The paralyzed man responded in faith immediately (Gr. parachrema) to Jesus" command. The stretcher had carried the Prayer of Manasseh , and now the man carried the stretcher. [source][source][source]
"The ability of the paralyzed man to resume his walk of life is a picture of what Jesus does when he saves. His message is a liberating one." [1][source]
Everyone present glorified God because of what Jesus had done. One of Luke"s objectives was to glorify God and to encourage his readers to do the same in this Gospel and in Acts (cf. Luke 2:20). The amazed reaction of the crowd recalls the same response of the people on the day of Pentecost ( Acts 2:11-12; cf. Luke 7:16; Luke 13:17; Luke 18:43; Acts 3:9; Acts 8:8). Perhaps Luke meant to draw the reader"s attention to "today," the last word that is also the first word Jesus spoke when He announced the fulfillment of Isaiah 61:1-2 a ( Luke 4:21). The "day" of the Messiah"s appearing had arrived, and the witnesses of this miracle testified to it albeit unknowingly. [source][source][source]
Luke"s emphasis in his account of this incident was on Jesus" authority and the people"s acknowledgment of it. He also stressed Jesus" ongoing mission (cf. Acts). [source][source][source]
"Three quest stories appear early in the narrative of Jesus" ministry, in Luke 5 , 7. Three reappear toward the end of Jesus" journey to Jerusalem, in Luke 17 , 18 , , 19. Thus they appear early and late in the narrative of Jesus" ministry prior to his arrival in Jerusalem. The tendency to bracket Jesus" ministry with this type of story suggests the importance of these encounters in Jesus" total activity." [2][source]
A quest story is one in which someone approaches Jesus in quest of something very important to human wellbeing. Of the nine quest stories in the Synoptics, seven are in Luke , and four of these are unique to Luke. [source][source][source]