Luke 7:48
And he said unto her, Thy sins are forgiven.
KJV
εἶπεν δὲ αὐτῇ· ἀφέωνταί σου αἱ ἁμαρτίαι.
Greek NT
Dixit autem ad illam : Remittuntur tibi peccata.
Vulgate
And he said unto her, Thy sins are forgiven.
ASV
And he said to her: Thy sins are forgiven thee.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
7 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
σύ
su
pronoun · 1071×
ἀφίημι
aphiemi
verb · 143×
ἁμαρτία
amartia
noun · 173×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Catechism of the Catholic Church · 2 passages
§1441Only God forgives sins.39 Since he is the Son of God, Jesus says of himself, "The Son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins" and exercises this divine power: "Your sins are forgiven."40 Further, by virtue of his divine authority he gives this power to men to exercise in his name.41
§2712Contemplative prayer is the prayer of the child of God, of the forgiven sinner who agrees to welcome the love by which he is loved and who wants to respond to it by loving even more.8 But he knows that the love he is returning is poured out by the Spirit in his heart, for everything is grace from God. Contemplative prayer is the poor and humble surrender to the loving will of t…
Cross-references
- Col 3:13 — Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
- Luke 5:20 — And when he saw their faith, he said unto him, Man, thy sins are forgiven thee.
- Mark 2:5 — When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee.
- Matt 9:2 — And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy; Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee.