Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Matthew 9:3
This man blasphemeth — Attributing to himself a power (that of forgiving sins) which belongs to God only.
This man blasphemeth — Attributing to himself a power (that of forgiving sins) which belongs to God only.
Verse Matthew 9:3. _THIS_ MAN _BLASPHEMETH._] βλασφημεω comes either from βλαπτειν την φημην, _to hurt_ or _blast the reputation_ or _credit_ of another, or from βαλλειν ταις φημαις, _to smite with r...
THIS MAN BLASPHEMETH - The word “blaspheme” originally means to speak evil of anyone; to injure by words; to blame unjustly. When applied to God, it means to speak of him unjustly; to ascribe to him a...
CHAPTER 9 1. A Man Sick of the Palsy Healed. (Matthew 9:1 .) 2. The Call of Matthew (Matthew 9:9 .) 3. With the Publicans and the Sinners. (Matthew 9:10 .) 4. The Question of John's Disciples. ...
THE HEALING OF THE PARALYTIC (Mark 2:1 * Luke 5:17). Mt. here resumes Mk.'s order; Matthew 8:18 *. As usual he condenses the narrative, saying nothing of the dense crowd round the house or of the devi...
II. BLASPHEMY. 3. CERTAIN OF THE SCRIBES SAID WITHIN THEMSELVES. They had scented heresy from afar, and had come to pry censoriously and inquisitorially into the teaching of the wonderful upstart rab...
Jesus embarked on the boat, and crossed to the other side, and came to his own town. And, look you, they brought to him a paralysed man lying on a bed. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paral...
THE GROWTH OF OPPOSITION (Matthew 9:1-34) We have repeatedly seen that in Matthew's gospel there is nothing haphazard. It is carefully planned and carefully designed. In Matthew 9:1-38 we see another...
When Jesus said "Thy sins have been forgiven thee" the young man did not immediately rise (see Matthew 9:7). Instantly the scribes thought with a sneer "this fellow blasphemes," i. e. pretends to a di...
Matthew 9:1-8. Cure of a Man afflicted with Paralysis Mark 2:1-12; Luke 5:18-26 Both St Mark and St Luke notice the crowding of the people to hear Jesus, and narrate the means by which the sufferer...
ΒΛΑΣΦΗΜΕΙ͂Ν. Construction τινά, εἴς τινα, τι or abs. (1) to speak evil of God or of sacred things βλ. εἰς τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον, Mark 3:29 and Luke 12:10; ἠνάγκαζον βλασφημεῖν, Acts 26:11; ἵνα μὴ ὁ λόγος...
When Jesus said ‘Thy sins are forgiven thee’ the young man did not immediately rise (see Matthew 9:7). Instantly the Scribes thought with a sneer ‘this fellow blasphemes,’ i.e. pretends to a divine po...
CURE OF A MAN AFFLICTED WITH PARALYSIS Mark 2:1-12; Luke 5:18-26. Both St Mark and St Luke notice the crowding of the people to hear Jesus, and narrate the means by which the sufferer was brought in...
Ver 1. And he entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his own city. 2. And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the...
_WISDOM FROM ABOVE CONCERNING DIVORCE MATTHEW 19:1-12:_ The Pharisees tested Jesus with the question, "Is it lawful and right to dismiss and divorce one's wife for any and every cause?" They intended...
_COMPASSION FORGAVE AND HEALED A PARALYZED MAN. MATTHEW 9:1-8_ : When the Gadarenes asked Jesus to leave He took them at their word. (Matthew 8:34) He got into a boat and went to Capernaum. Capernaum...
ΒΛΑΣΦΗΜΕΊ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΒΛΑΣΦΗΜΈΩ (G987) говорить плохо о ком-л., чернить, богохульствовать. В иудаизме относится к словам или поступкам, которые опровергают честь Бога и оскорбляют Его святос...
AND HE ENTERED INTO A SHIP— _And returning into a vessel, he crossed the lake, and came to his own city_ [of Capernaum, where he had dwelt after his leaving Nazareth] Matthew 9:2 _where they brought t...
SECTION 18 JESUS FORGIVES AND HEALS A PARALYTIC (Parallels: Mark 2:1-12; Luke 5:17-26) TEXT: 9:2-8 2. And behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing the...
