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MATTHEW 9:6 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
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“But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (then saith he to the sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house.”
But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins — he then said to the paralytic — Rise, pick up your bed and go home. The miracle is performed to produce knowledge — that you may know. The Son of Man who has authority on earth to forgive sins is the same Son of Man who has nowhere to lay his head (8:20) and who will receive all authority in Daniel 7:13–14. The earthly authority to forgive sins is a present, embodied reality, not a future hope. The paralytic who was carried in on his bed picks it up and carries it out — the reversal is complete. The bed that was the emblem of helplessness becomes the object he carries.

Church Fathers on Matthew 9:6

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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