Exploring My Strange Bible
Exploring My Strange Bible
Tim Mackie
Who Can Forgive Sins? - Gospel of Matthew Part 16
51 minutes Posted Aug 13, 2018 at 12:00 am.
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We unravel a well-known story that takes place in Gospel Chapter 9 about Jesus forgiving the sins of a man who is paralyzed in legs. Then, he heals his legs so that he can get up and walk away. However, this is a controversy around this healing that Jesus performs, and it becomes a focal point for the whole story.

For Jesus to forgive sins a first-century Jewish context was a loaded and symbolic act. We’ll discuss more about this and Jesus redefining the definition of God in today’s episode.