He blasphemeth (βλασφημε). This is the unspoken charge in their hearts which Jesus read like an open book. The correct text here h…

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…

Why doth this man ...?—The better MSS. give, “Why doth this Man thus speak? He blasphemeth.”

But there were certain of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts, Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive s…

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

Here the “teachers of the law” (cf. 1:22) become directly involved with Jesus. His statement about forgiveness gave them their opportunity to ensna…

Why does this man thus speak blasphemies?
&c.] They took Christ to be a mere man, and reasoned with themselves, that he must b…

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…