Lowering The Paralytic Through The Roof

1 when he had come back to capernaum several days afterward it was heard that he was at home.

Lowering the paralytic through the roof.

They lowered their friend down to the place where jesus was. Jesus was impressed by the faith of these men. 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.

4 being unable to get to him because of the crowd they removed the roof above him. And when they had. 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. First jesus did what only god can do he forgave the man s sins.

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. Then jesus healed the man so that he could get up and walk. Luke 5 17 26 structure key persons. House in capernaum key repetitions.

3 and they came bringing to him a paralytic carried by four men. Paralytic s friends couldn t get to jesus because of the. And he was speaking the word to them. 5 when jesus saw their faith he said to the paralytic son your sins are forgiven.

But the language is strongly against such a construction. The friends climbed up an outside staircase and dug a hole through the roof. 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.