Let Friend Down Thru Roof

But since they found no way to carry him in because of the crowd they went up on the roof and let him down on the stretcher through the roof tiles right in front of jesus.

Let friend down thru roof.

Four friends bring their crippled friend to jesus and because of the crowds let him down 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. Jesus was impressed by the faith of these men. The account of the healing of the paralyzed man in mark 2 1 12 contains a number of lessons for growing christians.

When they couldn t get near jesus they decided to go to the flat roof. They lowered their friend down to the place where jesus was. Jesus told the man to get up take your bed and go to your house. New heart english bible not finding a way to bring him in because of the crowd they went up to the housetop and let him down through the tiles with his cot into the midst before jesus.

However the direction is not up and the situation is not out of control. When they could not come near to him for the crowd they removed the roof where he was. Jesus heals the man telling him to rise and take up his bed. Finding themselves unable however to bring him to jesus because of the crowd they untiled the roof just over his head and after clearing an opening they lowered the mat on which the paralytic was lying.

When jesus saw their faith he told the man that his sins were forgiven.