{Their faith} ( (886e) pistin aut(936e)). In all three Gospels.
{Man} (anthr(9370)e). Mark and Matthew have "child" or "Son"
( eknon). Are forgiven (aphe(936e)tai). This Doric form of the
perfect passive indicative is for the Attic apheintai. It
appears also in Lu 5:23 7:47,48 Joh 20:23 1Jo 2:12 . Mr 2:6 Mt 9:2 have the present passive aphientai. Possibly this man's
malady was due to his sin as is sometimes true ( Joh 5:14 ). The
man had faith along with that of the four, but he was still a
paralytic when Jesus forgave his sins.
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