bed((-chamber)), couch, lieth (lying) with
“Four Bright Jewels” From Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:
There are four bright Jewels in the crown of forgiveness. The first is a full forgiveness. Whoever God forgives, He forgives all every sin be it ever so dark and deep.
The second Jewel also sparkles; it is “freeness.” Yes, thank God, forgiveness is free. Free.
“I, even I, am He that blotteth out thy transgressions for Mine own sake.” It is a free forgiveness.
It is neither goodness in man that makes God willing; nor yet evil in man that makes Him unwilling to forgive. It is only and entirely “for His own sake” (His love), that He pardons the guilty sinner. The words in every language which express pardon and forgiveness, all imply a free gift.
We have a third Jewel in this crown: Christ’s forgiveness is final. No after charges. No blotting out today and writing down again tomorrow. The sins of a believer are “cast behind God’s back into the very depths of the sea.”
But there is yet one more Jewel in this crown. Forgiveness is a present blessing. It is not something in prospect, but for present possession. It is not a mere plank on which to cross the stormy waters of Jordan at death, but a staff on which to lean all our journey through life. It is not a promissory note payable in the next world, but a treasure possessed and enjoyed now in this world.
Unconverted men take a different view of forgiveness. They think about it only in connection with the time when they come to die, not before; they only hope to be forgiven then.
Fellow sinner, sin is no trifle, or fancy, but a dread reality. And thank God, “forgiveness” of sin is also no mere fancy, but a grand truth. It is our first, our greatest need, and obtained only through accepting the substitutionary work of this Man Christ Jesus.
“Couch” From Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:
Concise Bible Dictionary:
In the East the beds were simply mats that could be rolled up in the morning and put away in any corner. This explains why the persons who were healed were told to “take up” their beds (Matt. 9:66But that ye may know that the Son of man has power on earth to forgive sins, (then he says to the paralytic,) Rise up, take up thy bed and go to thy house. (Matthew 9:6); Mark 2:9, 11-129Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, [Thy] sins are forgiven [thee]; or to say, Arise, and take up thy couch and walk? (Mark 2:9)
11To thee I say, Arise, and take up thy couch, and go to thine house. 12And immediately he arose, took up his couch, and went out before them all, so that all were amazed, and glorified God, saying, We never saw it thus . (Mark 2:11‑12); John 5:8-128Jesus saith to him, Arise, take up thy couch, and walk. 9And immediately the man became well and took up his couch and walked. And on that day was Sabbath. 10The Jews therefore said to him that was cured, It is Sabbath, and it is not allowed thee to take up thy couch. 11He answered them, He that made me well, the same said to me, Take up thy couch and walk. 12They asked him [therefore], Who is the man that said to thee, Take up [thy couch] and walk? (John 5:8‑12)). For covering, a quilt sufficed, and in cold weather a thicker one; but often they used their own garments only: this accounts for the law that a garment taken in pledge must be restored when the sun went down, that the owner might sleep in his own raiment, or outer garment (Deut. 24:1313in any case thou shalt return him the pledge at the going down of the sun, that he may sleep in his own upper garment and bless thee; and it shall be righteousness unto thee before Jehovah thy God. (Deuteronomy 24:13)). For bedsteads, simple couches were commonly used, and where there was no separate bed-chamber the divan on one side of the room, that was used for reclining on in the day, served for the bedstead at night. Doubtless light movable couches were also used as bedsteads, (2 Kings 4:1010Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick; and it shall be when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither. (2 Kings 4:10)), under which a lamp could be placed, (Mark 6:2121And a holiday being come, when Herod, on his birthday, made a supper to his grandees, and to the chiliarchs, and the chief [men] of Galilee; (Mark 6:21)), and on which the man was let down through the roof (Luke 5:1818And lo, men bringing on a couch a man who was paralysed: and they sought to bring him in, and to put [him] before him. (Luke 5:18)). The bedstead of Og the giant king of Bashan was of iron, 9 cubits long (about 13 feet 6 inches) and 4 cubits wide (6 feet) (Deut. 3:1111For only Og the king of Bashan remained of the residue of giants: behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbah of the children of Ammon? its length was nine cubits, and its breadth four cubits, after the cubit of a man. (Deuteronomy 3:11)).
Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:
Meaning:
from 7901; a bed (figuratively, a bier); abstractly, sleep; by euphemism, carnal intercourse
KJV Usage:
bed((-chamber)), couch, lieth (lying) with