Commentaries:
People's Commentary (NT)
Mark 2:2-12 Many were gathered together. For notes on the healing of this paralytic see Matthew 9:2-8. Compare Luke 5:17-26. As we learn from Luke, among those gathered were Pharisees and scribes from Judea, Jerusalem, and Galilee (Luke 5:17), evidently by a preconcerted arrangement. The whole incident illustrates: (1) The Divine power of Christ. He could assert that he forgave sins without blasphemy. (2) The difference between Christ and his apostles, none of whom claimed to forgive sins (see Acts 8:22-24). (3) It affords a test for all priests who claim to forgive sin. If they possessed power to forgive sins they would have power also to relieve the body of the physical consequences of sin.
Other People's Commentary (NT) entries containing Mark 2:5:
Matthew 9:2
Mark 2:2-12
Luke 5:17-26
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