{Before them all} (emprosthen pant(936e)). Lu 5:25 follows
Mark in this detail. He picked up (aras) his pallet and walked
and went home as Jesus had commanded him to do ( Mr 2:11 ). It
was an amazing proceeding and made it unnecessary for Jesus to
refute the scribes further on this occasion. The amazement
(existasthai, our _ecstasy_, as Lu 5:26 has it), was too
general and great for words. The people could only say: "We never
saw it on this fashion" (Hout(9373) oudepote eidamen). Jesus had
acted with the power of God and claimed equality with God and had
made good his claim. They all marvelled at the {paradoxes}
(paradoxa, Lu 5:26 ) of that day. For it all they glorified
God.
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