The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 5:17-26
The healing of the paralyzed man. read more
Luke 5:20-24 Esv
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 5:18-25
Superabounding kindness. We learn from these words— I. CHRIST 'S CONSCIOUSNESS OF HIS OWN GREATNESS . He assumes the right to forgive men their sins ( Luke 5:20 ), and, when this right is challenged by those present, he asserts it ( Luke 5:24 ). And he does not dispute that this is a Divine prerogative. When it is claimed that only God can forgive sins ( Luke 5:21 ), his reply is one that confirms rather than questions that doctrine. To a very large extent our... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 5:20
And when he saw their faith, he said unto him, Man, thy sins are forgiven thee. For a moment the great Physician gave place to the Heart-reader; and the Lord spoke those strange, grand words to give comfort and peace to the suffering, silent, sick man. Jesus read what was in the heart of the poor paralytic; his sins distressed him more than his malady; very possibly the sad infirmity had been brought about by his old dissolute life. The soul, then, must be healed first. It was for this ,... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 5:21
And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is this which speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone? It is very probable that some of those who stood by, had already, at Jerusalem, witnessed by the Bethesda Pool a wonder-work done by the same Jesus on the person of an impotent man lying there waiting for the troubling of the water ( John 5:5 , John 5:9 ), and had taken part there in an angry expostulation with the Wonder-worker, who on that occasion,... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 5:23
Whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Rise up and walk? The Heart-reader hears, perhaps, the murmur as it runs round the circle, and grasping in a moment all that was in the angry hearts of these men, said aloud, that all might hear, some such words as these, "See now what I am about to do. You, in your dim short-sighted wisdom, think my forgiving this poor repentant sinner his dark past, is but an empty, meaningless form of words. See now whether what I am about... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 5:24-25
That ye may know that the Son of man hath power upon earth to forgive sins, (he said unto the sick of the palsy,) I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy couch, and go into thine house. And immediately he rose up before them, and took up that whereon he lay, and departed to his own house, glorifying God . The lookers-on, the curious, the cavillers, the friendly, too, as the unfriendly, who crowded that Capernaum house, could not see with their eyes the Redeemer's remission of the palsied... read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 5:17-26
See this passage explained in the notes at Matthew 9:1-7.Luke 5:17On a certain day - The time and place are not particularly mentioned here, but from Matthew 9:1 it seems it was at Capernaum.Luke 5:19The tiling - See the notes at Matthew 9:1-7. read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Luke 5:17-25
Luke 5:17-25. And on a certain day, as he was teaching Not on a sabbath day, as it appears, but on a week-day; and not in the synagogue, but in a private house. Preaching and hearing the word of God is good work, if it be performed properly, on any day in the week, as well as on the sabbath days; and in any convenient place, as well as in a place peculiarly set apart for divine worship: even there where we ordinarily converse with our friends, it is not improper to give and receive good... read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Luke 5:20
Luke 5:20 . They were all amazed Greek, εκστασις ελαβεν απαντας , astonishment seized all, that is, the Pharisees and doctors of the law, as well as the people: and they glorified God Matthew says, who had given such power unto men; power not only to heal diseases, but to forgive sins. For they could not but acknowledge the authority of Christ’s declaration, Thy sins be forgiven thee, when their eyes showed them the efficacy of his command, Arise and walk. And were filled with... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 5:12-26
The healing of the leper and the paralytic. We noticed how Jesus called the fishermen to be fishers of men, and how they nobly responded to his call, and forsook the fish and boats and friends that they might follow him. We have now before us two instructive miracles performed during his evangelistic work, and resulting in an extension of his influence. Between them there is interposed a significant remark about our Lord's private prayer, so that the order of our thought is miracle,... read more