Mark 2:11

11 "To you I say, `Rise, take up your mat and go home.'"

Mark 2:11 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 2:11

I say unto thee, arise, and take up thy bed
He bid him, in an authoritative way to arise from his bed, in which he was brought, and on which he lay before him, and take it up upon his shoulders, directly, and in the face of all the people, carry it away:

and go thy way into thine house;
to show himself whole to his family and friends, and go about his business; (See Gill on Matthew 9:6),

Mark 2:11 In-Context

9 Which is easier?--to say to this paralytic, `Your sins are pardoned,' or to say, `Rise, take up your mat, and walk?'

10 But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to pardon sins" --He turned to the paralytic, and said,

11 "To you I say, `Rise, take up your mat and go home.'"

12 The man rose, and immediately under the eyes of all took up his mat and went out, so that they were all filled with astonishment, gave the glory to God, and said, "We never saw anything like this."

13 Again He went out to the shore of the Lake, and the whole multitude kept coming to Him, and He taught them.