Mark 2:10 (BSB)

But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins...” He said to the paralytic,

From Mark 2. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Mark 2:10

  • Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Mark 2:1-12: Christ, having been for some time preaching about in the country, here returns to Capernaum his head-quarters, and makes his appearance there, in hopes that by this time the talk and crowd would be somewhat abated. Now observe, I. The great resort there was to him.
  • John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Mark 2:10: I say unto thee, arise, and take up thy bed,.... He bid him, in an authoritative way to arise from his bed, in which he was brought, and on which he lay before him, and take it up upon his shoulders, directly, and in the face of all the people, carry it away: and go thy way into thine house; to show himself whole to...
  • Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Mark 2:10: But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins--that forgiving power dwells in the Person of this Man, and is exercised by Him while on this earth and going out and in with you. (he saith to the sick of the palsy),