Matthew 9:2 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 9:2

Just then some men brought to Him a paralytic lying on a mat. When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Take courage, son; your sins are forgiven.”

BSB

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ASV

And behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, be of good cheer; thy sins are forgiven.

KJV

And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy; Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee.

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Commentary

6 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Matthew (420)

(Chapter 9, Verses 1-2) And Jesus got into a boat and crossed over, and came to his own city. And behold, they brought to him a paralytic lying on a bed. And Jesus seeing their faith, said to the paralytic: Take heart, my son, your sins are forgiven. By his city, we understand none other than Nazareth, from where he is also called the Nazarene. And they brought him, as we said before, a paralytic lying on a bed, because he himself was not able to enter.

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The Church Fathers1 voice

Jerome

Commentary on Matthew (420)

And they brought him, as we said before, a paralytic lying on a bed, because he himself was not able to enter. But Jesus, seeing not the faith of the one who was being offered, but of those who were offering, said to the paralyzed man: Have confidence, my son, your sins are forgiven you. Oh, wonderful humility! He calls despised and weak, dissolved in the joints of all his limbs, his son, whom the priests did not consider worthy of touching. Or certainly he calls him son because his sins are forgiven him.

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

And behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy,.... That is, some of the inhabitants of Capernaum, four men of that city particularly; for Mark says, Mar 2:3 he "was borne of four": these brought him to Jesus, lying on a bed, or couch, he being so enfeebled by the disease upon him, his nerves so weak, and the members of his body in such a tremor, that he was not able to walk himself, nor even to be carried by others in any other way than this.

The Nineteenth Century3 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Sick of the palsy - See Mat 4:24. Lying on a bed - Κλινης, a couch or sofa, such as they reclined on at meals. Seeing their faith - The faith of the paralytic person, and the faith of those who brought him; see on Mar 2:4 (note). Be of good cheer - Θαρσει τεκνον, Son, take courage! Probably he began to despond, and Christ spoke thus to support his faith. Thy sins be forgiven thee - Moral evil has been the cause of all the natural evil in the world.

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 2337: “The Physician Pardons His Palsied Patient” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1893)

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Original language & word study

24 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
ἰδοὺ	idou	behold	G2400 →
προσέφερον	prosepheron	they were bringing	G4374 →
αὐτῷ	autō	to Him	G846 →
παραλυτικὸν	paralutikon	a paralytic	G3885 →
ἐπὶ	epi	on	G1909 →
κλίνης	klinēs	a bed	G2825 →
βεβλημένον.	beblēmenon	lain down.	G906 →
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
ἰδὼν	idōn	having seen	G1492 →
ὁ	ho	<the>	G3588 →
Ἰησοῦς	Iēsous	Jesus	G2424 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
πίστιν	pistin	faith	G4102 →
αὐτῶν	autōn	of them	G846 →
εἶπεν	eipen	He said	G2036 →
τῷ	tō	to the	G3588 →
παραλυτικῷ·	paralutikō	paralytic;	G3885 →
θάρσει	tharsei	Take courage	G2293 →
τέκνον,	teknon	son,	G5043 →
ἀφίενταί	aphientai	are forgiven	G863 →
σου	sou	of you	G4771 →
αἱ	hai	the	G3588 →
ἁμαρτίαι.	hamartiai	sins.	G266 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk5

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 9:22
Jesus turned and saw her. “Take courage, daughter,” He said, “your faith has healed you.” And the woman was cured from that very hour.
leads to
- Luke 7:50
  And Jesus told the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.”
- Matthew 15:28
  “O woman,” Jesus answered, “your faith is great! Let it be done for you as you desire.” And her daughter was healed from that very hour.
- Mark 10:52
  “Go,” said Jesus, “your faith has healed you.” And immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus along the road.
- Luke 18:42
  “Receive your sight!” Jesus replied. “Your faith has healed you.”
- Luke 8:48
  “Daughter,” said Jesus, “your faith has healed you. Go in peace.”