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"Why does this man speak blasphemies like that? He blasphemes! Who can forgive sins but one - God?"
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The Scribes' Correct Logic
Multiple commentators emphasize that the scribes' theological premise was correct: according to Jewish teaching, only God has the authority to forgive sins. Their reasoning was flawless based on their understanding. The error was not in their theology but in their Christology—their failure to recognize that Jesus, the man before them, was God.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Verse 3. Borne of four. This means carried on a couch () by four men.
The press. This refers to the crowd, the multitude o…
He blasphemeth (βλασφημε). This is the unspoken charge in their hearts which Jesus read like an open book. The correct text here h…
19th Century
Anglican
Why doth this man ...?—The better MSS. give, “Why doth this Man thus speak? He blasphemeth.”
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Baptist
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…
Here the “teachers of the law” (cf. 1:22) become directly involved with Jesus. His statement about forgiveness gave them their opportunity to ensna…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Why does this man thus speak blasphemies? &c.] They took Christ to be a mere man, and reasoned with themselves, that he must b…
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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…
