The Paralyzed Man Lowered Through Roof

Houses in those days had flat roofs that were made of clay and straw.

The paralyzed man lowered through roof. So the mean climbed on to the top of the roof carrying the paralyzed man. International standard version since they couldn t bring him to jesus because of the crowd they made an opening in the roof over the place where he was. Cut out the house and man on mat. Glue flaps on house to make 3d.

Luke 5 18 25new international version niv 18 some men came carrying a paralyzed man on a mat and tried to take him into the house to lay him before jesus 19 when they could not find a way to do this because of the crowd 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. They usually had stairs on the outside so people could climb on the roof to get some fresh air. Thread wool through holes in roof and tie. 20 when jesus saw their faith he said friend your sins are forgiven.

And when they had broken through they lowered the mat on which the paralytic was lying. Allow enough wool so the man can be lowered. Jesus saw the faith of the four men and said to the paralyzed man friend your sins are forgiven. The house had a flat roof and outside stairs leading up to the roof.

The men had an idea. The account of the healing of the paralyzed man in mark 2 1 12 contains a number of lessons for growing christians. Tape 2 strips of wool on back of man. However the direction is not up and the situation is not out of control.

They dug through it and let down the mat on which the paralyzed man was lying. Maybe they could somehow get inside the house through the roof.