Matthew 9:2
The Lord did not look at the faith of the paralyzed man, but at the faith of those who brought him. There are times when one person is healed through another’s faith, and the holy writing of the Gospels is full of such cases. Seeing their faith, he does not show their labor vain, but says “child” (Matthew 9:2) — either to him as one who also believed, or according to the word of creation.
He called the paralytic “child” by the word of creation, or as one who had believed in him and known him as Lord and Creator.
Greek
Οὐ τὴν πίστιν τοῦ παραλε λυμένου ὁ κύριος ἐθεάσατο, ἀλλὰ τῶν κομισάντων· ἔστι γὰρ ὅτε καὶ ἄλλος δι' ἄλλων πίστιν θεραπεύεται καὶ πλήρης τούτων ἡ ἱερὰ τῶν εὐαγγελίων γραφή. θεασάμενος οὖν τὴν πίστιν αὐτῶν οὐ μάταιον αὐτῶν ἀποφαίνει τὸν πόνον, ἀλλά φησιν τέκνον τὸ τέκνον ἢ καὶ αὐτῷ ὡς πιστεύσαντι ἢ κατὰ τὸν τῆς δημιουργίας λόγον. Τέκνον ἐκάλεσε τὸν παρα λυτικὸν τῷ τῆς δημιουργίας λόγῳ ἢ ὡς πιστεύσαντα εἰς αὐτὸν καὶ γνόντα αὐτὸν κύριον καὶ δημιουρ γόν.