Luke 5:16-26

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 5:22

But Jesus perceiving their reasonings, answered and said unto them, Why reason ye in your hearts?From this it is clear that Christ was reading the thoughts of his audience. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 5:23

Which is easier, to say, Thy sins are forgiven thee; or to say, Arise and walk?The implications of this statement by our Lord are profound. Here, Jesus admitted that the so-called granting of absolution is on an absolute parity with performing a miracle. Anyone who can do either can do both; and he who cannot do both can do neither! It does seem that with such a proposition so boldly stated here, there should be an end of men saying, "I absolve thee? read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 5:24

But that ye may know that the Son of man hath authority on earth to forgive sins (he said unto him that was palsied), I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy couch, and go unto thy house.Christ thus gave the most dramatic proof of his authority both to heal men's bodies and to forgive their sins. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 5:25

And immediately he rose up before them, and took up that whereon he lay, and departed to his house, glorifying God.Thus, a second time in this chapter, Jesus directed the most visible and convincing proof of his oneness with the Father toward the community of scribes and Pharisees, making every effort to enlist them as believers in his holy mission. From John it is learned, however, that they had already rejected him and were merely stalking him with a view of putting him to death (John 5:18).... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 5:26

And amazement took hold on all, and they glorified God; and they were filled with fear, saying, We have seen strange things today.On all ... Luke's use of these words in not absolute. For example, he said in another place, "And all the people ..." were baptized "of John's baptism; but the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected for themselves the counsel of God, being not baptized of him" (Luke 7:29). Therefore, it may be assumed that the same group refused to glorify God in this instance.We have... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Luke 5:17

Luke 5:17. And the power of the Lord was present, &c.— Our Lord not only preached such awakening sermons as might have converted them to righteousness, but he was ready to perform such astonishing miracles as ought to have removed all their scruples with respect to his mission. Some suppose, that the word them refers not to the doctors and Pharisees of the law, but, in general, to those who had need of healing, and faith to be healed—the crowds, mentioned Mark 2:2. See on Matthew 9:1. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Luke 5:20

Luke 5:20. And when he saw their faith,— That of the man, and of his friends,—though they themselves spake nothing; the miserable condition of the paralytic yet pleading with a voice far more eloquent than all language. St. Chrysostom, speaking of this act of the bearers, says, "So ingenious a thing is affection, and so fruitful in invention is love!" And upon the paralytic's patience in bearing all these difficulties,and not waiting for some other opportunity, he observes, he said nothing of... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Luke 5:26

Luke 5:26. They were all amazed,— That is, the Pharisees and doctors of the law, mentioned Luk 5:17 as well as all the people. See Matthew 9:8. And indeed, whether you examine the nature of this miracle, as being a perfect and instantaneous cure of an obstinate universal palsy, under which a person advanced in years had laboured for a long time; a perfect cure produced by pronouncing a single sentence; or whether you consider the number and quality of the witnesses present, Pharisees and... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Luke 5:17

17. Pharisees and doctors . . . sitting by—the highest testimony yet borne to our Lord's growing influence, and the necessity increasingly felt by the ecclesiastics throughout the country of coming to some definite judgment regarding Him. power of the Lord . . . present—with Jesus. to heal them—the sick people. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Luke 5:19

19. housetop—the flat roof. through the tiling . . . before Jesus—(See on :-). read more

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