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Luke 5:24

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.

KJV

ἵνα δὲ εἰδῆτε ὅτι ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐξουσίαν ἔχει ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ἀφιέναι ἁμαρτίας, εἶπεν τῷ παραλελυμένῳ· σοὶ λέγω, ἔγειρε καὶ ἄρας τὸ κλινίδιόν σου πορεύου εἰς τὸν οἶκόν σου.

Greek NT

Ut autem sciatis quia Filius hominis habet potestatem in terra dimittendi peccata, (ait paralytico) tibi dico, surge, tolle lectum tuum, et vade in domum tuam.

Vulgate

But that ye may know that the Son of man hath authority on earth to forgive sins (he said unto him that was palsied), I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy couch, and go unto thy house.

ASV

But that you may know that the Son of man hath the power on earth to forgive sins (he saith to the sick of the palsy), I say to thee to: Arise, take up thy bed and go into thy house.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

23 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αἴρω
airo
verb · 101×
γῆ
ge
noun · 251×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
εἴδω
eido
verb · 317×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κλινίδιον
klinidion
noun · 3×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
οἶκος
oikos
noun · 115×
παραλύω
paraluo
verb · 5×
πορεύομαι
poreuomai
verb · 155×
σύ
su
pronoun · 1071×
υἱός
uios
noun · 375×
ἀφίημι
aphiemi
verb · 143×
ἁμαρτία
amartia
noun · 173×
ἄνθρωπος
anthropos
noun · 549×
ἐγείρω
egeiro
verb · 143×
ἐξουσία
exousia
noun · 102×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
ἔχω
echo
verb · 707×
ἵνα
ina
conjunction · 665×
o
article · 19778×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐξουσίαν ἔχει | WH/Treg/NIV: ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐξουσίαν ἔχει | RP: ἐξουσίαν ἔχει ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου
  • ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐξουσίαν ἔχειSBLGNT
  • ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐξουσίαν ἔχειWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἐξουσίαν ἔχει ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπουRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: ἔγειρε | WH/Treg/NIV: ἔγειρε | RP: ἔγειραι
  • ἔγειρεSBLGNT
  • ἔγειρεWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἔγειραιRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

4. On this account and reasonably, having said before, 'I and the Father are One,' He added, 'I in the Father and the Father in Me, John 10:30 ' by way of showing the identity of Godhead and the unity of Essence. For they are one, not as one thing divided into two parts, and these nothing but one, nor as one thing twice named, so that the Same becomes at one time Father, at ano…

Cross-references

  • Acts 9:40 — But Peter put them all forth, and kneeled down, and prayed; and turning him to the body said, Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes: and when she saw Peter, she sat up.
  • Acts 14:10 — Said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet. And he leaped and walked.
  • Isa 53:11 — He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.
  • John 5:8 — Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk.
  • Luke 8:54 — And he put them all out, and took her by the hand, and called, saying, Maid, arise.
  • Luke 18:14 — I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
  • Rev 1:13 — And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.