Charles Spurgeon Commentary Luke 5:21

"And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is this that speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?" — Luke 5:21 (ASV)

And the scribes and the Pharisees

Here they are, these caviling gentlemen, these Pharisees and doctors of the law—

And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason,

The gentlemen I alluded to just now began to reason. It was just like them; instead of beginning to praise God, they "began to reason,".