Amazement (εκστασις). Something out of its place, as the mind. Here the people were almost beside themselves as we say with the sa…

They glorified God.—Noticeable as common to all the three reports. The precise expression, “We have seen strange things to…

But that you may know that the Son of man has power on earth to forgive sins, (he said to the sick with palsy,) I say to you, Arise, and take u…

St. Cyril of Alexandria: The Scribes and Pharisees who had become witnesses to Christ’s miracles also heard Him teaching. This…

The healing validates the declaration of forgivene . The command to the paralyzed man is impo ible of fulfillment—except for the power of God. To r…

And they were all amazed, and they glorified God
Not the Pharisees, and doctors of the law, but the common people: