Mark 2:11

2:11 “I tell you, stand up, take your stretcher, and go home.” ¹ 

Mark 2:9

2:9 Which is easier, ²  to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Stand up, take your stretcher, and walk’?

Mark 2:12

2:12 And immediately the man ³  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 2:4

2:4 When they were not able to bring him in because of the crowd, they removed the roof ⁴  above Jesus. ⁵  Then, ⁶  after tearing it out, they lowered the stretcher the paralytic was lying on.

¹ tn Grk “to your house.”

² sn Which is easier is a reflective kind of question. On the one hand to declare sins are forgiven is easier, since one does not need to see it, unlike telling a paralyzed person to walk. On the other hand, it is harder, because for it to be true one must possess the authority to forgive the sin.

³ tn Grk “he”; the referent (the man who was healed) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁴ sn A house in 1st century Palestine would have had a flat roof with stairs or a ladder going up. This access was often from the outside of the house.

⁵ tn Grk “him”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁶ tn Grk “And.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.