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Mark 2:4-6
New English Translation
Mark 2:4-6
New English Translation
4 When they were not able to bring him in because of the crowd, they removed the roof[a] above Jesus.[b] Then,[c] after tearing it out, they lowered the stretcher the paralytic was lying on. 5 When Jesus saw their[d] faith, he said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”[e] 6 Now some of the experts in the law[f] were sitting there, turning these things over in their minds:[g]
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- Mark 2:4 sn A house in 1st century Palestine would have had a flat roof with stairs or a ladder going up. This access was often from the outside of the house.
- Mark 2:4 tn Grk “him”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
- Mark 2:4 tn Grk “And.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.
- Mark 2:5 sn The plural pronoun their makes it clear that Jesus was responding to the faith of the entire group, not just the paralyzed man.
- Mark 2:5 sn The passive voice here is a divine passive (ExSyn 437). It is clear that God does the forgiving.
- Mark 2:6 tn Or “some of the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 1:22.
- Mark 2:6 tn Grk “Reasoning within their hearts.”
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