Matthew 9:5

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

3At this, some of the scribes said to themselves, “He’s blaspheming!” 4Perceiving their thoughts, Jesus said, “Why are you thinking evil things in your hearts? For which is easier: to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk’? 6But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins” — then he told the paralytic, “Get up, take your stretcher, and go home.” 7So he got up and went home.

Matthew 9:5 word by word

τί γάρ ἐστιν εὐκοπώτερον· εἰπεῖν· ἀφίενταί σου αἱ ἁμαρτίαι, ἢ εἰπεῖν· ἔγειρε καὶ περιπάτει;Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Forγάρgar · forG1063
• whetherτίςtis · which?G5101
• isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• easierεὐκοπώτεροςeukopōteros · easyG2123
• to sayλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• sinsὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• sinsἁμαρτίαhamartia · sinG266
• be forgivenἀφίημιaphiēmi · to release: forgiveG863
• theeσύsu · youG4771
• orἤē · orG2228
• Ariseἐγείρωegeirō · to ariseG1453
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• walkπεριπατέωperipateō · to walkG4043

Cross-references for Matthew 9:5

• Mark 2:9Which is easier: to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up, take your mat, and walk’?
• Luke 5:23Which is easier: to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk’?
• Isaiah 35:5Then the eyes of the blind will be opened, and the ears of the deaf unstopped.
• John 5:8“Get up,” Jesus told him, “pick up your mat and walk.”
• Acts 3:6But Peter said, “I don’t have silver or gold, but what I do have, I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, get up and walk!”
• Acts 4:9If we are being examined today about a good deed done to a disabled man, by what means he was healed,
• Acts 9:34Peter said to him, “Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you. Get up and make your bed,” and immediately he got up.
• Acts 14:8In Lystra a man was sitting who was without strength in his feet, had never walked, and had been lame from birth.

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

Topics related to Matthew 9:5

• Capernaum
• Falsehood
• Jesus, the Christ
• Miracles

In the dictionaries

• Bridechamber
• Capernaum
• Cheer
• Comfort
• Daughter
• Eat
• Garment
• Harvest
• Hem
• Issue

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