Good news translation because of the crowd however they could not get the man to him.
The let the lame man down from teh roof top.
This made for a hard clay roof.
They even pulled him up on top of the house and made a hole in the roof to bring him to jesus.
And he preached the word unto them.
Probably the roof was so low that no ropes were needed to let the man down.
You can be such a good friend.
And it was noised that he was in the house.
5 when jesus saw their faith he said unto the sick of the palsy son thy sins be forgiven thee.
If your friend knows jesus you can encourage him or her.
To make a hole the men would have had to dig through the clay and remove some of the sticks.
So they made a hole in the roof above him and let the man down in front of everyone.
People inside the house could reach up and take him as those outside let him down.
Sometimes a roller would be used to pack down the clay.
The lame man had some very good friends.
So they made a hole in the roof right above the place where jesus was.
They were determined to get their friend to jesus.
2 and straightway many were gathered together insomuch that there was no room to receive them no not so much as about the door.
And when they had broken it up they let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay.
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.
4 and when they could not come nigh unto him for the press they uncovered the roof where he was.
They made an opening in the tiles and let the man down on his stretcher among the people.
When they had made an opening they let the man down lying on his mat.