Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is this which speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?
Blasphemies
Who can
General references
Bible References
Scribes
Luke 5:17
And it happened on one of those days [in Capernaum. See Mark 2:1], as He was teaching, that some Pharisees [i.e., a strict sect of the Jewish religion] and teachers of the law of Moses, who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem, were sitting around [i.e., listening to Him]. And the power of the Lord was with Him, enabling Him to heal people.
Luke 7:49
And those who were reclining at the [dinner] table with Him began saying among themselves, "Who is this person who can even forgive sins?"
Mark 2:6
But certain experts in the law of Moses, who were sitting there, began reasoning in their minds,
Blasphemies
Matthew 9:3
Seeing this, certain experts in the law of Moses said to themselves, "This man is speaking against God."
Matthew 26:65
Then the head priest tore at his clothing [i.e., as an expression of frustration], saying, "He has spoken against God [i.e., by claiming Deity for Himself]. What additional need do we have for witnesses? Look, you [yourselves] have now heard him speaking against God.
John 10:33
The Jews answered Him, "We are not stoning you for a good deed, but for your abusive speech [i.e., about God], and because you are claiming to be God, even though you are [only] a man."
Acts 6:11
Then they enlisted men to say [i.e., to testify falsely against Stephen, verse 13], "We heard him criticizing Moses and [even] God."
Who can
Romans 8:33
Who will bring an accusation against God's chosen people? [Certainly not God, for] He makes people right with Himself.
General references
Luke 5:30
Now the Pharisees and their experts in the law of Moses complained to Jesus' disciples, saying, "Why do you men eat and drink with tax collectors and worldly people?"