Matthew 9:3

3 et ecce quidam de scribis dixerunt intra se hic blasphemat

Matthew 9:3 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 9:3

And behold, certain of the Scribes said within themselves,
&c.] And of the Pharisees also, as Luke says; for there were at this time Pharisees and doctors of the law, who were come out of every town of Galilee and Judea, and out of Jerusalem, sitting and hearing him teach, and observing what he said, and did; who upon hearing him pronounce the sentence of pardon, upon this "paralytic" man, reasoned and concluded in their own minds, though they did not care to speak it out, that

this man blasphemeth:
the reason was, because they thought he ascribed that to himself, which was peculiar to God: and so he did, and yet did not blaspheme; because he himself was God, of which he quickly gave convincing proofs.

Matthew 9:3 In-Context

1 et ascendens in naviculam transfretavit et venit in civitatem suam

2 et ecce offerebant ei paralyticum iacentem in lecto et videns Iesus fidem illorum dixit paralytico confide fili remittuntur tibi peccata tua

3 et ecce quidam de scribis dixerunt intra se hic blasphemat

4 et cum vidisset Iesus cogitationes eorum dixit ut quid cogitatis mala in cordibus vestris

5 quid est facilius dicere dimittuntur tibi peccata aut dicere surge et ambula