Matthew 9:2

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And they took to him a man stretched on a bed who had no power of moving; and Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the man who was ill, Son, take heart; you have forgiveness for your sins.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ, ἰδού, προσέφερον αὐτῷ παραλυτικὸν, ἐπὶ κλίνης βεβλημένον: καὶ ἰδὼν ὁ Ἰησοῦς τὴν πίστιν αὐτῶν εἶπεν τῷ παραλυτικῷ· Θάρσει· τέκνον, ἀφέωνταί σοί αἱ ἁμαρτίαι σου.

Transliteration

And, idou, they prosepheron to him a paralytikon, upon a klinēs having been beblēmenon: and idōn Iēsous the pistin of them eipen to the paralytikō: Tharsei; teknon, apheōntai to you the hamartiai of you.

Grammar Details

• *idou*: aorist imperative - behold/look
• *prosepheron*: imperfect active, 3rd person plural - were bringing/offering
• *paralytikon*: accusative, masculine, singular - paralytic
• *klinēs*: genitive, feminine, singular - bed/couch
• *beblēmenon*: perfect passive participle, accusative, masculine, singular - having been laid/thrown/placed
• *idōn*: aorist participle, nominative, masculine, singular - seeing/having seen
• *Iēsous*: nominative, masculine, singular - Jesus
• *pistin*: accusative, feminine, singular - faith/belief
• *eipen*: aorist indicative, 3rd person singular - said/spoke
• *paralytikō*: dative, masculine, singular - to the paralytic
• *Tharsei*: present imperative, 2nd person singular - take courage/be of good cheer
• *teknon*: vocative, neuter, singular - child/son
• *apheōntai*: perfect passive indicative, 3rd person plural - have been forgiven/are forgiven
• *hamartiai*: nominative, feminine, plural - sins

Word Meanings

• *idou*: behold/look/see
• *prosepheron*: were bringing/were offering
• *beblēmenon*: having been laid/placed/cast/thrown
• *Tharsei*: take courage/be of good cheer/have confidence
• *apheōntai*: have been forgiven/are forgiven/are sent away

