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Mat 9:6. Εἰδῆτε, ye may know) This word also breathes authority.[396]-ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, on earth) This is exclusively the place where sins are committed and remitted. Earth was the scene of Christ’s works from the beginning.[397] See Pro 8:31; cf. the two clauses in Psa 16:3; see[398] Jer 9:24; Joh 17:4; Luk 2:14. I have, says He, all authority in heaven, much more on earth; see ch. Mat 16:19, Mat 28:18.[399] This speech savours of a heavenly origin.-ἐξουσίαν, authority) The argument from power to authority holds good in this passage.-λέγει, He saith) A similar change of person between the protasis and apodosis occurs in Num 5:20-21, and Jer 5:14.
[396] Bengel just below translates ἐξουσίαν (rendered in E. V. power) by “authority,” and refers to it by anticipation.-(I. B.)
[397] Nay more, it is the wrestling arena between sin and grace.-V. g.
[398] E. B. inserts here “Gen 6:5,” which has been adopted by the later editions.-(I. B.)
[399] We also in our turn may now say: Seeing that He had that power, when sojourning on the earth, why should He not also have the same, now that He has been raised from the dead and taken up into heaven? Act 5:31.-V. g.