6But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins,(then saith he to the sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house.
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For whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and walk?
I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.
For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will. …
Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you. …
To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes forgave I it in the person of Christ;
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-8)The first words of this chapter oblige us to look back to the close of that which precedes it, where we find the Gadarenes so resenting the loss of their swine, that they were disgusted with Christ’s company, and besought him to depart out of their coasts . Now here it follows, He entered into a ship, and passed over . They bid him begone, and he took them at their word, and we never read that he…
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