The Paralyzed Man Lowered Through Roof

International standard version 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.

The paralyzed man lowered through roof.

However the direction is not up and the situation is not out of control. Jesus saw the faith of the four men and said to the paralyzed man friend your sins are forgiven. They dug through it and let down the mat on which the paralyzed man was lying. Maybe they could somehow get inside the house through the roof.

Luke 5 18 25new international version niv 18 some men came carrying a paralyzed man on a mat and tried to take him into the house to lay him before 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. 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. Thread wool through holes in roof and tie.

Allow enough wool so the man can be lowered. So the mean climbed on to the top of the roof carrying the paralyzed man. And when they had broken through they lowered the mat on which the paralytic was lying. The men had an idea.

20 when jesus saw their faith he said friend your sins are forgiven. Make two small holes in the roof. Cut out the house and man on mat. They usually had stairs on the outside so people could climb on the roof to get some fresh air.

Tape 2 strips of wool on back of man. Houses in those days had flat roofs that were made of clay and straw.