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Matthew 9:5
5For which is easier: to say, Thy sins are forgiven; or to say, Rise up 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 to themselves, This [man] blasphemes. 4And Jesus, seeing their thoughts, said, Why do ye think evil things in your hearts? For which is easier: to say, Thy sins are forgiven; or to say, Rise up and walk? 6But that ye may know that the Son of man has power on earth to forgive sins, (then he says to the paralytic,) Rise up, take up thy bed and go to thy house. 7And he rose up and went 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 paralytic, [Thy] sins are forgiven [thee]; or to say, Arise, and take up thy couch and walk?
- Luke 5:23which is easier, to say, Thy sins are forgiven thee; or to say, Rise up and walk?
- Isaiah 35:5Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf be unstopped;
- John 5:8Jesus says to him, Arise, take up thy couch and walk.
- Acts 3:6But Peter said, Silver and gold I have not; but what I have, this give I to thee: In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazaraean rise up and walk.
- Acts 4:9if we this day are called upon to answer as to the good deed [done] to the infirm man, how he has been healed,
- Acts 9:34And Peter said to him, Aeneas, Jesus, the Christ, heals thee: rise up, and make thy couch for thyself. And straightway he rose up.
- Acts 14:8And a certain man in Lystra, impotent in his feet, sat, [being] lame from his mother's womb, who had never 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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