Referenced Verses

• Matt 9:22 : 22 But Jesus, turning and seeing her, said, Daughter, take heart; your faith has made you well. And the woman was made well from that hour.
• Matt 4:24 : 24 And news of him went out through all Syria; and they took to him all who were ill with different diseases and pains, those having evil spirits and those who were off their heads, and those who had no power of moving. And he made them well.
• Matt 8:10 : 10 And when these words came to the ears of Jesus he was surprised, and said to those who came after him, Truly I say to you, I have not seen such great faith, no, not in Israel.
• Acts 14:9 : 9 This man was giving ear to the preaching of Paul, who, looking at him, and seeing that he had faith to be made well,
• Acts 19:12 : 12 So that bits of linen and clothing from his body were taken to people who were ill, and their diseases went away from them and the evil spirits went out.
• John 21:5 : 5 So Jesus said to them, Children, have you taken any fish? They made answer, No.
• Col 1:12-14 : 12 Giving praise to the Father who has given us a part in the heritage of the saints in light; 13 Who has made us free from the power of evil and given us a place in the kingdom of the Son of his love; 14 In whom we have our salvation, the forgiveness of sins:
• Jas 2:18 : 18 But a man may say, You have faith and I have works; let me see your faith without your works, and I will make my faith clear to you by my works.
• Acts 5:15-16 : 15 And they even took into the streets people who were ill, and put them on beds, so that when Peter went by, some of them might be in his shade. 16 And numbers of people came together from the towns round about Jerusalem, with those who were ill and those who were troubled with unclean spirits: and they were all made well.
• Acts 13:38-39 : 38 And so, let it be clear to you, my brothers, that through this man forgiveness of sins is offered to you: 39 And through him everyone who has faith is made free from all those things, from which the law of Moses was not able to make you free.
• Rom 4:6-8 : 6 As David says that there is a blessing on the man to whose account God puts righteousness without works, saying, 7 Happy are those who have forgiveness for their wrongdoing, and whose sins are covered. 8 Happy is the man against whom no sin is recorded by the Lord.
• Rom 5:11 : 11 And not only so, but we have joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we are now at peace with God.
• Matt 8:16 : 16 And in the evening, they took to him a number of people who had evil spirits; and he sent the spirits out of them with a word, and made well all who were ill;
• Matt 9:6 : 6 But so that you may see that on earth the Son of man has authority for the forgiveness of sins, (then said he to the man who was ill,) Get up, and take up your bed, and go to your house.
• Ps 32:1-2 : 1 <Of David. Maschil.> Happy is he who has forgiveness for his wrongdoing, and whose sin is covered. 2 Happy is the man in whom the Lord sees no evil, and in whose spirit there is no deceit.
• Eccl 9:7 : 7 Come, take your bread with joy, and your wine with a glad heart. God has taken pleasure in your works.
• Isa 40:1-2 : 1 Give comfort, give comfort, to my people, says your God. 2 Say kind words to the heart of Jerusalem, crying out to her that her time of trouble is ended, that her punishment is complete; that she has been rewarded by the Lord's hand twice over for all her sins.
• Isa 44:22 : 22 I have put your evil doings out of my mind like a thick cloud, and your sins like a mist: come back to me; for I have taken up your cause.
• Jer 31:33-34 : 33 But this is the agreement which I will make with the people of Israel after those days, says the Lord; I will put my law in their inner parts, writing it in their hearts; and I will be their God, and they will be my people. 34 And no longer will they be teaching every man his neighbour and every man his brother, saying, Get knowledge of the Lord: for they will all have knowledge of me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, says the Lord: for they will have my forgiveness for their evil-doing, and their sin will go from my memory for ever.
• Mark 1:32 : 32 And in the evening, at sundown, they took to him all who were diseased, and those who had evil spirits.
• Mark 2:1-9 : 1 And when he came into Capernaum again after some days, the news went about that he was in the house. 2 And a great number had come together, so that there was no longer room for them, no, not even about the door: and he gave them teaching. 3 And four men came to him with one on a bed who had no power of moving. 4 And when they were unable to get near him because of all the people, they got the roof uncovered where he was: and when it was broken up, they let down the bed on which the man was. 5 And Jesus, seeing their faith, said to him, Son, you have forgiveness for your sins. 6 But there were certain of the scribes seated there, and reasoning in their hearts, 7 Why does this man say such things? he has no respect for God: from whom does forgiveness come but from God only? 8 And Jesus, having knowledge in his spirit of their thoughts, said to them, Why are you reasoning about these things in your hearts? 9 Which is the simpler, to say to a man who is ill, You have forgiveness for your sins, or, Get up, take up your bed, and go? 10 But so that you may see that the Son of man has authority for the forgiveness of sins on earth, (he said to the man,) 11 I say to you, Get up, take up your bed, and go to your house. 12 And he got up, and straight away took up the bed and went out before them all, so that they were all full of wonder, and gave glory to God, saying, We have never seen anything like this.
• Mark 5:34 : 34 And he said to her, Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace, and be free from your disease.
• Luke 5:18-26 : 18 And some men had with them, on a bed, a man who was ill, without power of moving; and they made attempts to get him in and put him before Jesus. 19 And because of the mass of people, there was no way to get him in; so they went up on the top of the house and let him down through the roof, on his bed, into the middle in front of Jesus. 20 And seeing their faith he said, Man, you have forgiveness for your sins. 21 And the scribes and Pharisees were having an argument, saying, Who is this, who has no respect for God? who is able to give forgiveness for sins, but God only? 22 But Jesus, who had knowledge of their thoughts, said to them, Why are you reasoning in your hearts? 23 Which is the simpler: to say, You have forgiveness for your sins; or to say, Get up and go? 24 But so that you may see that on earth the Son of man has authority for the forgiveness of sins, (he said to the man who was ill,) I say to you, Get up, and take up your bed, and go into your house. 25 And straight away he got up before them, and took up his bed and went away to his house giving praise to God. 26 And wonder overcame them all, and they gave glory to God; and they were full of fear, saying, We have seen strange things today.
• Luke 7:47-50 : 47 And so I say to you, She will have forgiveness for her sins which are great in number, because of her great love: but he who has small need of forgiveness gives little love. 48 And he said to her, You have forgiveness for your sins. 49 And those who were seated at table with him said to themselves, Who is this who even gives forgiveness of sins? 50 And he said to the woman, By your faith you have salvation; go in peace.
• John 2:25 : 25 He had no need for any witness about man; for he himself had knowledge of what was in man.
• John 16:33 : 33 I have said all these things to you so that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble: but take heart! I have overcome the world.