The Paralytic Lowered Through The Roof

The friends climbed up an outside staircase and dug a hole through the roof.

The paralytic lowered through the roof.

In matthew 9 1 the town is referred to only as his own city and the narrative in matthew 9 2 7 does not mention the. Capernaum is also the location of the healing of the paralytic lowered by friends through the roof to reach jesus as reported in mark 2 1 12 and luke 5 17 26. Some men came carrying a paralyzed man but could not get inside so they made an opening in the roof above jesus and then lowered the man down. Jesus was impressed by the faith of these men.

The gospel writer luke reported a paralytic man was lowered through the tiled roof. It has been suggested the greek for clay tile might have also meant packed clay. 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. Many roofs of the galilean villages were overlain with packed clay.

A paralyzed man on a bedroll. 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. 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. Healing the paralytic let down through the roof in capernaum.

2 and they brought to him a paralytic lying on a bed. But the language is strongly against such a construction. 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. When jesus saw their faith he said to the paralyzed man son your sins are forgiven some of the teachers of the law interpreted this as blasphemy since god alone can forgive sins.

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. The four men tried to take the paralyzed man into the house to lay him before jesus. The house had a flat roof and outside stairs leading up to the roof. They couldn t get past the crowd at the door.

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 lying. As late as the early 20th century some of the roofs in tiberias were of packed clay. Healing the paralytic. 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.

To hear the lord pronounce that his sins were forgiven lifted a great load from this man s guilty conscience.