The Son of man] i.e. the Son of God in the humiliation of His life on earth. Hath power (RM 'authority') on earth to forgive sins] What is the force of on earth? Bengel rightly says, 'This speech hints at His celestial origin.' Christ's design is to prove that His Incarnation has not emptied Him of His divine prerogatives. Though humbled on earth, the divine power of pardon was still His. By becoming man He had not ceased to be God.
Verse Matthew 9:6. _BUT THAT YE MAY KNOW, C._] _External_ miracles are the proofs of _internal ones_. _Three_ miracles are wrought in this case. (I mean, by miracle, something _produced_ or _known_ th...
BUT THAT YE MAY KNOW ... - That you may have full proof on that point; that you may see that I have power to forgive sin, I will perform an act which all must perceive and admit to require the power o...
CHAPTER 9 1. A Man Sick of the Palsy Healed. (Matthew 9:1 .) 2. The Call of Matthew (Matthew 9:9 .) 3. With the Publicans and the Sinners. (Matthew 9:10 .) 4. The Question of John's Disciples. ...
THE HEALING OF THE PARALYTIC (Mark 2:1 * Luke 5:17). Mt. here resumes Mk.'s order; Matthew 8:18 *. As usual he condenses the narrative, saying nothing of the dense crowd round the house or of the devi...
III. THE POWER OF THE SON OF MAN. 6. BUT THAT YE MAY KNOW. By doing that which is capable of being put to the proof,. will vindicate my right and power to do that which in its very nature is incapab...
THE GROWTH OF OPPOSITION (Matthew 9:1-34) We have repeatedly seen that in Matthew's gospel there is nothing haphazard. It is carefully planned and carefully designed. In Matthew 9:1-38 we see another...
Jesus embarked on the boat, and crossed to the other side, and came to his own town. And, look you, they brought to him a paralysed man lying on a bed. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paral...
THE SON OF MAN. See App-98. XVT. POWER. authority. See App-172. EARTH. the earth. Greek. _ge._ App-129. UNTO. Greek. _eis._ Same as "into", Matthew 9:1....
_take up thy bed_ The Oriental frequently spreads a mat upon the ground and sleeps in the open air, in the morning he rolls up his mat and carries it away....
When Jesus said "Thy sins have been forgiven thee" the young man did not immediately rise (see Matthew 9:7). Instantly the scribes thought with a sneer "this fellow blasphemes," i. e. pretends to a di...
Matthew 9:1-8. Cure of a Man afflicted with Paralysis Mark 2:1-12; Luke 5:18-26 Both St Mark and St Luke notice the crowding of the people to hear Jesus, and narrate the means by which the sufferer...
ἎΡΌΝ ΣΟΥ ΤῊΝ ΚΛΊΝΗΝ. The Oriental frequently spreads a mat upon the ground and sleeps in the open air, in the morning he rolls up his mat and carries it away....
CURE OF A MAN AFFLICTED WITH PARALYSIS Mark 2:1-12; Luke 5:18-26. Both St Mark and St Luke notice the crowding of the people to hear Jesus, and narrate the means by which the sufferer was brought in...
When Jesus said ‘Thy sins are forgiven thee’ the young man did not immediately rise (see Matthew 9:7). Instantly the Scribes thought with a sneer ‘this fellow blasphemes,’ i.e. pretends to a divine po...
Ver 1. And he entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his own city. 2. And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the...
_COMPASSION FORGAVE AND HEALED A PARALYZED MAN. MATTHEW 9:1-8_ : When the Gadarenes asked Jesus to leave He took them at their word. (Matthew 8:34) He got into a boat and went to Capernaum. Capernaum...
_WISDOM FROM ABOVE CONCERNING DIVORCE MATTHEW 19:1-12:_ The Pharisees tested Jesus with the question, "Is it lawful and right to dismiss and divorce one's wife for any and every cause?" They intended...
ΕΊΔΉΤΕ _perf. conj. act. от_ ΟΙΔΑ, _см._ Matthew 9:4. _Conj._ используется как _прид._ цели, ΆΦΝΈΝΑΙ _praes. act. inf. от_ ΆΦΊΗΜΙ (G863), _см._ Matthew 9:2. _Inf._ указывает на власть, ΈΓΕΡΘΕΊΣ aor....
