...other gospels is the healing of the man whose sins have been first forgiven by Christ, when He asks " Whether is it easier to say, ' Thy sins be forgiven thee,' or ' Arise and walk'? but that ye may know that the Son of Man hath power on earth to forgive sins, he...

...they are — as those probably would have answered to whom our Lord put the question, " Whether is easier to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee : or to say, Take up thy bed and walk ? " — easier, as not being so capable of being disproved, since they do not come within the domain...

...forgiving all iniquities. These two blessings are combined in our Lord's dealings with this palsied man. He said, "Whether is it easier to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and walk ? But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins,...

...sufferer. And Jesus knowing their thoughts, said, " Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts ?" " For whether is it easier to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee ; or to say, Arise, and walk ? " As if he had said, It is a greater work to forgive sins than to perform miracles...

...forgiven thee " (Matthew, ix. 2 ;) and, being murmured at by the Scribes for this act, asked them, " Whether is it easier to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee, or to say, Arise and walk?" (Matthew, ix. 5.) Of course, he meant that the two things were synonymous —...

...obliterated by bitterer struggles and severer sufferings, by faith in God's love 1 Refer to Matt. ix. 2- 6. " Whether is it easier to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee ! or to say, Arise, take up thy bed and walk? " Jesus seems here clearly to intimate that the view taken above...

...up thy bed, and walk ; and ha took up the bed, and went forth before them all," ii. 5, 9, 11, 12 ; that here something is signified by bed, is evident,...to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee, or to say, Take np thy bed and walk ? by carrying his bed and walking, is signified to meditate in doctrine : it is...

...Jesus said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee;** and he said unto the Scribes, "Whether is it easier to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee, or to say, Arise, take up thy bed, and walk ?" then he said, "Arise, take up thy bed, and walk ; and he took...

...difficulty cannot rest ; for when the question of Christ runs thus : ' Which is easier to say («Veti/); Thy sins be forgiven thee ; or to say, Take up thy bed and walk ? ' the one expression of the mouth is as easy to pronounce as the other.1 The evKovwrepov docs not...

...are those in which the negation of one involves the affirmation of the other ; as, for example — " Whether is it easier to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee, or to say, Arise and walk ? " They are introduced in Latin chiefly by the first of the four following forms...