When Jesus told the paralytic, ‘your sins are forgiven’, the scribes accused him of

Assessment: WAEC SSCE - Christian Religious Studies - 1990 (Objective) Subject: Christian Religious Studies

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When Jesus told the paralytic, ‘your sins are forgiven’, the scribes accused him of
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When Jesus told the paralytic, "your sins are forgiven," the scribes accused him of blasphemy. Blasphemy is the act of speaking disrespectfully about God or showing contempt for God's authority. In this case, the scribes accused Jesus of claiming to have the power to forgive sins, which they believed was a power reserved only for God. They saw Jesus' statement as an insult to God's authority and a violation of Jewish law.
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