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Jesus' promise here is given to the whole group of disciples (the verb is plural), [3] parallel to the promise in Matthew 16:19; Matthew 18:18. [4] The disciples' power to forgive sins is linked to the gift of the Spirit in John 20:22 , and not in human power. [ 3 ]
Matthew 6:7–16 from the 1845 illuminated book of The Sermon on the Mount, designed by Owen Jones.. In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: . For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: But if ye forgive not men their
Longman, Strauss and Taylor's Expanded Bible states "they dug a hole in the roof" and notes that Judean "roofs were generally flat and made of thatch and dried mud" [12] and The Living Bible refers to a "clay roof". [13] Jesus is impressed by their effort, praising all the men's faith, and he tells the paralytic that his sins are forgiven.
Michael Licona suggests that John has redacted Jesus' authentic statements as recorded in Matthew, Mark and Luke. Where Matthew and Mark have Jesus quote Psalm 22:1, John records that "in order that the Scripture may be fulfilled, Jesus said, 'I am thirsty'." Jesus' final words as recorded in Luke are simplified in John into "It is finished." [12]
Jerome: " Whether or no his sins were forgiven He alone could know who forgave; but whether he could rise and walk, not only himself but they that looked on could judge of; but the power that heals, whether soul or body, is the same. And as there is a great difference between saying and doing, the outward sign is given that the spiritual effect ...
Jesus Christ called the Holy Spirit "Spirit of Truth" (John 14:17; [43] 15:26; [44] John 16:13) [45] and warned us, "All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men; but the blasphemy against the Holy Spirit shall not be forgiven unto men" (Matthew 12:31).