Mark 4:40
Why <5101> [Why.]
Mark 11:22
Have <2192> [Have.]
faith ... God <4102 2316> [faith in God. or, the faith of God.]
Mark 2:5
saw <1492> [saw.]
he said <3004> [he said.]
Son <5043> [Son.]
The Jews believed that not only death but all disease was the consequence of sin. "There is no death without sin, nor any chastisement without iniquity;" and that "no diseased person could be healed of his disease till his sins were blotted out." Our Lord, therefore, as usual, appeals to their received opinions, and asserts his high dignity, by first forgiving the sins, and then healing the body of the paralytic.
sins <266> [sins.]
