Matthew 9:2

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Just then some people brought to him a paralytic lying on a stretcher. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic,“Have courage, son! Your sins are forgiven.”

📖 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 when Jesus turned and saw her he said,“Have courage, daughter! Your faith has made you well.” And the woman was healed from that hour.
• Matt 4:24 : 24 So a report about him spread throughout Syria. People brought to him all who suffered with various illnesses and afflictions, those who had seizures, paralytics, and those possessed by demons, and he healed them.
• Matt 8:10 : 10 When Jesus heard this he was amazed and said to those who followed him,“I tell you the truth, I have not found such faith in anyone in Israel!
• Acts 14:9 : 9 This man was listening to Paul as he was speaking. When Paul stared intently at him and saw he had faith to be healed,
• Acts 19:12 : 12 so that when even handkerchiefs or aprons that had touched his body were brought to the sick, their diseases left them and the evil spirits went out of them.
• John 21:5 : 5 So Jesus said to them,“Children, you don’t have any fish, do you?” They replied,“No.”
• Col 1:12-14 : 12 giving thanks to the Father who has qualified you to share in the saints’ inheritance in the light. 13 He delivered us from the power of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of the Son he loves, 14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
• Jas 2:18 : 18 But someone will say,“You have faith and I have works.” Show me your faith without works and I will show you faith by my works.
• Acts 5:15-16 : 15 Thus they even carried the sick out into the streets, and put them on cots and pallets, so that when Peter came by at least his shadow would fall on some of them. 16 A crowd of people from the towns around Jerusalem also came together, bringing the sick and those troubled by unclean spirits. They were all being healed.
• Acts 13:38-39 : 38 Therefore let it be known to you, brothers, that through this one forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you, 39 and by this one everyone who believes is justified from everything from which the law of Moses could not justify you.
• Rom 4:6-8 : 6 So even David himself speaks regarding the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works: 7 “Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven, and whose sins are covered; 8 blessed is the one against whom the Lord will never count sin.”
• Rom 5:11 : 11 Not only this, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received this reconciliation.
• Matt 8:16 : 16 When it was evening, many demon-possessed people were brought to him. He drove out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick.
• Matt 9:6 : 6 But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”– then he said to the paralytic–“Stand up, take your stretcher, and go home.”
• Ps 32:1-2 : 1 By David; a well-written song. How blessed is the one whose rebellious acts are forgiven, whose sin is pardoned! 2 How blessed is the one whose wrongdoing the LORD does not punish, in whose spirit there is no deceit.
• Eccl 9:7 : 7 Life is Brief, so Cherish its Joys Go, eat your food with joy, and drink your wine with a happy heart, because God has already approved your works.
• Isa 40:1-2 : 1 The Lord Returns to Jerusalem“Comfort, comfort my people,” says your God. 2 “Speak kindly to Jerusalem, and tell her that her time of warfare is over, that her punishment is completed. For the LORD has made her pay double for all her sins.”
• Isa 44:22 : 22 I remove the guilt of your rebellious deeds as if they were a cloud, the guilt of your sins as if they were a cloud. Come back to me, for I protect you.”
• Jer 31:33-34 : 33 “But I will make a new covenant with the whole nation of Israel after I plant them back in the land,” says the LORD.“I will put my law within them and write it on their hearts and minds. I will be their God and they will be my people. 34 “People will no longer need to teach their neighbors and relatives to know me. For all of them, from the least important to the most important, will know me,” says the LORD.“For I will forgive their sin and will no longer call to mind the wrong they have done.”
• Mark 1:32 : 32 When it was evening, after sunset, they brought to him all who were sick and demon-possessed.
• Mark 2:1-9 : 1 Healing and Forgiving a Paralytic Now after some days, when he returned to Capernaum, the news spread that he was at home. 2 So many gathered that there was no longer any room, not even by the door, and he preached the word to them. 3 Some people came bringing to him a paralytic, carried by four of them. 4 When they were not able to bring him in because of the crowd, they removed the roof above Jesus. Then, after tearing it out, they lowered the stretcher the paralytic was lying on. 5 When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic,“Son, your sins are forgiven.” 6 Now some of the experts in the law were sitting there, turning these things over in their minds: 7 “Why does this man speak this way? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?” 8 Now immediately, when Jesus realized in his spirit that they were contemplating such thoughts, he said to them,“Why are you thinking such things in your hearts? 9 Which is easier, to say to the paralytic,‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say,‘Stand up, take your stretcher, and walk’? 10 But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins,”– he said to the paralytic– 11 “I tell you, stand up, take your stretcher, and go home.” 12 And immediately the man stood up, took his stretcher, and went out in front of them all. They were all amazed and glorified God, saying,“We have never seen anything like this!”
• Mark 5:34 : 34 He said to her,“Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace, and be healed of your disease.”
• Luke 5:18-26 : 18 Just then some men showed up, carrying a paralyzed man on a stretcher. They were trying to bring him in and place him before Jesus. 19 But since they found no way to carry him in because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and let him down on the stretcher through the roof tiles right in front of Jesus. 20 When Jesus saw their faith he said,“Friend, your sins are forgiven.” 21 Then the experts in the law and the Pharisees began to think to themselves,“Who is this man who is uttering blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God alone?” 22 When Jesus perceived their hostile thoughts, he said to them,“Why are you raising objections within yourselves? 23 Which is easier, to say,‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say,‘Stand up and walk’? 24 But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”– he said to the paralyzed man–“I tell you, stand up, take your stretcher and go home.” 25 Immediately he stood up before them, picked up the stretcher he had been lying on, and went home, glorifying God. 26 Then astonishment seized them all, and they glorified God. They were filled with awe, saying,“We have seen incredible things today.”
• Luke 7:47-50 : 47 Therefore I tell you, her sins, which were many, are forgiven, thus she loved much; but the one who is forgiven little loves little.” 48 Then Jesus said to her,“Your sins are forgiven.” 49 But those who were at the table with him began to say among themselves,“Who is this, who even forgives sins?” 50 He said to the woman,“Your faith has saved you; go in peace.”
• John 2:25 : 25 He did not need anyone to testify about man, for he knew what was in man.
• John 16:33 : 33 I have told you these things so that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble and suffering, but take courage– I have conquered the world.”