Man Lowered Through Roof To See Jesus

The four men carried their friend up to the roof and made an opening in the roof.

Man lowered through roof to see jesus.

This bible activity helps middle and older children become familiar with the experience of the man jesus forgave and healed after the man s four friends lowered him down to jesus through a hole in the roof. Then they lowered the man down through the roof to where jesus was. They lowered their friend down to the place where jesus was. You and i have friends who need to come to jesus.

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. Luke 5 19 tells us 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. 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. This is a lesson about the friends bringing a man that couldn t walk to see jesus but there were so many people they had to put a hole in the roof and let him down.

The friends climbed up an outside staircase and dug a hole through the roof. When they couldn t get near jesus they went to the roof and uncovered the roof. Point out that jesus healed both the man s physical problem and his heart. There were four men carrying a man that was paralyzed.

Jesus was impressed by the faith of these men. Someone that is crippled and disabled they wanted to get close to jesus but the house was so full of people that they couldn t get to him. When jesus saw how much faith these four men had he not only healed the paralyzed man he even forgave him of all his sins. So 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.

Ask the child if they can explain why it would be easier for jesus to forgive sins than heal the man. Mark s gospel describes the process as digging through it 2 4. This lesson is intended for preschool and out students really enjoyed the projects. 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.