Paralytic Man Through The Roof

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.

Paralytic man through the roof. 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. Jesus was living in capernaum and teaching the people there and on one occasion the people gathered in such large numbers that there was no room left inside the house where he was teaching not even outside the door. After digging through they lowered 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.

Yeshua seeing their faith said to the paralyzed man son your sins are forgiven tlv. Paralytic man lowered through roof matthew 9 1 8. Healing the paralytic at capernaum is one of the miracles of jesus in the gospels in matthew 9 1 8 mark 2 1 12 and luke 5 17 26. 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.

Berean literal bible and not being able to come near to him on account of the crowd they removed the roof where he was and having broken it up they let down the pallet on which the paralytic was. 18 and some men were carrying on a bed a man who was paralyzed. 18 some men came carrying a paralyzed man on a mat and tried to take him into the house to lay him before jesus. 20 when jesus saw their faith he said.

Paralytic s friends couldn t get to jesus because of the. Luke 5 17 26 structure key persons. When reading this story we tend to focus on the healing of the paralytic and the reaction of the pharisees to jesus words. 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. 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. 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. Luke 5 18 25 new international version niv.

And they were trying to bring him in and to set him down in front of him. Since they were unable to get to jesus through the crowd they uncovered the roof above him made an opening and lowered the paralytic on his mat. House in capernaum key repetitions.