SEV Biblia, Chapter 2:5
Y viendo Jess la fe de ellos, dice al paralítico: Hijo, tus pecados te son perdonados.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 5. When Jesus saw their faith , etc..] The faith of the sick man, and his friends, who seemed confident, that could they get at Christ, a cure would be wrought: the faith of the one appears in suffering himself to be brought in such a manner, under so much weakness; and with so much trouble; and of the other in bringing him, and breaking through so many difficulties to get him to Christ. He said unto the sick of the palsy, son, thy sins be forgiven thee ; pointing and striking at the root of his disorder, his sins. Christ calls him son, though, in this afflicted condition a person may be a child of God, and yet greatly afflicted by him; afflictions are not arguments against, but rather for sonship: for what son is he whom the Father chasteneth not? He scourgeth every son whom he receiveth, and by chastising them, dealeth with them as with sons; and such as are without chastisement are bastards, and not sons, ( Hebrews 12:6-8), yea he calls him a son, though a sinful creature, and who had not, as yet, until these words were spoken by Christ, any discovery and application of pardoning grace unto him: he was a son of God by divine predestination, being predestinated to the adoption of children: he was a son by virtue of the covenant of grace, he was interested in, as appears by his enjoying pardon of sin, a blessing of it; which runs thus, I will be their Father, and they shall be my sons and daughters, ( 2 Corinthians 6:18). He was one of the children which were given to Christ as in such a relation: and for the sake of whom Christ was now a partaker of flesh and blood, and in a little time was to die for them, in order to gather them together, who were scattered abroad. The blessing Christ conferred on this poor man is of the greatest consequence and importance, forgiveness of sin: it is what springs from the grace and mercy of God; it is provided in a promise in the covenant of grace; Christ was sent to shed his blood to procure it, in a way consistent with the holiness and justice of God; and this being done, it is published in the Gospel, and is a most considerable article in it, and than which, nothing can be more desirable to a sensible sinner: and blessed are they that are partakers of it, their sins will never be imputed to them; they will never be remembered more; they are blotted out of God's book of debts; they are covered out of his sight, and are removed as far as the east is from the west, even all their sins, original and actual, secret or open, of omission, or commission; (see Gill on Matthew 9:2).
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-12 - It was this man's misery that he needed to be so carried, and shows the suffering state of human life; it was kind of those who so carried him and teaches the compassion that should be in men, toward their fellow-creatures in distress. True faith and strong faith may work i various ways; but it shall be accepted and approved by Jesus Christ Sin is the cause of all our pains and sicknesses. The way to remove the effect, is to take away the cause. Pardon of sin strikes at the root of all diseases. Christ proved his power to forgive sin, by showing his power to cure the man sick of the palsy. And his curing diseases was figure of his pardoning sin, for sin is the disease of the soul; when it is pardoned, it is healed. When we see what Christ does in healin souls, we must own that we never saw the like. Most men thin themselves whole; they feel no need of a physician, therefore despis or neglect Christ and his gospel. But the convinced, humbled sinner who despairs of all help, excepting from the Saviour, will show his faith by applying to him without delay.
Greek Textus Receptus
ιδων 1492 5631 V-2AAP-NSM δε 1161 CONJ ο 3588 T-NSM ιησους 2424 N-NSM την 3588 T-ASF πιστιν 4102 N-ASF αυτων 846 P-GPM λεγει 3004 5719 V-PAI-3S τω 3588 T-DSM παραλυτικω 3885 A-DSM τεκνον 5043 N-VSN αφεωνται 863 5769 V-RPI-3P σοι 4671 P-2DS αι 3588 T-NPF αμαρτιαι 266 N-NPF σου 4675 P-2GS
Robertson's NT Word Studies
2:5 {Their faith} (ten pistin autwn). The faith of the four men and of the man himself. There is no reason for excluding his faith. They all had confidence in the power and willingness of Jesus to heal this desperate case. {Are forgiven} (afientai, aoristic present passive, cf. punctiliar action, Robertson's _Grammar_, pp. 864ff.). So #Mt 9:3, but #Lu 5:20 has the Doric perfect passive afewntai. The astonishing thing both to the paralytic and to the four friends is that Jesus forgave his sins instead of healing him. The sins had probably caused the paralysis.
