The Paralyzed Man Lowered Through Roof

Thread wool through holes in roof and tie.

The paralyzed man lowered through 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. 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. Maybe they could somehow get inside the house through the roof. 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 dug through it and let down the mat on which the paralyzed man was lying. However the direction is not up and the situation is not out of control. So the four men went up on the roof removed some tiles and lowered the paralyzed man on his bedroll into the middle of the crowd right in front of jesus. Jesus saw the faith of the four men and said to the paralyzed man friend your sins are forgiven.

Allow enough wool so the man can be lowered. Make two small holes in the roof. The account of the healing of the paralyzed man in mark 2 1 12 contains a number of lessons for growing christians. 20 when jesus saw their faith he said friend your sins are forgiven.

And when they had broken through they lowered the mat on which the paralytic was lying. Houses in those days had flat roofs that were made of clay and straw. The men had an idea. Tape 2 strips of wool on back of man.

They usually had stairs on the outside so people could climb on the roof to get some fresh air. The house had a flat roof and outside stairs leading up to the roof.