The Man Let Down Through The Roof

But when they could find no way of doing so because of the crowd they went up on the roof and let him down through the tiling bed and all into the midst in front of jesus.

The man let down through the roof.

So they made a hole in the roof above him and let the man down in front of everyone. This week we began with the man through the roof story healing of the paralysed man from mark 2 1 12. If we want to have souls saved we must not be too squeamish and delicate about conventionalities rules and proprieties for the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence. To let a man down through the roof was a device most strange and striking but it only gives point to the remark which we have now to make here.

But instead of giving healing the first thing jesus said was son thy sins be forgiven thee jesus saw in this man a much greater need than healing for his body. When they had broken a space big enough in the roof the four men let their friend down through the roof 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. Luke 5 17 26 new life version nlv jesus heals a man let down through the roof of a house 17 on one of the days while jesus was teaching some proud religious law keepers and teachers of the law were sitting by him.

Thank god jesus is not only the healer but he is our redeemer. However the direction is not up and the situation is not out of control. Jesus told the man to get up take your bed and go to your house. They lowered their friend down to the place where jesus was.

So they made a hole in the roof right above the place where jesus was. The friends climbed up an outside staircase and dug a hole through the roof. When the man s friends carried him to the house where jesus was staying they found the house to be packed with people wanting to hear jesus and be healed by him. Good news translation because of the crowd however they could not get the man to him.

When they couldn t get near jesus they decided to go to the flat roof. We made a craft using a square envelope for the house. World english bible not finding a way to bring him in because of the multitude they went up to the housetop and let him down through the tiles with his cot into the midst before jesus. He is our savior.

When they had broken it up they let down the mat that the paralytic was lying on. The picture of the man is from page 79 of the free lesson available from teachkids eu. They had come from every town in the countries of galilee and judea and from jerusalem. So they tore a hole in this man s roof and lowered him down to jesus.

Jesus was impressed by the faith of these men. This is my version. 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. When they had made an opening they let the man down lying on his mat.

Holman christian standard bible. World english bible.