Mark 2:5 Meaning and Explanation
“When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee.”
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What Does Mark 2:5 Mean?
Jesus looks up and sees the faith of the men—faith made visible in the opened roof and the lowered mat. Then he speaks to the paralyzed man with startling tenderness, calling him "Son," and addresses not his legs but his soul: "thy sins be forgiven thee."
The friends came seeking a cure; Jesus reaches deeper, to the truest wound. He sees that a person's heaviest burden is not always the visible one. Before he restores the body, he speaks pardon to the heart, showing that forgiveness is the gift he most longs to give. To every burdened soul carried to him in faith, the first word of Christ is grace.
Mark 2:5 in the Original Language
aphiemi (ἀφίημι), 'forgiven' -- to send away or release, as a debt is cancelled.
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What does Mark 2:5 mean?
Seeing their faith, Jesus tells the paralyzed man that his sins are forgiven.