Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
They brought (proseferon). 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 participle, a little bed or couch (klinidion) in Luke 5:19, "a pallet" (krabatov) in Mark 2:4, Mark 2:9, Mark 2:11.
Thy sins are forgiven (afientai). Present passive indicative (aoristic present). Luke (Luke 5:21) has afewntai, Doric and Ionic perfect passive indicative for the Attic afeintai, one of the dialectical forms appearing in the Koin‚.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Matthew 9:2:
Mark 2:3
Mark 2:4
Luke 5:18
Luke 5:20
John 16:33
Acts 23:11
2 Corinthians 5:8
Hebrews 13:6
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