Verse | Translation | Text |
Mt 9:5 | King James | For whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and walk? |
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
For whether is easier to say - Thy "sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise and walk?" The one involves divine "power," the other divine "authority," and neither can be done but by God. One is as easy as the other; and to be able to do the one, involves the right and the power to do the other. |