That ye may know (ινα ειδητε). The scribes could have said either of the alternatives in verse 9 with equal futility. Jesus could …

Verse 3. Borne of four. This means carried on a couch by four men.

The pre . This refers to the crowd, the multitude of pe…

But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (he saith to the sick of the palsy,) I say unto thee, Arise, and …

The Venerable Bede: Because the compassion of God does not desert even worldly people, He grants them the grace of His presence…

Jesus’ statement in the first half of v.10 was addre ed to the scribes. The words “he said to the paralytic” constitute a parenthesis to explain th…

But that you may know that the son of man
Meaning himself, who was really man, and the true Messiah, in which sense …

It was this man's misery that he needed to be so carried, and this shows the suffering state of human life. It was kind of those who so carried him…