Mark 2:7 meaning and explanation
“Why does this man speak like this? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
Mark 2:7, Berean Standard Bible
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These are the scribes, experts in the law, sitting in the crowded house at Capernaum. They have just heard Jesus tell the paralytic, "Son, your sins are forgiven." Their objection is theological, not personal: in their understanding, only God can forgive sins, so a mere man claiming that authority insults God.
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