American Standard Version
Matthew 9:5
5For which is easier, to say, Thy sins are forgiven; or to say, Arise, and walk?
Matthew 9:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and walk?
- New International Version (NIV)Which is easier: to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk’?
- English Standard Version (ESV)For which is easier, to say, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Rise and walk'?
- New King James Version (NKJV)For which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven you,’ or to say, ‘Arise and walk’?
Context of Matthew 9:5
3And behold, certain of the scribes said within themselves, This man blasphemeth. 4And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts? For which is easier, to say, Thy sins are forgiven; or to say, Arise, and walk? 6But 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. 7And he arose, and departed to his house.
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τί γάρ ἐστιν εὐκοπώτερον· εἰπεῖν· ἀφίενταί σου αἱ ἁμαρτίαι, ἢ εἰπεῖν· ἔγειρε καὶ περιπάτει;Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Matthew 9:5
- Mark 2:9Which is easier, to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins are forgiven; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk?
- Luke 5:23Which is easier, to say, Thy sins are forgiven thee; or to say, Arise and walk?
- Isaiah 35:5Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.
- John 5:8Jesus saith unto him, Arise, take up thy bed, and walk.
- Acts 3:6But Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but what I have, that give I thee. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk.
- Acts 4:9if we this day are examined concerning a good deed done to an impotent man, by what means this man is made whole;
- Acts 9:34And Peter said unto him, Aeneas, Jesus Christ healeth thee: arise, and make thy bed. And straightway he arose.
- Acts 14:8And at Lystra there sat a certain man, impotent in his feet, a cripple from his mother’s womb, who never had walked.
Commentaries on Matthew 9:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5For whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and walk? - Both are equally easy, and equally difficult; for both require unlimited power to produce them. And every thing is equally easy to that power which is unlimited. A universe can be as easily produced by a single act of the Divine will as the smallest elementary part of matter. The common punctuation of the above passage almost destroys the sense: the comma should be…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5For whether is easier to say - Thy “sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise and walk?” The one involves divine “power,” the other divine “authority,” and neither can be done but by God. One is as easy as the other; and to be able to do the one, involves the right and the power to do the other.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5It may seem easier for Jesus to say, “Your sins are forgiven,” since no one can see immediate proof. But it is much harder to heal a paralyzed man so that he can walk. The visible miracle proved that Jesus had the authority to forgive sins. It forced those who saw it to decide what they believed about him.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Matthew 9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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