Matthew 9:3
And behold, certain of the scribes said
within themselves, This [man] blasphemes.
Why did these scribes accuse Jesus of
blespheming?
They reacted this way because Jesus said,
(verse 2): "Be of good cheer; your sins
are forgiven you."
The scribes did not believe that anyone
other than God was able to forgive sins.
I never realized the impact of this was
until this morning. In other words, the
only way a Jew could receive forgivenss
was through Moses' Laws according to the
services of the Temple.
If forgiveness were available outside of
the Temple services, then all of their
control over the Israelites was finished.
Over. Done. Gone. This was why they reacted
so vehemently.
Luke 23:10
And the chief priests and scribes
stood and vehemently accused him.
The whole basis of the new covenant is
founded on the forgiveness we received
from God, and the forgiveness we are
giving to others, as well as to our own
self.
It must have been the critical tipping
point for the scribes. They watched Jesus
forgive, heal as well as challenge them.
Jesus knew their evil reasoning as they
accused Him of blaspheming. I had to check
out this and discovered there are 11 results
for my search of the wild-card: blasph* in
the KJV.
(1) blaspheme = 10 times
(2) blasphemed = 16 times
(3) blasphemer = 1 time
(4) blasphemers = 2 times
(5) blasphemest = 1 time
(6) blasphemeth = 4 times
(7) blasphemies = 6 times
(8) blaspheming = 1 time
(9) blasphemous = 2 times
(10) blasphemously = 1 time
(11) blasphemy = 12 times
When I checked out the concordance, I found
5 Hebrew and 2 Greek words:
1) H1288 - Barak
2) H1442 - Gadaph
3) H2778 - Charaph
4) H5006 - Na'ats
5) H5344 - Naqab
and
1) G987 - Blasphemeo
2) G989 - Blasphemos
I will need to study this further.
