The House Four Men Opened The Roof

And jesus seeing their faith said to the paralytic my son your sins are forgiven.

The house four men opened the roof.

We are not told in what part of the house jesus stood but evidently an opening was made in the flat roof above him and the man was lowered to the floor in front of jesus by means of short straps or pieces of rope fastened to the four corners of the bed. When the crowd had refused to make way for them to pass the four friends carried the man up on the flat roof of the house. Now houses in that day were usually constructed with flat roofs. Mark 2 3 5 and they came bringing to him a paralytic carried by four men.

While he was preaching god s word to them four men arrived carrying a paralyzed man on a mat. 4 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. A set of stairs on the side of the house allowed access to the roof which was used much like we use a deck in our day. So the men went onto the roof.

5 when jesus saw their faith he said to the paralytic son your sins are forgiven. And when they had dug an opening they let down the pallet on which the paralytic was lying. Four friends bring their crippled friend to jesus and because of the crowds let him down through the roof. Four men bring their paralyzed friend to jesus.

This done they tied ropes about the bed on which the man lay and lowered the bed very carefully into the room before jesus. There was no way four men could carry a man through that crowd and into the house through the door. And being unable to get to him because of the crowd they removed the roof above him. When they arrive at the house the crowd is so large that they cannot get into the house through the door.

Like many palestinian dwellings this house probably had an outside stairway leading to a flat roof. The construction of the roof itself it describes as. Let no one on the housetop come down to retrieve anything from his house. Roofs were often flat.

People could sleep on the roof when it was hot. They couldn t bring him to jesus because of the crowd so they dug a hole through the roof above his head. Mark 2 4 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 tore up the roof tiling and saw where jesus stood.

They believe that if they can get this man to jesus then jesus can heal his body. 3 then a paralytic was brought to him carried by four men. A composite of grass clay clay tiles and laths. The bible knowledge commentary says the following about the construction of this house.

The crowd of people was packed about the doorway trying to get a glimpse of jesus.