KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
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“Whether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk?”
What does this verse really mean? Use this table to get a word-for-word translation of the original Greek Scripture. This shows the English words related to the source biblical texts along with brief definitions. Follow the buttons in the right-hand column for detailed definitions and verses that use the same root words. Use this reference information to gain deeper insight into the Bible and enrich your understanding. Information based on Strong's Exhaustive Concordance[1].
| KJV Verse | Original Greek | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Greek word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Greek word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “Whether” | τί | An interrogative pronoun, who, which or what (in direct or indirect questions) | Whether |
| “is it” | ἐστιν | He (she or it) is; also (with neuter plural) they are | is it |
| “easier” | εὐκοπώτερον | Better for toil, i.e., more facile | easier |
| “to say” | εἰπεῖν | To speak or say (by word or writing) | say |
| “to sick of the” | παραλυτικῷ | As if dissolved, i.e., "paralytic" | sick |
| “the” | τῷ | The (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) | the |
| “palsy,” | παραλυτικῷ | As if dissolved, i.e., "paralytic" | palsy |
| “Thy” | (No Greek definition. English implied.) | ||
| “sins” | ἁμαρτίαι | A sin (properly abstract) | sins |
| “be forgiven” | Ἀφέωνταί | To send forth, in various applications (as follow) | forgiven |
| “thee;” | σοί | To thee | thee |
| “or” | ἢ | Disjunctive, or; comparative, than | or |
| “to say,” | εἰπεῖν | To speak or say (by word or writing) | say |
| “Arise,” | Ἔγειραι | To waken (transitively or intransitively), i.e., rouse (literally, from sleep, from sitting or lying, from disease, from death; or figuratively, from obscurity, inactivity, ruins, nonexistence) | Arise |
| “and” | καὶ | And, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words | and |
| “take up” | ἆρον | To lift up; by implication, to take up or away; figuratively, to raise (the voice), keep in suspense (the mind), specially, to sail away (i.e., weigh anchor); by Hebraism (compare H5375) to expiate sin | take up |
| “thy” | σου | Of thee, thy | thy |
| “bed,” | κράββατον | A mattress | bed |
| “and” | καὶ | And, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words | and |
| “walk?” | περιπάτει | To tread all around, i.e., walk at large (especially as proof of ability); figuratively, to live, deport oneself, follow (as a companion or votary) | walk |
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7 Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only?
8 And immediately when Jesus perceived in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, he said unto them, Why reason ye these things in your hearts?
9 Whether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk?
10 But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (he saith to the sick of the palsy,)
11 I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy bed, and go thy way into thine house.
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