Let Down Thru Roof

And when jesus saw their faith he said to the paralytic son your sins are forgiven.

Let down thru roof.

And when they could not get near him because of the crowd they removed the roof above him and when they had made an opening they let down the bed on which the paralytic lay. To make a hole the men would have had to dig through the clay and remove some of the sticks. But since they found no way to carry him in because of the crowd they went up on the roof and let him down on the stretcher through the roof tiles right in front of jesus. Homily on the paralytic let down through the roof.

Darby bible and when they could not come nigh to him by reason of the crowd they uncovered the roof where he was. Prebendary of chicester cathedral and rector of woolbeding sussex on the paralytic let down through the roof. And concerning the equality of the divine father and the son. People inside the house could reach up and take him as those outside let him down.

Luke 5 17 26 new life version nlv jesus heals a man let down through the roof of a house 17 on one of the days while jesus was teaching some proud religious law keepers and teachers of the law were sitting by him. They dug through it and let down the mat on which the paralyzed man was lying. And not being able to get near to him on account of the crowd they uncovered the roof where he was and having dug it up they let down the couch on which the paralytic lay. 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.

They had come from every town in the countries of galilee and judea and from jerusalem. The account of the healing of the paralyzed man in mark 2 1 12 contains a number of lessons for growing christians. Net bible when they were not able to bring him in because of the crowd they removed the roof above jesus. And when they had broken it up they let down the bed on which the sick with the palsy lay.

Probably the roof was so low that no ropes were needed to let the man down. To help us understand these lessons however let s consider the background for this miracle. 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.