But that you may know that the Son of man has power on earth to forgive sins,
(he said to the paralytic)
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John Chrysostom
AD 407
Whenever there was need to punish or to honor, to forgive sins or to make laws, Christ was fully authorized to do it. Whenever Christ had to do any of these much greater things, you will not characteristically find him praying or calling on his Father for assistance. All these things, as you discover in the text, he did on his own authority. On the Incomprehensible Nature of God, Homily
