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NASB | Luke 5:23 "Which is easier, to say, 'Your sins have been forgiven you,' or to say, 'Get up and walk'? |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Luke 5:23 "Which is easier, to say, 'Your sins are forgiven you,' or to say, 'Get up and walk'? |
Bible Question: Thanks, this answers one aspect of my question but another aspect is, I think, more difficult. The men clearly brought their friend so that he might be healed of his paralysis. When they finally make their way to Jesus, however, He tells the man his sins are forgiven. It is not until the Pharisees grumble that He tells the man to get up and walk. Why did Jesus not tell the man to walk in the first place? If his condition was a result of his sin, why did forgiving his sins not result in his being able to walk? |
Bible Answer: 1) Being God omniscient, He new what would come out of the hearts of the Pharisees, so His demonstration was to perhaps show them and all His deity. 2) Though the man didn't get up and walk, his palsy may well have been already healed when Jesus forgave his sins. The Scripture really doesn't say, so we would be reading into it what isn't there by assuming that the man was not already healed. We don't really know one way or the other, so the question is sorta mute. John |