Let Down Thru Roof

Homily on the paralytic let down through the roof.

Let down thru roof.

They had come from every town in the countries of galilee and judea and from jerusalem. People inside the house could reach up and take him as those outside let him down. 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. Net bible when they were not able to bring him in because of the crowd they removed the roof above jesus.

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. Jesus could see the four men had faith. And not being able to get near to him on account of the crowd they uncovered the roof where he was and having dug it up they let down the couch on which the paralytic lay. Probably the roof was so low that no ropes were needed to let the man down.

To help us understand these lessons however let s consider the background for this miracle. And when they had broken it up they let down the bed on which the sick with the palsy lay. Since they couldn t bring him to jesus because of the crowd they made an opening in the roof over the place where he was. 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.

Prebendary of chicester cathedral and rector of woolbeding sussex on the paralytic let down through the roof. And when jesus saw their faith he said to the paralytic son your sins are forgiven. To make a hole the men would have had to dig through the clay and remove some of the sticks. 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.

And when they could not get near him because of the crowd they removed the roof above him and when they had made an opening they let down the bed on which the paralytic lay. They dug through it and let down the mat on which the paralyzed man was lying. Darby bible and when they could not come nigh to him by reason of the crowd they uncovered the roof where he was.