“Stand up, pick up your mat, and go home!”
Parallel translations
- WEB “I tell you, arise, take up your mat, and go to your house.”
- KJV I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy bed, and go thy way into thine house.
- BSB “I tell you, get up, pick up your mat, and go home.”
- NKJV “I say to you, arise, take up your bed, and go to your house.”
- NASB “I say to you, get up, pick up your pallet, and go home.”
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Quick answer
Jesus commands the paralytic to rise, take his mat, and go home. His word brings immediate, complete restoration.
Overview
With a simple command Jesus demonstrates the authority He claimed. The man's healing is the public sign validating Jesus' power to forgive. This unites Jesus' words and works, showing that the One who heals the body can surely cleanse the soul.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 3
- Mark 1:41Being moved with compassion, he stretched out his hand, and touched him, and said to him, “I want to. Be made clean.”
- John 6:63It is the spirit who gives life. The flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and are life.
- John 5:8–10Jesus said to him, “Arise, take up your mat, and walk.”
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Mark drives urgently to the cross, showing Jesus the Son of God as the suffering Servant who 'came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.'
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