And he entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his own city. This incident appears to follow next in order of time to the cure of the leper (Matthew 8:1). For the exposition, see the no...
25 Ever and anon, while revealing His own glory and exercising the faith of His followers, our Lord presents a marvelous prophetic picture of the course of the kingdom proclamation. Here we have a pre...
THE SICK OF THE PALSY. CALL OF MATTHEW. RAISING OF JAIRUS' DAUGHTER 1-8. The paralytic healed and his sins forgiven (Mark 2:1; Luke 5:17). The peculiarity of this miracle is that it was worked to prov...
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 9 3. THE MAN WHO COULD NOT WALK 9:1-8 V1 Then Jesus stepped into a boat. He went back across the lake and arrived at his own town. V...
THIS MAN BLASPHEMETH. — The words were but an echo of the charge that had been brought at Jerusalem, that “He made Himself equal with God” (John 5:18), and may well have come from some of the same obj...
CHAPTER 8 The Signs of the Kingdom - Matthew 8:1 - Matthew 9:1 REFERRING to Matthew 4:23, we find the work of Christ at the beginning of His ministry summarised as teaching and preaching and healing...
τινὲς τ. γραμματέων : some _scribes_ present on this occasion. Ominous fact duly introduced by ἰδοὺ; its significance still more distinctly recognised by Luke, who gives it prominent mention at the be...
_The palsied man_ (Mark 2:1-12; Luke 5:17-26)....
THE FORGIVER OF SINS Matthew 9:1-8 How inventive and ingenious is human love! Not improbably this was a young man and the others had been his schoolmates and friends for years. They had come to a ste...
The King now exercised His authority in a new way. He pronounced pardon on a sinner, and straightway opposition was aroused. To the questioning and rebellious hearts He vindicated His authority to for...
And, behold, certain of the scribes said within themselves, This [man] (c) blasphemeth. (c) To blaspheme, signifies among the divines, to speak wickedly: and among the more eloquent Greeks, to slande...
This man blasphemeth, by pretending to have a power to forgive sins, which none but God can do; and they looked upon Jesus as a man only. It is true, and what all Catholics teach, that God alone hath...
HE HEALS A PARALYTIC Matthew 9:2-8; Mark 2:1-12; & Luke 5:17-26. Mark: “And again He came into Capernaum during those days, and it was heard that He is at home. And immediately the multitudes came tog...
In the relation of this miracle by Mark, he names Capernaum as the place where it was wrought; so that this may serve to teach us, that when Christ's own city is spoken of, it means Capernaum, and not...
Chapter 8, which opens the portion that comes before us tonight, is a striking illustration as well as proof of the method which God has been pleased to employ in giving us the apostle Matthew's accou...
_THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS_ ‘Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee.… This man blasphemeth.’ Matthew 9:2 It is in _ this_ pronunciation of forgiveness that the most important part of the te...
_GOOD CHEER_ ‘Be of good cheer.’ Matthew 9:2 This seems to be one of our Lord’s favourite expressions. Consider a few instances. I. BECAUSE OF SINS FORGIVEN.—‘_ Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be...
3._And, lo, some of the scribes _They accuse Christ of blasphemy and sacrilege, because he claims for himself what is God’s prerogative. The other two Evangelists tell us also that they said, _Who can...
In the following chapter (chapter 9), while acting in the character and according to the power of Jehovah (as we read in Psalms 103), "Who forgiveth all thine iniquities, who healeth all thy diseases...
AND BEHOLD, CERTAIN OF THE SCRIBES SAID WITHIN THEMSELVES,.... And of the Pharisees also, as Luke says; for there were at this time Pharisees and doctors of the law, who were come out of every town of...
And, behold, certain of the scribes said within themselves, This _man_ blasphemeth. Ver. 3. _This man blasphemeth_] True, had he been but a man, and had taken upon him to forgive sins by his own auth...
_Behold, certain of the scribes_, (Luke adds, _and Pharisees,_) _said within themselves_ That is, in their hearts, _This man blasphemeth_ Attributing to himself a power (that of forgiving sins) which...
BLASPHEMETH; by usurping the prerogative of God to forgive sins....
The condemnation of the scribes:...
AND, BEHOLD, CERTAIN OF THE SCRIBES SAID WITHIN THEMSELVES, THIS MAN BLASPHEMETH....
