Lowering The Paralytic Through The Roof

They lowered their friend down to the place where jesus was.

Lowering the paralytic through the roof.

Jesus the crowd the paralytic man and the religious leaders key location. 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. House was full mk 2 2. Paralytic man lowered through roof matthew 9 1 8.

First jesus did what only god can do he forgave the man s sins. Then jesus healed the man so that he could get up and walk. 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. 3 and they came bringing to him a paralytic carried by four men.

Jesus was impressed by the faith of these men. 5 when jesus saw their faith he said to the paralytic son your sins are forgiven. 2 and many were gathered together so that there was no longer room not even near the door. 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.

Paralytic s friends couldn t get to jesus because of the. Luke 5 17 26 structure key persons. The friends climbed up an outside staircase and dug a hole through the roof. House in capernaum key repetitions.

4 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. And he was speaking the word to them. 1 when he had come back to capernaum several days afterward it was heard that he was at home.