easier G2123 say G2036 (G5629) Your G4675 sins G266 forgiven...
‘But Jesus perceiving their reasonings, answered and said to them, “Why do you reason in your hearts? Which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven you', or to say, ‘Arise and walk?' ” Jesus gather...
JESUS IS THE SON OF MAN WHO CAN FORGIVE SINS (5:17-26). We now commence here a series of five incidents which can be paralleled in Mark, from where Luke probably gained most of his knowledge about the...
Luke 5:17-26. HEALING OF THE PARALYTIC. See on Matthew 9:2-8; Mark 2:1-12. This account contains marks of independence....
CHRONOLOGY. The occurrences mentioned in this section are detailed by Matthew and Mark. The latter (Luke 1:40 to Luke 2:22) places them in the same order, but Matthew inserts the healing of the leper...
Luke 5:12. _And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosy:_ What a contrast there was between these two persons, the Lord Jesus full of purity, and this man full of...
Luke 5:1. _And it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret, and saw two ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone ou...
Luke 5:12. _And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosy:_ As far gone with leprosy as he could be; thoroughly tainted, and eaten up with that loathsome disease....
CONTENTS: Miraculous draught of fishes. Healing of a leper and a paralytic. Call of Matthew. The scribes and Pharisees answered. Parables of the garment and bottles. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Simon, Ja...
Luke 5:3. _He sat down, and taught the people out of the ship._ Here he used those beautiful parables, in Matthew 13.; but Matthew's gospel being extant, St. Luke does not repeat the parables in this...
SOME PHARISEES AND TEACHERS OF THE LAW. See notes on Matthew 9:1-8....
_A man which was taken with a palsy_ CARRIED BY FOUR I. THERE ARE CASES WHICH WILL NEED THE AID OF A LITTLE BAND OF WORKERS BEFORE THEY WILL BE FULLY SAVED. Yonder is a householder as yet unsaved: hi...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 5:23 It is easier to say that a person’s sins are forgiven (which _cannot_ be disproved) than to claim to be able to tell him to rise up and walk (which _can_ be disproved). Jesus’ h...
JESUS HEALS A PARALYZED MAN MATTHEW 9:1-8; MARK 2:1-12; LUKE 5:17-26; MATTHEW 9:1 And he entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his ow
CHAPTER 5 VER. 6. _They inclosed a great multitude of fishes_ for Peter had said, "At Thy word I will let down the net." "Behold here the fruit and reward of obedience. Jesus did this 1. In order that...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Luke 5:17.—The scene of this miracle was a house in Capernaum, either in a house belonging to his family (John 2:12) or in St. Peter’s house. PHARISEES AND DOCTORS OF THE LAW.—They ha...
EXPOSITION When St. Luke compiled his Gospel, many of the circumstances connected with the early relations of the leaders of Christianity with their Founder were so well known, and had been so often r...
Shall we turn now in our Bibles to Luke's gospel chapter 5. The popularity of the ministry of Jesus is growing. Word is being spread around of the miracles that are being wrought by Him, and now where...
Mark 2:9; Matthew 9:5...
Walk [π ε ρ ι π α τ ε ι]. Lit., walk about....