Lowered Through The Roof

Then they lowered the man down through the roof to where jesus was.

Lowered through the roof.

However the direction is not up and the situation is not out of control. Jesus was impressed by the faith of these men. Berean literal bible and not having found what way they should bring him in on account of the crowd having gone up on the housetop they let him down with the mat through the tiles into the midst before jesus. 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 how much faith these four men had he not only healed the paralyzed man he even forgave him of all his sins. 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. They lowered their friend down to the place where jesus was. This bible activity is a word scramble based on jesus actions to heal and forgive a lame man who was lowered before him through the roof of the house where he was teaching.

So 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. The activity highlights eight elements of this event. English standard version 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 couldn t bring him to jesus because of the crowd so they dug a hole through the roof above his head.

Then they lowered the man on his mat right down in front of jesus. Prices taxes and tempers can all go through the roof in mark 2 we see a man go through the roof. It also underscores a bottom line lesson from the biblical record of the account. The friends climbed up an outside staircase and dug a hole through the roof.

A paralysed man is forgiven and healed by jesus after being lowered through the roof. You and i have friends who need to come to jesus. The tiles were plates of burnt clay suitable for roofing rather than for building walls or parapets.