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Mark 2:9-11

MARK—NOTE ON Mark 2:9 Which is easier? The fact that Jesus can do the visible miracle (heal the paralytic) is evidence that he can also do the more difficult invisible miracle (forgive sins).

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  • A Textual Commentary On The Greek New Testament by Bruce M. Metzger

    MARK 2:9 avfi,entai {B} See the comment on ver. 5....

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    See this miracle explained in Matthew 9:2. PALSY - See the notes at Matthew 4:24. BORNE OF FOUR - Carried upon a couch Matthew 9:2

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 2 _ 1. The Servant again in Capernaum. The healing of the Paralytic. (Mark 2:1 .Matthew 9:1; Luke 5:17 .)_ 2. Levi called. With the Publicans and Sinners. ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    THE HEALING OF THE PARALYTIC. Loisy (pp. 86- 88) regards the discussion of the right to forgive sins as artificially interwoven by Mk. into a simpler story of healing. He says it is not like Jesus to...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    Some of the experts in the law were sitting there, and they were debating within themselves, "How can this fellow speak like this? He is insulting God. Who can forgive sins except one person--God?" Je...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    A FAITH THAT WOULD NOT BE DENIED (Mark 2:1-6)...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    WHETHER IS IT... ?. Which is... ?...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _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 _claim_this power or _claim_that; _to say_, Thy sins be...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    ἘΓΕΊΡΟΝ ([264][265] may be original, but it looks like a correction of the intrans. ἔγειρε. Mt. and Lk. have ἔγειρε here, and all three have ἔγειρε at Mark 2:11. [264] Codex Vaticanus. 4th cent., but...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    1–12. HEALING OF A PARALYTIC AT CAPERNAUM. THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS Matthew 9:1-8; Luke 5:17-26 This incident gives the dominant thought to a group of narratives which record the hostile criticisms of...

  • Catena Aurea Commentary

    Ver 1. And again He entered into Capernaum after some days; and it was noised that He was in the house. 2. And straightway many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no room to receive them,...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    _JESUS HEALED A CRIPPLED MAN MARK 2:1-12:_ Jesus did not remain in the desert after Satan tempted Him. He returned to Capernaum. Word quickly passed that He was in a certain house and a large crowd ga...

  • Charles Rose Commentaries

    ΕΎΚΟΠΏΤΕΡΟΝ _сотр. от_ ΕΎΚΟΠΟΣ (G2123) легкое дело, легкий, ΕΙΠΕΊΝ _aor. act. inf. от_ ΛΈΓΩ (G3004) говорить. _Inf._ объясняет ΕΎΚΟΠΏΤΕΡΟΝ. ΈΓΕΙΡΕ _praes. imper. act. от_ ΈΓΕΊΡΩ (G1453) подниматься,...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 1418 THE PARALYTIC HEALED Mark 2:8. And immediately when Jesus perceived in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, he said unto them, Why reason ye these things in your hearts?...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    WHETHER IS IT EASIER TO SAY, &C.— To _say,_ and to _perform,_ were the same to Christ. What he here _said_ he _did;_ remitting sin, and curing diseases by his word. To _forgive sins_ is comparatively...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    5. FORGIVENESS AND HEALING2:1-12 _TEXT 2:1-12_ And when he entered again into Capernaum after some days, it was noised that he was in the house. And many were gathered together, so that there was no...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    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? WHETHER IS IT EASIER TO SAY TO THE SICK OF THE PALSY, THY SINS BE ...

  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

    4 Eastern houses have flat roofs with battlements, easily accessible from the ground, and a place of resort, especially in the evening. The roof usually was covered with quite a thickness of earth, la...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE SICK OF THE PALSY 1-12. Healing of the palsied man (Matthew 9:9; Luke 5:27). See on Mt....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    CHRIST IN THE BIBLE: MARK’S GOSPEL _KEITH SIMONS_ This commentary HAS BEEN through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 2 JESUS *FORGIVES A MAN VERSES 1-12 Jesus had made many ill people well. But he di...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER 2 CHAPTER 2:1-12 (Mark 2:1) THE SICK OF THE PALSY "And when He entered again into Capernaum after some days, it was noised that He was in the house." Mark 2:1 (R.V.) [And when He had come ba...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    _The palsied man_ (Matthew 9:1-8; Luke 5:17-26)....

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    Mark 2:9-10, _vide_ notes on Mt....

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    Thus far of the sick man, how he got to Jesus, and the sympathetic reception he met with. Now the scribes begin to play their part. They find their opportunity in the sympathetic word of Jesus: thy si...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE FRIEND OF SINNERS Mark 1:40-45; Mark 2:1-22 _The leper,_ Mark 1:40-45. The news of Christ spread fast and far until it reached the outcasts from Jewish society, the very dregs of humanity. As the...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    A great principle of the exercise of power by the Master is revealed in the words, "When He saw their faith." There can be no doubt that the word "their" includes the whole party, both the man himself...

