εύκοπώτερον сотр. от εϋκοπος (G2123) легкий,
ειπείν aor. act. inf. от λέγω (G3004) говорить. Inf. объясняет, что является более легким,
έγειρε praes. imper. act. от έγείρω (G1453) — intr. гл. в imper.: "вставай!" περιπάτει praes. imper. act. от περίπατέω (G4043) идти, ходить.
Ο praes. imper. этого гл. см. VANT, 343-44.
Verse Matthew 9:5. _FOR 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...
FOR 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...
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...
WHETHER IS EASIER TO SAY, THY SINS BE FORGIVEN THEE. To say, "Thy sins be forgiven thee," was easy, for no visible result could test the saying. To say, "Take up thy bed and walk," was not apparently...
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...
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...
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...
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...
ἜΓΕΙΡΕ for ἔγειραι. An example of _itacism_, errors arising from similarity of sound. ‘In all the passages in which ἔγειρε, occurs, there is found, as a different reading, ἔγειραι.’ (Meyer.) 5. ΕΥ̓ΚΟ...
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...
_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...
_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...
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...
WHETHER IS EASIER,...? — The form of the question implies what we call an argument _à fortiori._ It was easier to say, “Thy sins are forgiven thee,” for those words could not be put to any outward tes...
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...
_The palsied man_ (Mark 2:1-12; Luke 5:17-26)....
εὐκοπώτερον (from εὖ and κόπος, whence εὔκοπος; in N.T. (Gospels) only the comparative neuter is found, as here). The question as to ability, δύναμις, is first disposed of; which is _easier_ εἰπεῖν :...
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...
The power of working miracles, and of forgiving sins, is proper to God, but can be communicated by God to man equally in the sacraments of baptism and penance. (Haydock) --- Which is easier. It is mor...
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...
5._Whether is it easier to say? _The meaning is, that, as it is not easier to quicken by a word a body which is nearly dead than to forgive _sins, _there is no reason to wonder that he _forgives sins,...
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...
FOR WHETHER IS EASIER TO SAY,..... Christ proceeds to clear himself of the charge of blasphemy, and to prove his power to forgive sins, by putting a case to them, of which he makes themselves Judges,...
For whether is easier, to say, _Thy_ sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and walk? Ver. 5. _For whether is it easier, &c._] _q.d._ It is a work of one and the same Almighty power to pardon sin,...
_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...
EASIER; that is, one is as really the work of God as the other....
The condemnation of the scribes:...
FOR WHETHER IS EASIER TO SAY, THY SINS BE FORGIVEN THEE, OR TO SAY, ARISE, AND WALK? As usual, the enemies of Christ had their representatives in the people surrounding Jesus, to counteract, if possib...
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...
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Matthew 9:5 For G1063 which G5101 is G2076 (G5748) easier G2123 say G2036 (G5629) sins G266 forgiven...
‘For which is easier, to say, “Your sins are forgiven”; or to say, “Arise, and walk?” ' He then challenged them on the basis of the evidence of His mighty works. Which was easier, to say, “Your sins a...
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...
Matthew 9:5. FOR, as a proof that the thoughts were evil. WHICH IS EASIER, etc. Archbishop Trench correctly sets forth the argument: ‘In our Lord's argument it must be carefully noted that He does no...
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...
SINS SIN (_ See Scofield) - (Romans 3:23). _...
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...
IS IT EASIER TO SAY. There was no way they could test his claim to forgive sins, even though this was the more difficult thing to do. But the order to "Get up and walk" would be immediately visible. H...
_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 9:5 WHICH IS EASIER? The implied answer is that it is easier to say, “Your sins are forgiven,” for there is no way to verify whether or not this has happened....
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 14:8; Acts 3:16; Acts 3:6; Acts 4:10; Acts 4:9;...
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...
Which is easier — Do not both of them argue a Divine power? Therefore if I can heal his disease, I can forgive his sins: especially as his disease is the consequence of his sins. Therefore these must...