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MATTHEW 9:2 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
Matt 9:1Matt 9:3
“And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy; Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee.”
And behold, some people brought to him a paralyzed man, lying on a bed. And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, Take heart, my son; your sins are forgiven. The paralytic's healing begins with an unexpected declaration: your sins are forgiven. The friends who brought the man presumably came for physical healing; they receive a prior spiritual declaration that causes offense (verse 3) before producing astonishment (verse 8). When Jesus saw their faith — the faith of the friends who carried the paralytic — he responds first to the deeper need. The my son is an expression of affectionate relationship; the take heart is the assurance before the gift. Mark 2:3–5 provides the detail of the four friends who lowered the paralytic through the roof.

Church Fathers on Matthew 9:2

Christ had above shewn His excellent power by teaching, when 'he taught them as one having authority;' in the leper, when He said, 'I will, be thou clean;' by the centurion, who said to Him, 'Speak the word, and my servant shall be healed;' by the sea which He calmed by a word; by the daemons who confessed Him; now again, in another and greater way, He compels His enemies to confess the equality of His honour with the Father; to this end it proceeds, 'And Jesus entered into a…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Hom. xxix

That Matthew here speaks of 'his own city,' and Mark calls it Capharnaum, would be more difficult to be reconciled if Matthew had expressed it Nazareth. But as it is, all Galilee might be called Christ’s city, because Nazareth was in Galilee; just as all the Roman empire, divided into many states, was still called the Roman city. [margin note: civitas] Who can doubt then that the Lord in coming to Galilee is rightly said to come into 'his own city,' whatever was the town in…

Augustine · 4th century · De Cons. Evan., ii, 25

Or; This city may be no other than Nazareth, whence He was called a Nazarene.

Jerome · 4th century
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