Verse of the Day
Author Spotlight
Loading featured author...
Report Issue
See a formatting issue or error?
Let us know →
The scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, "Who is this that speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?"
Verse Takeaways
1
Right Theology, Wrong Conclusion
Commentators like John Gill and Charles Spurgeon highlight the profound irony in this verse. The scribes and Pharisees were 100% correct in their theology: only God can forgive sins. However, they failed to reach the correct conclusion. Instead of seeing Jesus' act of forgiveness as proof of His divinity, they used their correct premise to wrongly accuse Him of blasphemy.
See 3 Verse Takeaways
Book Overview
Luke
Author
Audience
Composition
Teaching Highlights
Outline
+ 5 more
See Overview
8
But God alone (ε μη μονος ο θεος). Mark has εις (one) instead of μονος (alone).
19th Century
Baptist
And let him down through the tiling with his couch into the midst before Jesus. And when he saw their faith, he said unto him, Man, thy sins ar…
In Jewish law conviction of blasphemy (an overt defilement of the divine name) was a capital crime penalized by stoning. Pharisees and teachers of …
Go ad-free and create your own bookmark library
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the Scribes and the Pharisees began to reason To think and say within themselves, and it may be to one another, …
Presbyterian
How many are there in our assemblies, where the gospel is preached, who do not sit under the Word, but are mere onlookers! It is to them like a sto…
