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Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, "Why do you think evil in your hearts?
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Knowing Thoughts, Proving Divinity
Commentators overwhelmingly agree that when Jesus knew the scribes' unspoken thoughts, it was a direct demonstration of His divine nature. The ability to search hearts and know secret thoughts is an attribute of God alone. This act served as immediate proof of His deity, even before He performed the physical healing.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Jesus knowing their thoughts. Mark says, Jesus perceived in his spirit that they so reasoned. The power of searching the hearts, …
19th Century
Anglican
Knowing their thoughts — The better manuscripts read “seeing,” as if by an immediate act of intuition. St. Mark adds his usual “im…
Baptist
And Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, "Why do you think evil in your hearts? For which is easier, to say, 'Your sins be forgiven you'; or to…
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Jesus had seen the faith of the paralytic and his friends; now he saw the evil thoughts of some of the teachers of the law. Such discernment may ha…
16th Century
Protestant
And when Jesus saw their thoughts He now gives a proof of his Divinity in bringing to light their secret thoughts: for who knoweth the…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Jesus knowing their thoughts Which was a clear evidence, and full demonstration of his deity; for none knows the…
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The faith of the paralytic's friends in bringing him to Christ was a strong faith; they firmly believed that Jesus Christ both could and would heal…
13th Century
Catholic
Above, the Evangelist set forth miracles opposed to bodily dangers; here, he sets forth miracles opposed to spiritual dangers. According to this, h…
