2:12a

And immediately the man got up, picked up his mat, and walked out: The phrase that the Berean Standard Bible translates as “And immediately” introduces what happened when Jesus spoke to the man. As soon as Jesus spoke, the man was healed. He got up and walked out. This is the climax of the story. Introduce this climax in a natural way in your language. See 1:42.

walked out: The Greek verb that the Berean Standard Bible translates as walked out is literally “went out.” The man was no longer paralyzed, and he went out of the house to go to his own home.

in front of them all: The Greek phrase that the Berean Standard Bible translates with the idiom in front of them all indicates that everyone there could see what happened. All the teachers of the law and everyone else who was there saw that the man who had been paralyzed could now walk.

2:12b–c

they… glorified God, saying, “We have never seen anything like this!”: Some languages do not have a word like “glorify.” If that is true in your language, you may need to express the meaning in a quote. In this context the verb saying already introduces a quote. The words that are said to glorify God can be part of this quote. For example:

They said, “God is very good! We have never seen anything like this!”

2:12b

As a result, they were all astounded: The Greek clause that the Berean Standard Bible translates as As a result, they were all astounded is literally “so that they were all amazed” (Revised Standard Version). It expresses the result of 2:12a. What had happened caused everyone to be amazed. They were amazed that Jesus had healed the paralyzed man and he was now able to walk.

glorified God: The Greek word that the Berean Standard Bible translates as glorified means to speak about how wonderful and excellent someone or something is.

2:12c

We have never seen anything like this!: This is an exclamation that expresses amazement and joy. The people had never seen a paralyzed man be healed so that he was able to walk again.

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