Mateus 9:8

8 E as multidões, vendo isso, temeram, e glorificaram a Deus, que dera tal autoridade aos homens.

Mateus 9:8 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 9:8

But when the multitude saw it
The miracle that was wrought; when they saw the man take up his bed, and carry it home, which was done by Christ, as a proof of his having power to forgive sin,

they marvelled, and glorified God:
they were struck with amazement and astonishment at the sight, it being what was strange and unusual; the like to which they had never seen before, nor heard of: and concluding it to be more than human; they ascribed it to God; they praised, and adored the divine goodness,

which had given such power unto men;
of working miracles, healing diseases, and delivering miserable mortals from such maladies, as were otherwise incurable; still looking upon Christ as a mere man, by whom God did these things; not knowing yet the mystery of the incarnation, God manifest in the flesh.

Mateus 9:8 In-Context

6 Ora, para que saibais que o Filho do homem tem sobre a terra autoridade para perdoar pecados (disse então ao paralítico): Levanta- te, toma o teu leito, e vai para tua casa.

7 E este, levantando-se, foi para sua casa.

8 E as multidões, vendo isso, temeram, e glorificaram a Deus, que dera tal autoridade aos homens.

9 Partindo Jesus dali, viu sentado na coletoria um homem chamado Mateus, e disse-lhe: Segue-me. E ele, levantando-se, o seguiu.

10 Ora, estando ele � mesa em casa, eis que chegaram muitos publicanos e pecadores, e se reclinaram � mesa juntamente com Jesus e seus discípulos.