Friends Lowered Him Through The Roof

Seeing their faith jesus said to the paralyzed man my child your sins are forgiven let s focus on the phrase dug a hole through the roof.

Friends lowered him through the roof.

What rich man sat in a pile of ashes. Rather than saying get up and walk jesus said your sins are forgiven the religious leaders kept quiet but jesus knew their thoughts. They couldn t bring him to jesus because of the crowd so they dug a hole through the roof above his head. Whose second husband phaltiel wept as he watched her return to her first husband david.

Their love concern effort and faith all cry out to jesus for help so jesus helps the man. Prices taxes and tempers can all go through the roof in mark 2 we see a man go through the roof. Luke 5 18 25 new international version niv. New living translation they couldn t bring him to jesus because of the crowd so they dug a hole through the roof above his head.

They lowered him in front of jesus new american standard 1977 and 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 right in the center in front of jesus. They made an opening in the tiles and let the man down on his stretcher among the people. Because the friends could not get through the crowd they carried their friend to the roof and lowered him down to jesus. Mark tells us that it happened in capernaum.

18 some men came carrying a paralyzed man on a mat and tried to take him into the house to lay him before jesus. Where was jesus when a handicapped man s friends lowered him through the roof. Jesus words to the man surprised the pharisees and teachers of the law. However the direction is not up and the situation is not out of control.

This time however jesus sees the faith of the men lowering their paralyzed friend. Jesus was impressed by the faith of these men. Then they lowered the man on his mat right down in front of jesus. The friends climbed up an outside staircase and dug a hole through the 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. This is the message of the colorful story of the paralytic man whose friends lowered him through the roof as jesus spoke in a crowded house luke 5 17 26. Sometimes faith is not mentioned and doesn t appear to be an issue in his healing ministry. 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.

They lowered their friend down to the place where jesus was. Who wept at seeing the new temple that was built after the exiles return from babylon. It s a humorous story. This is a get your hands dirty digging through the roof kind of faith.

20 when jesus saw their faith he said.