Returning to His own city, Capernaum, He has brought to Him a man totally helpless, lying on a bed. This case of palsy is indicative of the complete debilitating effects of sin: man is left without st...
1-8 The faith of the friends of the paralytic in bringing him to Christ, was a strong faith; they firmly believed that Jesus Christ both could and would heal him. A strong faith regards no obstacles...
Mark saith, _There were certain of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts, Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God only?_ MARK 2:6,7. Luke saith, _The...
Matthew 9:3 And G2532 once G2400 (G5628) some G5100 scribes G1122 said G2036 (G5627) within G1722 themselves...
THE HEALING OF THE PARALYTIC (9:1-8). We come now to the third of these revelations of Jesus' authority. He has revealed His authority over some of the most powerful forces of this world, He has revea...
‘And behold, certain of the scribes said within themselves, “This man is blaspheming”.' The Scribes were the teachers of the Law, and they had come to check Jesus out. Here was this man performing all...
Matthew 9:3. CERTAIN OF THE SCRIBES. Many ‘Pharisees and doctors of the law' were present, from all parts of the land (Luke 5:17). SAID WITHIN THEMSELVES, _i.e.,_ in their hearts, as is plain from M...
CHRONOLOGY AND CONNECTION. Three Evangelists join together the events we group in this section. Mark and Luke, however, place them immediately after the healing of the leper near Capernaum. We agree w...
THIS MAN BLASPHEMETH (ουτος βλασφημε). See the sneer in "this fellow." "The prophet always is a scandalous, irreverent blasphemer from the conventional point of view" (Bruce)....
Matthew 9:1 Jesus and Man's deepest Sadness. I. "Jesus saw their faith." Jesus did not see their faith because there was in them no other commendable quality for Him to see; there was their common at...
Matthew 9:1. _And he entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his own city._ Our Lord had given these Gergesenes an opportunity of becoming his disciples, the kingdom of God had come very...
Matthew 9:1. _And he entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his own city. And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto...
Matthew 9:1. _And he entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his own city. And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith_ The fait...
CONTENTS: Healing of the palsied man. Call of Matthew. Answering the Pharisees. Healing of woman with issue of blood. Daughter of a ruler raised from the dead. Two blind men healed. A demon cast out....
Matthew 9:1. _Jesus came into his own city,_ Capernaum, as in Mark. Our Saviour was a stranger on earth, born in Bethlehem, an exile in Egypt, resident at Nazareth, but latterly in Capernaum. Matthew...
THEN SOME TEACHERS OF THE LAW. They scented heresy, and had come from Jerusalem to check into this "Prophet of Galilee" (Luke 5:17). The "Teachers of the Law" were the theologians, the official interp...
_A man sick of the palsy._ THE HIGHEST CAUSE FOR JOY I. The miserable condition of a human being. II. The power and love of Jesus. III. thy joyous change produced. (_American Homiletical Review._)...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 9:3 BLASPHEMING. The scribes believed Jesus was dishonoring God by claiming the power to forgive sins, which only God can do (see Mark 2:7;...
JESUS HEALS A PARALYZED MAN MATTHEW 9:1-8; MARK 2:1-12; LUKE 5:17-26; MATTHEW 9:1 And he entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his ow
CHAPTER 9 _Passed over_ : that is, sailed across the sea of Galilee, to its western side. _And came into his own city._ Sedulius thinks Bethlehem is meant because he was born there. S. Jerome, with mo...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 9:1. SHIP.—_Boat_ (R.V.). HIS OWN CITY.—Capernaum (see Matthew 4:13; Mark 2:1). Matthew 9:2. PALSY.—Suff
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 9:1 _The_ _paralytic forgiven and healed. _Parallel passages: Mark 2:1; Luke 5:17. (For connexion of thought, cf....
And so he entered into a ship, and he passed over, and he came to his own city (Matthew 9:1). His own city being Capernaum. I told you that was his headquarters. And, behold, they brought to him a ma...
Acts 6:11; John 10:33; Leviticus 24:16; Luke 5:21; Luke 7:39;...
QUERIES AND CRITICISMS AGAINST CHRIST Matthew 9:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Jesus Christ came among men and announced Himself as One sent from the Father. He claimed every attribute of Deity, announced Him...
See here, how the best of men are sometimes charged with saying and doing the worst of things; to do well and bear ill, was the portion of Christ himself, and may be the portion of the holiest of thos...