The miraculous Bible story of Jesus forgiving and healing a paralytic in Capernaum is found in the second chapter of Mark. In this Bible account, Jesus forgives the sins of a paralyzed man which is doubted by the scribes as they question Christ's authority to pardon the sins of man. Jesus, "perceiving in His spirit that they thus questioned within themselves," then asked the scribes, (Mark 2:8-11) Then the man arose and carried his bed to the amazement of the crowd that had gathered to hear the teachings of Christ.
(Mark 2:1-12)
(Matthew 9:1-8)
As shown by the healing of the paralytic, faith is an indispensable condition for salvation. Faith is collective as well as personal, for the faith of the paralytic's friends helped in his healing. Three signs of Jesus' divinity are shown: (1) He knows the secrets of hearts (2 Chronicles 6:30); (2) He forgives sins, a power which belongs to God alone; and (3) He heals by the power of His word.
Note that one purpose of Christ's coming into the world is to forgive sins, freeing humanity from its bondage. Forgiving sins is a greater power than physical healing, for, as the scribes correctly note, God alone can forgive sins. Thus the easier task is to grant physical healing. Though Christ is fully God and holds the authority to forgive, He condescends to those gathered and heals this man in order to draw people to God, whom they glorified.
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1A few days later, when Jesus again entered Capernaum, the people heard that he had come home.
2They gathered in such large numbers that there was no room left, not even outside the door, and he preached the word to them.
3Some men came, bringing to him a paralyzed man, carried by four of them.
4Since they could not get him to Jesus because of the crowd, they made an opening in the roof above Jesus by digging through it and then lowered the mat the man was lying on.
5When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralyzed man, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”
6Now some teachers of the law were sitting there, thinking to themselves,
7“Why does this fellow talk like that? He’s blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
8Immediately Jesus knew in his spirit that this was what they were thinking in their hearts, and he said to them, “Why are you thinking these things?
9Which is easier: to say to this paralyzed man, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up, take your mat and walk’?
10But I want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.” So he said to the man,
11“I tell you, get up, take your mat and go home.”
12He got up, took his mat and walked out in full view of them all. This amazed everyone and they praised God, saying, “We have never seen anything like this!”
1Jesus stepped into a boat, crossed over and came to his own town.
2Some men brought to him a paralyzed man, lying on a mat. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the man, “Take heart, son; your sins are forgiven.”
3At this, some of the teachers of the law said to themselves, “This fellow is blaspheming!”
4Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said, “Why do you entertain evil thoughts in your hearts?
5Which is easier: to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk’?
6But I want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.” So he said to the paralyzed man, “Get up, take your mat and go home.”
7Then the man got up and went home.
8When the crowd saw this, they were filled with awe; and they praised God, who had given such authority to man.
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