Pope Shenouda III
Christ Is God
Although everyone believes that God alone forgives sins, yet Christ forgave the sins of the paralytic, the sinful woman, the Penitent Thief and others by mere order, and not through prayers in which He asked the absolution from God the Father as priests do,. He forgave them by order, saying: "Your sins are forgiven you". and not by saying: "Go, the Lord forgives you." He also plainly said that He had authority on earth to forgive sins.
When the Jews said that the forgiveness of sins belongs to God alone, He did not object that principle but rather kept that understanding and showed His authority to forgive. He then proved this authority by performing a miracle in front of them as if He were telling them: "I am This God who alone has the authority to forgive sins.".