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.
Lowered down to jesus throuh roof bible.
According to luke 7 1 10 and matthew 8 5 this is also the place where jesus healed the servant of a roman centurion who had asked for his help.
They climbed on the roof and made a hole in it.
Weymouth bible when they could not come near to him for the crowd they removed the roof where he was.
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.
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.
Then they lowered their friend down into the house through the roof.
They couldn t bring him to jesus because of the crowd so they dug a hole through the roof above his head.
The account of the healing of the paralyzed man in mark 2 1 12 contains a number of lessons for growing christians.
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.
What two things did jesus do for the man.
Other translations say made an opening removed part of the roof and uncovered the roof.
When jesus saw their faith he told the man that his sins were forgiven.
When they had broken a space big enough in the roof the four men let their friend down through the roof right in front of jesus.
Jesus told the man to get up take your bed and go to your house.
So they tore a hole in this man s roof and lowered him down to jesus.
Then they lowered the man on his mat right down in front of jesus.
How did the man s friends get him close to jesus.
1 forgave his sins 2 healed him so that he could walk.
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.
But instead of giving healing the first thing jesus said was son thy sins be forgiven thee.
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.
When they couldn t get near jesus they decided to go to the flat roof.