Luke 5:23
Whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Rise up and walk?
Whether is easier to say, Thy sinnes be forgiuen thee: or to say, Rise vp and walke?
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- Matthew 9:5Rank 2 from verse 23
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Luke 5:23
Sense 1: Which of two. Sense 2: Introducing alternatives or uncertainty.
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More easy; requiring less effort, labour, or difficulty.
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Sense 1: To speak, declare, tell, or express. Sense 2: What is said.
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Transgressions or offences against God and his law, and the guilt for them.
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Pardoned or released from an offence, debt, or its penalty.
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To get up, stand, ascend, increase, begin, appear, come forth, awaken, proceed to act or oppose, attain authority, or return from the dead.
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22But when Jesus perceived their thoughts, he answering said unto them, What reason ye in your hearts?
22But when Iesus perceiued their thoughts, he answering, saide vnto them, What reason ye in your hearts?
23Whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Rise up and walk?
23Whether is easier to say, Thy sinnes be forgiuen thee: or to say, Rise vp and walke?
Selected passage24But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power upon earth to forgive sins, (he said unto the sick of the palsy,) I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy couch, and go into thine house.
24But that ye may know that the Sonne of man hath power vpon earth to forgiue sinnes (he said vnto the sicke of the palsie,) I say vnto thee, Arise, and take vp thy couch, and go into thine house.