Matthew 9:6 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 9:6

But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins...” Then He said to the paralytic, “Get up, pick up your mat, and go home.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

But that ye may know that the Son of man hath authority on earth to forgive sins (then saith he to the sick of the palsy), Arise, and take up thy bed, and go unto thy house.

KJV

But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (then saith he to the sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house.

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Commentary

6 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Matthew (420)

(Verse 5, 6.) Which is easier to say: your sins are forgiven you; or to say: rise up and walk? But so that you may know that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins, then He says to the paralytic. There is a great difference between saying and doing. Whether the paralytic's sins were forgiven, only the one who forgave them knew. But both the one who rose up and those who saw him rise up could verify it by his walking.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

Hilary of Poitiers

Commentary on Matthew 8.7 (367)

Furthermore, so it could be understood that he was in a body and that he could forgive sins and restore health to bodies, Jesus said, "That you may know that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins," then he said to the paralytic, "Arise, take up your pallet." He could have simply said "Arise," but since the reason for doing every work had to be explained, he added, "Take up your pallet and go home." First he granted remission of sins; next he showed his ability to restore health.

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

But that ye may know that the son of man,.... That they might have a visible proof, an ocular demonstration, that though he was the son of man, truly and really man, yet not a mere man; but also as truly and properly God, God and man in one person, and so hath power on earth to forgive sins: not only ability as God, but even authority to do it as mediator, even whilst he was on earth, in a state of humiliation, in fashion as a man, in the form of a servant, conversing with sinful mortals.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

But that ye may know, etc. - External miracles are the proofs of internal ones. Three miracles are wrought in this case. (I mean, by miracle, something produced or known that no power is capable of but that which is omnipotent, and no knowledge adequate to but that which is omniscient). The miracles are these: 1st. The remission of the poor man’s sins. 2d. The discernment of the secret thoughts of the scribes. 3d. The restoring of the paralytic, in an instant, to perfect soundness. Thus one miracle becomes the proof and establishment of another.

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

(1893)

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Original language & word study

30 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἵνα	ina	So that	G2443 →
δὲ	de	however	G1161 →
εἰδῆτε	eidēte	you may know
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
ἐξουσίαν	exousian	authority	G1849 →
ἔχει	echei	has	G2192 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
υἱὸς	huios	Son	G5207 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
ἀνθρώπου	anthrōpou	of Man	G444 →
ἐπὶ	epi	on	G1909 →
τῆς	tēs	the	G3588 →
γῆς	gēs	earth	G1093 →
ἀφιέναι	aphienai	to forgive	G863 →
ἁμαρτίας,	hamartias	sins..,	G266 →
τότε	tote	Then	G5119 →
λέγει	legei	He says	G3004 →
τῷ	tō	to the	G3588 →
παραλυτικῷ·	paralutikō	paralytic;	G3885 →
ἐγερθεὶς	egertheis	Having arisen	G1453 →
ἆρόν	aron	do take up	G142 →
σου	sou	your	G4771 →
τὴν	tēn	<the>	G3588 →
κλίνην	klinēn	mat	G2825 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ὕπαγε	hupage	do go	G5217 →
εἰς	eis	to	G1519 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
οἶκόν	oikon	house	G3624 →
σου.	sou	of you.	G4771 →

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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
Isaiah 43:25
I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.
leads to
- Hebrews 8:12
  For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more.”
- Micah 7:18–19
  Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance—who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?
- Hebrews 10:17
  Then He adds: “Their sins and lawless acts I will remember no more.”
- Jeremiah 31:34
  No longer will each man teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the LORD. For I…
- Isaiah 1:18
  “Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool.
Through
Matthew 9:5
Which is easier: to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk?’
leads to
- John 5:8–14
  Then Jesus told him, “Get up, pick up your mat, and walk.”
- Mark 2:9–12
  “Which is easier: to say to a paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up, pick up your mat, and walk’?
- Acts 3:16
  By faith in the name of Jesus, this man whom you see and know has been made strong. It is Jesus’ name and the faith that comes through Him that has given him this…