Mark 2:3

2:3 Some people ¹  came bringing to him a paralytic, carried by four of them. ² 

Mark 2:5

2:5 When Jesus saw their ³  faith, he said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven.” ⁴ 

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¹ tn Grk “they”; the referent (some unnamed people) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² tn The redundancy in this verse is characteristic of the author’s rougher style.

³ sn The plural pronoun their makes it clear that Jesus was responding to the faith of the entire group, not just the paralyzed man.

⁴ sn The passive voice here is a divine passive (ExSyn 437). It is clear that God does the forgiving.