18十至十一节说，『但要叫你们知道人子在地上有赦罪的权柄－就对瘫子说，我吩咐你，起来，拿你的褥子回家去罢！』奴仆救主就是神成了肉体，祂不以自己与神同等为强夺之珍，而紧持不放。祂虽然外面成为人的样式，取了人的样子，甚至成为奴仆的形状，但祂里面乃是神。（腓二6～7。）祂是奴仆救主，也是神救主。因此，祂不仅有能力拯救罪人，也有权柄赦免他们的罪。在这事例中，祂是神赦免人的罪，却声言自己是人子。这指明祂是真神，又是真人，兼有神性和人性。在祂身上，人同时能看见神圣的属性和人性的美德。这几节指明，主为著显示祂有赦罪的权柄，就向瘫子说，『我吩咐你，起来，拿你的褥子回家去罢！』这就是叫瘫子得著医治。主的救恩不仅赦免我们的罪，也使我们起来行走。不是先起来行走，然后罪得赦免，那是靠行为；乃是罪先得赦免，然后起来行走，这是靠恩典。十二节是这件事的结语：『那人就起来，立刻拿著褥子，当著众人面前出去了，以致众人都惊奇，荣耀神说，我们从来没有见过这样的事。』这乃是应验奴仆救主的话，『起来，拿你的褥子…。』说『你的罪赦了』，比说『起来，拿你的褥子行走』更容易。后者既然应验了，前者是更容易的，当然也就应验了。这是有力的证据，证明奴仆救主在地上有赦罪的权柄。
18Verses 10 and 11 say, “But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins— He says to the paralytic, To you I say, Rise, pick up your bed and go to your house.” The Slave-Savior was the very God incarnated, not regarding equality with God a thing to be grasped. He was outwardly in the likeness and fashion of man, even in the form of a slave, but inwardly, He was God (Phil. 2:6-7). He was the Slave-Savior and the God-Savior as well. Hence, He had not only the ability to save the sinners, but also the authority to forgive their sins. In this incident He forgave people’s s ins as God, but asserted that He was the Son of Man. This indicates that He was the true God and a real Man, possessing deity and humanity. In Him men could see both His divine attribute and human virtue. These verses indicate that in order to show that He had authority to forgive sins, the Lord said to the paralytic, “Rise, pick up your bed and go to your house.” This was the healing of the paralytic. The Lord’ss alvation not only forgives our sins, but also makes us “rise and walk.” It is not rise and walk first, and then be forgiven of our sins; that would be by works. Instead, it is to be forgiven of our sins first, and then to rise and walk; this is by grace. In verse 12 we have a concluding word concerning this incident: “And he rose, and immediately, having picked up the bed, he went out before them all, so that they were all amazed and glorified God, saying, We have never seen anything like this!” Here we have the fulfillment of the Slave-Savior’sword, “Rise, pick up your bed.” To say, “Your sins are forgiven,” was easier than to say, “Rise, pick up your bed and walk.” Since the latter was fulfilled, the former, the easier one, was surely also fulfilled. This is strong evidence that the Slave-Savior has authority to forgive sins on earth.