Paralyzed Man Down Through The Roof

So their faith led to action.

Paralyzed man down through the roof.

18 some men came carrying a paralyzed man on a mat and tried to take him into the house to lay him before jesus. They dug through it and let down the mat on which the paralyzed man was lying. 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. 18 and some men were carrying on a bed a man who was paralyzed.

The friends climbed up an outside staircase and dug a hole through the roof. Paralytic s friends couldn t get to jesus because of the. Paralytic man lowered through roof matthew 9 1 8. 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.

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. 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. But the language is strongly against such a construction. The account of the healing of the paralyzed man in mark 2 1 12 contains a number of lessons for growing christians.

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. Jesus was impressed by the faith of these men. Jesus the crowd the paralytic man and the religious leaders key location. Luke 5 17 26 structure key persons.

Because the friends could not get through the crowd they carried their friend to the roof and lowered him down to jesus. 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. 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. House in capernaum key repetitions.

House was full mk 2 2. 8 6 the men believed jesus came from god and he could heal people. 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. 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.

They lowered their friend down to the place where jesus was. Jesus had healed people before even people who were paralyzed. Net bible when they were not able to bring him in because of the crowd they removed the roof above jesus. And they were trying to bring him in and to set him down in front of him.