These friends literally tore the tiles off the roof tore a hole in the roof and lowered the paralyzed man by a rope into the house.
Friends tore the roof off to get to jesys.
Imagine the people s responses.
A paralyzed man s friends carried him to jesus for healing but they couldn t get through the crowds into the house where he was teaching.
And when they could not get near him because of the crowd they removed the roof above him and when they had made an opening they let down the bed on which the paralytic lay.
These friends were not going to be denied.
Such was their love for their friend and confidence in jesus power and willingness to help that they would interrupt his discussions with the local theologians.
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.
Berean study bible 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.
But they didn t give up.
He was paralyzed and had to be carried on his bed.
It was a real commitment to dig into some stranger s roof and make a man sized hole in it.
His friends found that they could not get him into the crowded house.
They were going to get their friend to jesus.
They climbed up on top of the thatched roof made a hole in it and lowered their friend down on a mat right to the feet of jesus.
This might have stopped them faith series.
Suddenly a group of men tried to bring a friend of theirs into the meeting to get him close to jesus.