...for present salvation : he prayed to God for comfort, and was encouraged by reading Luke v. 23 : " Whether is it '•' easier to say, thy sins be forgiven thee, or to say, rise " up and walk? But that ye may know that the Son *1 of Man hath power on earth to forgive...

...for present salvation : he prayed to God for comfort, and was encouraged by reading Luke v. 23 : " Whether is it " easier to say, thy sins be forgiven thee, or to say, rise " n'p and walk ? But that ye may know that the Son " of Man hath power on earth to forgive...

...save their souls. Both works were equally within His power, and they were sometimes combined. " For whether is it easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and walk V But the faith which sufficed for the miraculous cure of bodily disease was faith...

...blasphemeth. 4s And, Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts ? 5 For whether is it easier to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise and walk ? 6 But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins,...

...Saviour speaks of them as two distinct things, when he puts the question to the company, " Whether is easier to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee ? or to say, Take up thy bed and walk ?" Mat. ix. 5. Whitbifi Annotations. [It is strange that our author should have attributed to Whilby...

...quotes the passage, Mark, ch. ii. ver. 5, " Thy sins be forgiven thee ;" and the 9th verse, 182 " For whether is it easier to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee, or to say, Arise and walk ?" Taking those texts as the grounds of his position, I therefore beg to call the...

...man blasphemeth. ^nd Jesus knowing their ihonghts, said, wherefore think ye evil in your hearts; for whether is it easier to say, thy sins be forgiven thee, or lo say, arise suit! walk. Bat that ye may know that the Son of man hath power (ffcairiar sntliorily)...

...power, which they considered as an attribute of divinity. He first appealed to their own reason, " whether is it easier to say, thy sins be forgiven thee, or to say, arise and walk;" and then in their presence, that, as he said, they might know that he possessed...

...for present salvation ; he prayed to God for comfort, and was encouraged by reading- Luke v, 23 : " Whether is it easier to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee, or to say, Rise tip and walk ? But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins,...

...accused him of blasphemy, in professing to forgive sins on earth. In answer to which, Jesus replies : " whether is it easier to say, thy sins be forgiven thee, or to say, arise and walk?'1 (which latter mode of expression they, perhaps, would not have objected to,...