“But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (he saith to the sick of the palsy,)”
But I want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins — so he said to the man — the title Son of Man appears here for the first time in Mark, drawn from Daniel 7:13–14 where the Son of Man receives from the Ancient of Days authority, glory, and sovereign power over all nations. Jesus applies this cosmic authority figure's status to his present ministry on earth: the Son of Man has authority on earth, not just in the heavenly vision of Daniel 7. The healing is about to serve as the earthly demonstration of a heavenly authority. The so he said to the man creates a narrative hinge between the theological declaration and its enacted proof.
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