King James Version
Mark 2:6 in the King James Version says “But there were certain of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts,” — study this verse from Mark chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“But there were certain of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts,”
Mark 2:6 · KJV
And when they could not come nigh unto him for the press, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay.
When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee.
But there were certain of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts,
Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only?
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?
KJV Study — Public Domain
“sitting”
G2521and ???? (to sit; akin to the base of g1476); to sit down; figuratively, to remain, reside
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“reasoning”
G1260to reckon thoroughly, i.e., (genitive case) to deliberate (by reflection or discussion)
“hearts”
G2588the heart, i.e., (figuratively) the thoughts or feelings (mind); also (by analogy) the middle
the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
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