Paralytic Man Through The Roof

The house had a flat roof and outside stairs leading up to the roof.

Paralytic man through the roof.

They couldn t get past the crowd at the door. 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. The bible says that after digging through the roof the men lowered the mat that the paralyzed man was lying on down to where jesus was. 2 and they brought to him a paralytic lying on a bed.

A man who could not walk wanted to be healed by jesus. So the four men went up on the roof removed some tiles and lowered the paralyzed man on his bedroll into the middle of the. 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. The ceiling is crumbling a bit and everyone stops and looks up to see what s going on.

The four men tried to take the paralyzed man into the house to lay him before jesus. How to tell the story of jesus healing the paralyzed man with four pieces of cardboard idea 530. Imagine listening carefully to jesus when all of a sudden you hear something coming from above you. Is it a duck or a rabbit.

Bubble fight a cool science experiment idea 532. A paralyzed man on a bedroll. The tiles were plates of burnt clay suitable for roofing rather than for building walls or parapets. The account of the healing of the paralyzed man in mark 2 1 12 contains a number of lessons for growing christians.

An objectlesson idea 531. 20 and when he saw their faith he said man your sins are forgiven you 21 and the scribes and the pharisees began to question saying who is this who speaks blasphemies. However the direction is not up and the situation is not out of control. Your sins are forgiven 3 and some of the scribes said to themselves this fellowblasphemes 4 and jesus knowing their thoughts said why are you thinking evil in your hearts.

18 and behold some men were bringing on a bed a man who was paralyzed and they were seeking to bring him in and lay him before jesus 19 but finding no way to bring him in because of the crowd they went up on the roof and let him down with his bed through the tiles into the midst before jesus. Seeing their faith jesus said to the paralytic take courage son. 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. Healing the paralytic let down through the roof in capernaum.

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. Healing the paralytic. This idea is part of a complete sunday school kids ministry programme about the story of the man lowered through the roof.