Man Let Down Through The Roof

The picture of the man is from page 79 of the free lesson available from teachkids eu.

Man let down through the roof.

They had come from every town in the countries of galilee and judea and from jerusalem. Holman christian standard bible. However the direction is not up and the situation is not out of control. This week we began with the man through the roof story healing of the paralysed man from mark 2 1 12.

Jesus told the man to get up take your bed and go to your house. The friends climbed up an outside staircase and dug a hole through the roof. We made a craft using a square envelope for the house. When they couldn t get near jesus they decided to go to the flat roof.

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 lesson is found in the preschooler section and is called little kids can. Thank god jesus is not only the healer but he is our redeemer. When they had broken it up they let down the mat that the paralytic was lying on.

The tiles were plates of burnt clay suitable for roofing rather than for building walls or parapets. So they tore a hole in this man s roof and lowered him down to jesus. So they made a hole in the roof right above the place where jesus was. The account of the healing of the paralyzed man in mark 2 1 12 contains a number of lessons for growing christians.

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. When jesus saw their faith he told the man that his sins were forgiven. World english bible. Luke 5 17 26 new life version nlv jesus heals a man let down through the roof of a house 17 on one of the days while jesus was teaching some proud religious law keepers and teachers of the law were sitting by him.

Good news translation because of the crowd however they could not get the man to him. But instead of giving healing the first thing jesus said was son thy sins be forgiven thee jesus saw in this man a much greater need than healing for his body. So they made a hole in the roof above him and let the man down in front of everyone. 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.

This is my version. A man who could not walk wanted to be healed by jesus. World english bible not finding a way to bring him in because of the multitude they went up to the housetop and let him down through the tiles with his cot into the midst before jesus. And whanne thei myyten not brynge hym to jhesu for the puple thei vnhileden the roof where he was and openede it and thei leten doun the bed in which the sijk man in palesie laye.