Mark 2:7

Mark 2:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only?
• New International Version (NIV)“Why does this fellow talk like that? He’s blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Why does this man speak like that? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?"
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Why does this Man speak blasphemies like this? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”

Context of Mark 2:7

5When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven.” 6But some of the scribes were sitting there and thinking in their hearts, “Why does this man speak like this? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?” 8At once Jesus knew in His spirit that they were thinking this way within themselves. “Why are you thinking these things in your hearts?” He asked. 9“Which is easier: to say to a paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up, pick up your mat, and walk’?

Mark 2:7 word by word

τί οὗτος οὕτως λαλεῖ; βλασφημεῖ· τίς δύναται ἀφιέναι ἁμαρτίας εἰ μὴ εἷς ὁ θεός;Read the interlinear

• Whyτίςtis · which?G5101
• does thisοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• speakλαλέωlaleō · to speakG2980
• like thisοὕτωςhoutō · thus(-ly)G3779
• He is blasphemingβλασφημέωblasphēmeō · to blasphemeG987
• canδύναμαιdunamai · be ableG1410
• forgiveἀφίημιaphiēmi · to release: forgiveG863
• sinsἁμαρτίαhamartia · sinG266
• butεἰei · if: notG1487
• butμήmē · notG3361
• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• aloneεἷςheis · oneG1520

Cross-references for Mark 2:7

• Mark 14:64You have heard the blasphemy. What is your verdict?” And they all condemned Him as deserving of death.
• Matthew 9:3On seeing this, some of the scribes said to themselves, “This man is blaspheming!”
• Matthew 26:65At this, the high priest tore his clothes and declared, “He has blasphemed! Why do we need any more witnesses? Look, now you have heard the blasphemy.
• John 10:33“We are not stoning You for any good work,” said the Jews, “but for blasphemy, because You, who are a man, make Yourself out to be God.”
• Job 14:4Who can bring out clean from unclean? No one!
• Psalms 130:4But with You there is forgiveness, so that You may be feared.
• Isaiah 43:25I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.
• Daniel 9:9To the Lord our God belong compassion and forgiveness, even though we have rebelled against Him
• Micah 7:18Who 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?
• Luke 5:21But the scribes and Pharisees began thinking to themselves, “Who is this man who speaks blasphemy? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
• Luke 7:49But those at the table began to say to themselves, “Who is this who even forgives sins?”
• John 20:20After He had said this, He showed them His hands and His side. The disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord.

Commentaries on Mark 2:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? - See this explained Matthew 9:3; (note), etc.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3-12Verses 3-12 See this miracle explained in Matthew 9:2-8. Palsy - See the notes at Matthew 4:24. Borne of four - Carried upon a couch Matthew 9:2 by four men. Mark 2:4 The press - The crowd, the multitude of people. Jesus was probably in the large open area or hall in the center of the house. See the notes at Matthew 9:2. The people pressed into the area, and blocked up the door so that they could not have access to him. They uncovered the roof where he…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-7Only God can forgive sins, yet Jesus had authority to do so (2:10).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only?--In this second question they expressed a great truth. (See Is 43:25; Mi 7:18; Ex 34:6, 7, &c.). Nor was their first question altogether unnatural, though in our Lord's sole case it was unfounded. That a man, to all appearances like one of themselves, should claim authority and power to forgive sins, they could not, on the first blush of it, but regard as in the last degree…Read the comment

Topics related to Mark 2:7

• Blasphemy
• Falsehood
• Jesus, the Christ
• Miracles
• Sin
• Unbelief

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Blaspheme
• Blasphemy
• Palsy
• Press
• Forgiveness
• Jesus Christ
• Mark, the Gospel According to

Commentaries on Mark 2

• 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