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Mark 2:7

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain

Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies?.... They took Christ to be a mere man, and reasoned with themselves, that he must be a blasphemer, in assuming that to himself, which was peculiar to God: they seem astonished at his words, and wonder at his arrogance, and to be filled with indignation and resentment at him; saying,who can forgive sins but God only?

this was a generally received maxim with them, and a very just one.

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