In the streets or even in the homes of capernaum many people gathered when they knew he was.
Paralytic through the roof.
Some have thought that removing the roof merely means that they took away the awning over the court and also that the removal of the tile merely means that they took down the parapet or wall which prevented people from falling from the roof into the court.
But the point is when they carried him to the house where jesus was they could not get him inside.
2 and they brought to him a paralytic lying on a bed.
Jesus said to the man be of good cheer for your sins are forgiven.
20 seeing their faith.
House was full mk 2 2.
And any lingering doubts about the truth of his forgiven status were.
To make a hole the men would have had to dig through the clay and remove some of the sticks.
We found a treasure not containing.
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.
Luke 5 18 25 new 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.
This made for a hard clay roof.
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.
Berean literal bible and not being able to come near to him on account of the crowd they removed the roof where he was and having broken it up they let down the pallet on which the paralytic was.
C and let him down through the tiles with his couch into the midst before jesus.
People could sleep on the roof when it was hot.
Take up your bed and return to your own house herever jesus went crowds followed him.
To make the roof the builder would lay sticks close together over the beams and cover them with hard packed clay.
19 but not finding any way to bring him in because of the crowd they went up on the roof and let him down through the tiles with his stretcher into the middle of the crowd in front of jesus.
On the paralytic let down through the roof.
Seeing their faith jesus said to the paralytic.
Jesus the crowd the paralytic man and the religious leaders key location.
Paralytic s friends couldn t get to jesus because of the.
Or maybe these four men saw jesus at this house and ran to get their paralytic friend to bring him to the healer.
When the devil blocks the door go through the roof.
Having lately come across the incident of the paralytic 1 who lay upon his bed beside the pool we discovered a rich and large treasure not by delving in the ground but by diving into his heart.
Paralytic man lowered through roof matthew 9 1 8.
20 when jesus saw their faith he said.
Most likely then the paralytic who was let down through the roof was weighed down by a burden of guilt which he had carried rightly or wrongly for many years.
Sometimes a roller would be used to pack down the clay.
And concerning the equality of the divine father and the son.
Down through the roof jesus heals a paralytic man matt.