  • Godbey's Commentary on the New Testament

    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...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (2) And straightway many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no room to receive _them,_ no not so much as about the door: and he preached the word unto them. (3) And they come unto him, br...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    It is remarkable how tradition has contrived to injure the truth in touching the question of the method of the gospel we now enter on; for the current view which comes down to us from the ancients, st...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Afterwards (chapter 2) He goes again into the city, and immediately the multitude gather together. What a living picture of the Lord's life of service! He preaches to them. This was His object and His...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    WHETHER IS IT EASIER TO SAY TO THE SICK OF THE PALSY,.... This question was put to them by Christ, in order to prove his deity, and clear himself from the charge of blasphemy; for he that could cure t...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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? Ver. 9. _See Trapp on "_ Mat 9:5 _"_...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _When Jesus saw their faith_ The faith of the bearers of the paralytic, as well as of the paralytic himself, manifested by their making these extraordinary efforts to bring him to Jesus, he had compas...

  • Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)

    The manner in which Jesus Christ, when on earth, performed miracles, showed that he was able to forgive sins, and of course was truly divine....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Christ's defense against the scribes:...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    One paralyzed man who was dependent on the help of four men was now brought to Him. If leprosy is the type of sin's corruption, paralysis teaches us the helplessness occasioned by sin. Yet all five me...

  • Manly Luscombe Commentary on New Testament

    TITLE: Who Can Forgive Sins TEXT: Mark 2:1-12 PROPOSITION: I must learn how to forgive. QUESTION: Who? KEY WORD: Types SCRIPTURE READING: Mark 2:1-7 INTRODUCTION: 1. Story of the faith of 4 friends o...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-12 It was this man's misery that he needed to be so carried, and shows the suffering state of human life; it was kind of those who so carried him, and teaches the compassion that should be in men,...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    SEE POOLE ON "MARK 2:1...

  • NT Verse References in the Ante-Nicene Fathers

    Tertullian On Modesty For thus it was that the Lord Jesus Christ showed His power: "Why think ye evil in your hearts? For which is easier, to say to the paralytic, Thy sins are remitted thee; or, Ris...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Mark 2:9 Which G5101 is G2076 (G5748) easier G2123 say G2036 (G5629) paralytic G3885 sins G266 forgiven...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘And immediately Jesus, perceiving in His spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, says to them, “Why do you reason these things in your hearts? Which is easier? To say to the paralytic, ‘Your...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE SON OF MAN HAS THE POWER TO FORGIVE SINS (2:1-12). The idea of the authority of Jesus continues. Having been revealed as the drencher in the Holy Spirit, God's beloved and Spirit anointed Son, the...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    Mark 2:9-11. See on Matthew 9:5; Matthew 9:7....

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    On the cure of the _paralytic_, see on Matthew 9:2-8, and comp. Luke 5:17-26. Mark's account is the most minute and graphic....

  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

    SINS SIN (_ See Scofield) - (Romans 3:23). _...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Mark 2:1 Note here: I. The helplessness of some men. All helplessness traceable to sin. II. The social usefulness of some other men. We can all carry sufferers to Christ, even when we cannot heal t...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Mark 2:1. _And again he entered into Capernaum, after some days; and it was noised that he was in the house. And straightway many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no room to receive the...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Mark 2:1. _And again he entered into Capernaum, after some days; and it was noised that he was in the house. And straightway many were gathered together, inasmuch that there was no room to receive the...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Mark 2:1. _And again he entered into Capernaum, after some days; and it was noised that he was in the house. And straightaway many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no room to receive th...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Healing of the palsied man. Call of Matthew. Parable of the cloth and bottles. Jesus, Lord of the Sabbath. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Paralytic, Matthew, David, Alphaeus. CONCLUSION: Jesus Christ w...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Mark 2:4. _They uncovered the roof._ Houses in the east have mostly flat roofs on which they walk for the benefit of the air. They have but a narrow door, and seldom a window to the street. All their...

  • The Bible Study New Testament

    SO MANY PEOPLE CAME TOGETHER. For the healing of this paralyzed man, see notes on Matthew 9:2-8, Luke tells us that there were Pharisees and teachers of the Law sitting there, who had come from every...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _But that ye may know that the Son of Man hath power on earth to forgive sins._ THE EASE OF DIVINE POWER I think it is impossible not to be struck with this narrative. He not only shows His power he...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _And again He entered into Capernaum._ THE GENERAL MINISTRY OF CHRIST Christ’s apparent delays are only the maturings of time-the ripenings of opportunity. He will come, not when impatient men think...

  • The Gospels Compared

    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

  • The Great Commentary of Cornelius à Lapide

    CHAPTER 2 1 _Christ healeth one sick of the palsy_, 14 _calleth Matthew from the receipt of custom_, 15 _eateth with publicans and sinners_, 18 _excuseth his disciples for not fasting_, 23 _and for pl...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Mark 2:1. IT WAS NOISED.—_It was heard, He is in the house_, or _at home_. Perhaps the house already mentioned, viz. Simon’s (Mark 1:29); but more probably His own hom...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION MARK 2:1 The first sentence of this verse is better rendered thus: AND WHEN HE ENTERED again (εἰσελθῶν πάλιν) INTO CAPERNAUM AFTER SOME DAYS; literally, after days (δι ̓ ἡμερῶν). It i...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now, And again he entered into Capernaum after some days; and it was noised that he was in the house (Mark 2:1). So, word went around Jesus is in the house over there. And straightway many were gath...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Luke 5:22; Mark 2:5; Matthew 9:5...

  • Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament (4 Volume Set)

    Walk [π ε ρ ι π α τ ε ι]. Lit., walk about....

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    THE HEALING OF THE SICK OF THE PALSY Mark 2:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. How Christ's meetings were advertised. Our Lord's Word and His work was sufficient to assure Him a multitude, whithersoever He wen...

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