Paralyzed Man Down Through The Roof

But the language is strongly against such a construction.

Paralyzed man down through the roof.

When the man s friends carried him to the house where jesus was staying they found the house to be packed with people wanting to hear jesus and be healed by him. The bible says that after digging through the roof the men lowered the mat that the paralyzed man was lying on down to where jesus was. They dug through it and let down the mat on which the paralyzed man was lying. The account of the healing of the paralyzed man in mark 2 1 12 contains a number of lessons for growing christians.

Luke 5 17 26 structure key persons. Plus the roof wasn t made with large pieces of wood and didn t have shingles but had tiles or plaster that could be lifted or broken through easily to make a hole. House was full mk 2 2. 19 when they could not find a way to do this because of the crowd they went up on the roof and lowered him on his mat through the tiles into the middle of the crowd right in front of jesus.

Because the friends could not get through the crowd they carried their friend to the roof and lowered him down to jesus. The man is literally let down through the roof under the careful control of his concerned friends and into a situation controlled by the lord jesus christ. The friends climbed up an outside staircase and dug a hole through the roof. 20 when jesus saw their faith he said.

Net bible when they were not able to bring him in because of the crowd they removed the roof above jesus. So their faith led to action. Luke 5 18 25 new international version niv. They lowered their friend down to the place where jesus was.

18 some men came carrying a paralyzed man on a mat and tried to take him into the house to lay him before jesus. An awning is not a roof and it is rolled up not broken up moreover the man was let down through the tiles which seems to indicate that the remaining tiles encased an opening through which he was lowered. Jesus the crowd the paralytic man and the religious leaders key location. Since they couldn t bring him to jesus because of the crowd they made an opening in the roof over the place where he was.

Paralytic s friends couldn t get to jesus because of the. 8 6 the men believed jesus came from god and he could heal people. Jesus was impressed by the faith of these men. Some men came carrying a paralyzed man on a mat and tried to take him into the house to lay him before jesus.

And they were trying to bring him in and to set him down in front of him. 19 but not finding any way to bring him in because of the crowd they went up on the roof and let him down through the tiles with his stretcher into the middle of the crowd in front of jesus. When they could not find a way to do this because of the crowd they went up on the roof and lowered him on his mat through the tiles into the middle of the crowd right in front of jesus. Jesus had healed people before even people who were paralyzed.