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Verse Matthew 9:2. _SICK OF THE PALSY_] See Matthew 4:24.
_LYING ON A BED_] κλινης, a _couch_ or _sofa_, such as they
_reclined_ on at meals.
_SEEING THEIR FAITH_] The faith of the paralytic person...
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A MAN SICK OF THE PALSY - See the notes at Matthew 4:24.
LYING ON A BED - This was probably a mattress, or perhaps a mere
blanket spread to lie on, so as to be easily borne. Being light, Jesus
might w...
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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. ...
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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...
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THEY BROUGHT TO HIM. MAN SICK OF THE PALSY.
As. demonstration of Christ's divine power, he was pleased to single
out the palsy and leprosy, incurable diseases, to work. cure upon such
as were afflict...
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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...
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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...
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BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6.
A MAN SICK OF THE PALSY. a paralytic.
BED. couch.
SEEING. on seeing. See App-133.
THEIR FAITH. Including of course that of the paralytic.
SON. Child....
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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...
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_sick of the palsy_ not "grievously tormented" (see ch. Matthew 8:6),
therefore suffering from a less severe type of paralysis.
_lying_ The same word and tense translated "laid," ch. Matthew 8:6,
whe...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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ἈΦΊΕΝΤΑΙ for ἀφέωνται. This important change (see
notes _infra_) is supported by א B and Origen, and is adopted by the
leading editors. In Luke 5:23, ἀφέωνται is unquestioned.
2. ΠΑΡΑΛΥΤΙΚΌΝ, not in t...
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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...
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_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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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SON, BE OF GOOD CHEER] Words of encouragement and comfort to the man,
who, we may conclude, knew that his disease was the result of past
sin, and was therefore ashamed of himself. Not only drunkenness...
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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...
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BEHOLD, THEY BROUGHT TO HIM. — From the other Gospels we learn: —
(1) That He was teaching (Luke 5:17) in a house (apparently, from what
follows, from the upper room of a house), while the people stoo...
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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...
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καὶ ἰδοὺ : usual formula for introducing an important
incident. προσέφερον, the imperfect, implying a process, the
details of which, extremely interesting, the evangelist does not give.
By comparison...
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_The palsied man_ (Mark 2:1-12; Luke 5:17-26)....
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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...
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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...
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And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a
bed: and Jesus (b) seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy;
Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee.
(b) Knowi...
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Thy sins are forgiven thee. We do not find that the sick man asked
this; but it was the much greater benefit, and which every one ought
to prefer before the health of the body. (Witham) --- He says th...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_CO-OPERATION IN RELIGION_
‘And behold, they brought to Him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a
bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy;
Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be f...
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_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...
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_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...
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2._And when Jesus saw their faith. _It is God alone, indeed, who knows
_faith: _but they had given evidence of _faith _by the laboriousness
of that attempt: for they would never have submitted to so m...
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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...
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AND BEHOLD, THEY BROUGHT TO HIM A MAN SICK OF THE PALSY,.... That is,
some of the inhabitants of Capernaum, four men of that city
particularly; for Mark says, Mark 2:3 he "was borne of four": these
br...
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And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a
bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy;
Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee.
Ver. 2. _They...
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SON; a title of condescension and kindness.
THY SINS BE FORGIVEN THEE; here, as everywhere in the holy Scriptures,
disease is regarded as a fruit of sin. The forgiveness of the man's
sins by the Savi...
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AND, BEHOLD, THEY BROUGHT TO HIM A MAN SICK OF THE PALSY, LYING ON A
BED; AND JESUS, SEEING THEIR FAITH, SAID UNTO THE SICK OF THE PALSY,
SON, BE OF GOOD CHEER, THY SINS BE FORGIVEN THEE.
Matthew impl...
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THE HEALING OF THE PALSIED MAN....
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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...
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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...
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The history of this miracle is reported by MARK 2:3; by Luke, LUKE
5:18; by both with more circumstances than Matthew doth report it.
Mark saith, He entered into Capernaum after some days; and it was...
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Irenaeus Against Heresies Book V
Rightly then does His Word say to man, "Thy sins are forgiven thee;
"[145]
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book V
But if indeed we had disobeyed the command of any other,...
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Matthew 9:2 Then G2532 behold G2400 (G5628) brought G4374 (G5707) Him
G846 paralytic G3885 lying G906 ...
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‘And behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a
bed.'
‘And behold.' Compare Matthew 9:3. See also Matthew 8:2; Matthew
8:24; Matthew 8:29
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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...
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Matthew 9:2. The accounts of Mark and Luke are more particular.
AND, merely resumes the narrative, without implying connection with
what precedes.
BEHOLD. A remarkable miracle. Luke intimates that...
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CHRONOLOGY. Matthew inserts this group of events here; Mark and Luke
at a later point. We accept the chronology of Mark, who explicitly
says that Jesus crossed the sea on the evening of the day the pa...
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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...
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THEY BROUGHT
(προσεφερον). Imperfect, "were bringing," graphic picture
made very vivid by the details in Mark 2:1-4 and Luke 5:17. " LYING ON
A BED " (stretched on a couch), perfect passive particip...
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Matthew 9:2
I. Sin its relation to the body. Sin, we know, is a "spiritual
wickedness;" its sphere of action, accordingly, is in high places.
Mere matter, whether it lie in an amorphous clod in the va...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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SOME PEOPLE BROUGHT HIM A PARALYZED MAN. This man was eager to be
healed, and had his friends bring him to Jesus. JESUS SAW HOW MUCH
FAITH. Mark's account says that they made a hole in the roof and le...
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_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._)...
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MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 9:2 YOUR SINS ARE FORGIVEN. Though
individual sin is not always the direct cause of illness (John 9:2),
ultimately all sickness and death result from sin’s entran
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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
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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...
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_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
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EXPOSITION
MATTHEW 9:1
_The_ _paralytic forgiven and healed. _Parallel passages: Mark 2:1;
Luke 5:17. (For connexion of thought, cf....
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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...
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Acts 13:38; Acts 13:39; Acts 14:9; Acts 19:12; Acts 5:15;...
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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...
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Seeing their faith — Both that of the paralytic, and of them that
brought him. Son — A title of tenderness and condescension. Mark
2:3; Luke 5:18....
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Observe, 1. The patient, ONE SICK OF THE PALSY; which being.
resolution of the nerves, weakens the joints, and confines the person
to his bed or couch. As. demonstration of Christ's devine power, he
w...