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…

When Jesus perceived in his spirit.—The special mention of the spirit as the region of our Lord’s consciousness is, as part of this narrat…

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…

The teachers of the law had not openly expressed their misgivings about Jesus’ action, but Jesus knew their thoughts and challenged them with the q…

And immediately, when Jesus perceived in his Spirit
"His own Spirit", as the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, Arabic, and Ethi…

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…