Then they tore up the roof tiling and saw where jesus stood.
The house four men opened the roof.
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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.
3 then a paralytic was brought to him carried by four men.
They were determined to get their friend to jesus.
If they do not know jesus you can look for ways to bring them to jesus as the four friends in the story did.
Or maybe these four men saw jesus at this house and ran to get their paralytic friend to bring him to the healer.
They couldn t bring him to jesus because of the crowd so they dug a hole through the roof above his head.
When thou buildest a new house then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof that thou bring not blood upon thine house if any man fall from thence.
Even the doorway was jammed with people trying to see jesus.
You can be such a good friend.
The room was packed with people.
5 when jesus saw their faith he said to the paralytic son your sins are forgiven.
There was no way four men could carry a man through that crowd and into the house through the door.
And from the roof he saw a woman washing herself.
Roofs were often flat.
The four men probably used an outside stairway to carry their friend up to the roof.
While he was preaching god s word to them four men arrived carrying a paralyzed man on a mat.
So here is the humorous scene jesus is preaching in the house these four men carry their friend up the stair case onto the roof of the house.
The crowd of people was packed about the doorway trying to get a glimpse of jesus.
Soon the house where he was staying was so packed with visitors that there was no more room even outside the door.
The roof was not destroyed or damaged only temporarily opened up.
They even pulled him up on top of the house and made a hole in the roof to bring him to jesus.
People could sleep on the roof when it was hot.
If your friend knows jesus you can encourage him or her.
2 samuel 11 2 and it came to pass in an eveningtide that david arose from off his bed and walked upon the roof of the king s house.
But the point is when they carried him to the house where jesus was they could not get him inside.
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Remember also that a first century home had an outside staircase up to the flat roof.
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.