Patristic A.D. 444
“a; Now they accuse Him of blasphemy, anticipating the sentence of His death: for there was a command in the Law, that whosoever blasphemed should be put to death. And this charge they laid upon Him, because He claimed for Himself the divine power of remitting sins: wherefore it is added, Who can forgive sin, save God only? For the Judge of all alone has power to forgive sin.”
Catena Aurea: Gospel of Mark, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Mark 2:1-12
PD · J. H. Newman (Oxford, 1842) ↗