AND HE ENTERED INTO A SHIP— _And returning into a vessel, he crossed the lake, and came to his own city_ [of Capernaum, where he had dwelt after his leaving Nazareth] Matthew 9:2 _where they brought t...
SECTION 18 JESUS FORGIVES AND HEALS A PARALYTIC (Parallels: Mark 2:1-12; Luke 5:17-26) TEXT: 9:2-8 2. And behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing the...
And he entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his own city. This incident appears to follow next in order of time to the cure of the leper (Matthew 8:1). For the exposition, see the no...
25 Ever and anon, while revealing His own glory and exercising the faith of His followers, our Lord presents a marvelous prophetic picture of the course of the kingdom proclamation. Here we have a pre...
9:6 power (b-12) _ Exousia_ , 'right,' 'authority.' see Note, ch. 10.1 and John 10:18 ....
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 9 3. THE MAN WHO COULD NOT WALK 9:1-8 V1 Then Jesus stepped into a boat. He went back across the lake and arrived at his own town. V...
THAT YE MAY KNOW THAT THE SON OF MAN HATH POWER. — Better, _authority,_ as in John 5:27. The two passages are so closely parallel that we can hardly be wrong in thinking that the words now spoken were...
CHAPTER 8 The Signs of the Kingdom - Matthew 8:1 - Matthew 9:1 REFERRING to Matthew 4:23, we find the work of Christ at the beginning of His ministry summarised as teaching and preaching and healing...
ἵνα δὲ εἰδῆτε : transition to the other aspect, that of ἐξουσία, the point raised by the scribes when they _looked_ a charge of blasphemy. ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀν., ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς : these two phrases point at supp...
_The palsied man_ (Mark 2:1-12; Luke 5:17-26)....
THE FORGIVER OF SINS Matthew 9:1-8 How inventive and ingenious is human love! Not improbably this was a young man and the others had been his schoolmates and friends for years. They had come to a ste...
The King now exercised His authority in a new way. He pronounced pardon on a sinner, and straightway opposition was aroused. To the questioning and rebellious hearts He vindicated His authority to for...
But that you may know. This may be understood differently, either as spoken by Christ to the Jews present, or by the evangelist to the people to whom he wrote his gospel. (St. Thomas Aquinas) --- Thus...
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...
In the relation of this miracle by Mark, he names Capernaum as the place where it was wrought; so that this may serve to teach us, that when Christ's own city is spoken of, it means Capernaum, and not...
Chapter 8, which opens the portion that comes before us tonight, is a striking illustration as well as proof of the method which God has been pleased to employ in giving us the apostle Matthew's accou...
6._That the Son of man hath authority on earth. _This _authority _is very different from what was given to the apostles, and from what is now exercised by the pastors of the Church: for they cannot so...
In the following chapter (chapter 9), while acting in the character and according to the power of Jehovah (as we read in Psalms 103), "Who forgiveth all thine iniquities, who healeth all thy diseases...
BUT THAT YE MAY KNOW THAT THE SON OF MAN,.... That they might have a visible proof, an ocular demonstration, that though he was the son of man, truly and really man, yet not a mere man; but also as tr...
But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (then saith he to the sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house. Ver. 6. _That the Son of man h...
_Behold, certain of the scribes_, (Luke adds, _and Pharisees,_) _said within themselves_ That is, in their hearts, _This man blasphemeth_ Attributing to himself a power (that of forgiving sins) which...
BUT THAT YE MAY KNOW; by healing the sick of the palsy he manifests himself to be God, and therefore able to forgive sins....
BUT THAT YE MAY KNOW THAT THE SON OF MAN HATH POWER ON EARTH TO FORGIVE SINS, (THEN SAITH HE TO THE SICK OF THE PALSY,) ARISE, TAKE UP THY BED, AND GO UNTO THINE HOUSE....
The argument in deed:...
Returning to His own city, Capernaum, He has brought to Him a man totally helpless, lying on a bed. This case of palsy is indicative of the complete debilitating effects of sin: man is left without st...
1-8 The faith of the friends of the paralytic in bringing him to Christ, was a strong faith; they firmly believed that Jesus Christ both could and would heal him. A strong faith regards no obstacles...
