Paralyzed Man Down Through The Roof

Then they lowered the man down through the roof to where jesus was.

Paralyzed man down through the roof. 8 6 the men believed jesus came from god and he could heal people. Jesus had healed people before even people who were paralyzed. 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. 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. They lowered their friend down to the place where jesus was. So their faith led to action. 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 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. When jesus saw their faith he said friend your sins are forgiven the pharisees and the. Jesus was impressed by the faith of these men.

Net bible when they were not able to bring him in because of the crowd they removed the roof above jesus. But the language is strongly against such a construction. When jesus saw how much faith these four men had he not only healed the paralyzed man he even forgave him of all his sins. Some men came carrying a paralyzed man on a mat and tried to take him into the house to lay him before 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. 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. You and i have friends who need to come to jesus. It may not be easy but if each of us will do our part together we can succeed.

And they were trying to bring him in and to set him down in front of him. 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. The account of the healing of the paralyzed man in mark 2 1 12 contains a number of lessons for growing christians. 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.