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Proving the Invisible
Commentators explain that Jesus's question connects a visible miracle (healing) to an invisible one (forgiveness). While anyone could say the words, only God could make them effective. By performing the observable act of healing, Jesus proved He possessed the divine authority to also forgive sins, which the scribes correctly understood as a prerogative of God alone.
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Luke
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Charles Spurgeon
On Luke 5:22–23
19th Century
Preacher
But when Jesus perceived their thoughts, he answering said unto them, Why reason ye in your hearts? Whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forg…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Luke 5:23
Luke indicates that Jesus exercised extraordinary knowledge by having insight into one’s inner thoughts. He placed his challengers in a hypothetica…
John Gill
On Luke 5:23
17th Century
Pastor
Whether is it easier to say
Mark adds, "to the sick of the palsy"; to whom Christ had said that his sins were forgiv…
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Matthew Henry
On Luke 5:17–26
17th Century
Minister
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…