King James Version
Luke 5:23 in the King James Version says “Whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Rise up and walk?” — study this verse from Luke chapter 5 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“Whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Rise up and walk?”
Luke 5:23 · KJV
And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is this which speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?
But when Jesus perceived their thoughts, he answering said unto them, What reason ye in your hearts?
Whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Rise up and walk?
But 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.
And immediately he rose up before them, and took up that whereon he lay, and departed to his own house, glorifying God.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Whether”
G5101an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what (in direct or indirect questions)
“Rise up”
G1453to waken (transitively or intransitively), i.e., rouse (literally, from sleep, from sitting or lying, from disease, from death; or figuratively, from
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“walk”
G4043to tread all around, i.e., walk at large (especially as proof of ability); figuratively, to live, deport oneself, follow (as a companion or votary)
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