The Friends That Lowered The Man Through Roof

They lowered their friend down to the place where jesus was.

The friends that lowered the man through roof. You and i have friends who need to come to jesus. Talk about how our friends need jesus too to save them from their sins. Their love concern effort and faith all cry out to jesus for help so jesus helps the man. When jesus saw their faith he told the man that his sins were forgiven.

Explain that we should be good friends and tell our friends about jesus and invite them to church. This is a get your hands dirty digging through the roof kind of faith. Jesus told the man to get up take your bed and go to your house that is so amazing. Jesus words to the man surprised the pharisees and teachers of the law.

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. So their faith led to action. Jesus was impressed by the faith of these men. Then they lowered the man on his mat right down in front of jesus.

Then they lowered the man down through the roof to where jesus was. The four men carried their friend up to the roof and made an opening in the roof. So the four men went up on the roof removed some tiles and lowered the paralyzed man on his bedroll into the middle of the crowd right in front of jesus. Then they lowered the sick man on his mat down into the crowd right in front of jesus.

So they went up to the roof and took off some tiles. Jesus saw the faith of the four men and said to the paralyzed man friend your sins are forgiven. Because the friends could not get through the crowd they carried their friend to the roof and lowered him down to jesus. