Matthew 9:4

“And Jesus knowing their thoughts, etc.] Which was a clear evidence, and full demonstration of his deity; for none knows the thoughts of the heart but God; and since he knew the thoughts of men’s hearts, it could be no blasphemy in him to take that to himself which belonged to God, even to forgive sins. And this, one would think, would have been sufficient to have approved himself to them as the true Messiah; since this is one of the ways of knowing the Messiah, according to the Jews, and which they made use of to discover a false one. “Bar Coziba, (they say f541,) reigned two years and a half: he said to the Rabbins, I am the Messiah; they replied to him, it is written of the Messiah, that…”

“Jesus, knowing their thoughts - Mark says, “Jesus perceived “in his spirit” that they so reasoned.” The power of searching the heart, and of knowing the thoughts of people, belongs only to God, 1 Chronicles 28:9; Romans 8:27; Revelation 2:23; Jeremiah 17:10. In claiming this, as Jesus did here, and often elsewhere, he gave clear proofs of his omniscience, John 2:24-25. return to 'Top of Page'”

“knowing: Mat 12:25, Mat 16:7, Mat 16:8; Psa 44:21, Psa 139:2; Mar 2:8, Mar 8:16, Mar 8:17, Mar 12:15; Luk 5:22; Luk 6:8, Luk 7:40, Luk 9:46, Luk 9:47, Luk 11:17; Joh 2:24, Joh 2:25, Joh 6:61, Joh 6:64, Joh 16:19, Joh 16:30, Joh 21:17; Heb 4:12, Heb 4:13; Rev 2:23 Wherefore: Eze 38:10; Act 5:3, Act 5:4, Act 5:9, Act 8:20-22 Matthew 9:5”