Ver. 4-6. Mark repeats almost the same words, MARK 2:8. So doth Luke, LUKE 5:22. Christ here giveth the scribes and Pharisees a demonstration of his Deity, by letting them know that he knew their thou...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book V But as the only-begotten Son had come for man's salvation from Him who is God, He did both stir up the incredulous by the miracles which He was in the habit of workin...
Matthew 9:6 But G1161 that G2443 know G1492 (G5762) that G3754 Son G5207 Man G444 has G2192 ...
“But that you may know that the Son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins (then he says to the sick of the palsy), “Arise, and take up your bed, and go up to your house.” Having stunned them t...
THE HEALING OF THE PARALYTIC (9:1-8). We come now to the third of these revelations of Jesus' authority. He has revealed His authority over some of the most powerful forces of this world, He has revea...
Matthew 9:6. Application of the argument, stated by all three Evangelists in the same terms. THE SON OF MAN, here equivalent to the Messiah. HATH AUTHORITY. ‘Power' is not so exact ON EARTH. Chri...
CHRONOLOGY AND CONNECTION. Three Evangelists join together the events we group in this section. Mark and Luke, however, place them immediately after the healing of the leper near Capernaum. We agree w...
THAT YE MAY KNOW (ινα ειδητε). Jesus accepts the challenge in the thoughts of the scribes and performs the miracle of healing the paralytic, who so far only had his sins forgiven, to prove his Messi...
SON OF MAN (_ See Scofield) - (Matthew 8:20). _ SINS SIN (_ See Scofield) - (Romans 3:23). _...
Matthew 9:1 Jesus and Man's deepest Sadness. I. "Jesus saw their faith." Jesus did not see their faith because there was in them no other commendable quality for Him to see; there was their common at...
Matthew 9:1. _And he entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his own city._ Our Lord had given these Gergesenes an opportunity of becoming his disciples, the kingdom of God had come very...
Matthew 9:1. _And he entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his own city. And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto...
Matthew 9:1. _And he entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his own city. And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith_ The fait...
CONTENTS: Healing of the palsied man. Call of Matthew. Answering the Pharisees. Healing of woman with issue of blood. Daughter of a ruler raised from the dead. Two blind men healed. A demon cast out....
Matthew 9:1. _Jesus came into his own city,_ Capernaum, as in Mark. Our Saviour was a stranger on earth, born in Bethlehem, an exile in Egypt, resident at Nazareth, but latterly in Capernaum. Matthew...
IS IT EASIER TO SAY. There was no way they could test his claim to forgive sins, even though this was the more difficult thing to do. But the order to "Get up and walk" would be immediately visible. H...
_But that ye may know that the Son of Man._ FORGIVENESS This narrative is remarkable, 1. Because it is evident that while our Lord forgave the sick man’s sins for his own sake, He healed his diseas...
_A man sick of the palsy._ THE HIGHEST CAUSE FOR JOY I. The miserable condition of a human being. II. The power and love of Jesus. III. thy joyous change produced. (_American Homiletical Review._)...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 9:6 SON OF MAN. See note on 8:20. Jesus’ AUTHORITY ON EARTH TO FORGIVE SINS is clear evidence of his divinity, since only God can forgive sin....
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 9 _Passed over_ : that is, sailed across the sea of Galilee, to its western side. _And came into his own city._ Sedulius thinks Bethlehem is meant because he was born there. S. Jerome, with mo...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 9:1. SHIP.—_Boat_ (R.V.). HIS OWN CITY.—Capernaum (see Matthew 4:13; Mark 2:1). Matthew 9:2. PALSY.—Suff
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 9:1 _The_ _paralytic forgiven and healed. _Parallel passages: Mark 2:1; Luke 5:17. (For connexion of thought, cf....
And so he entered into a ship, and he passed over, and he came to his own city (Matthew 9:1). His own city being Capernaum. I told you that was his headquarters. And, behold, they brought to him a ma...
2 Corinthians 2:10; 2 Corinthians 5:20; Acts 5:31; Acts 7:59; Acts 7:6
QUERIES AND CRITICISMS AGAINST CHRIST Matthew 9:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Jesus Christ came among men and announced Himself as One sent from the Father. He claimed every attribute of Deity, announced Him...
On earth — Even in my state of humiliation....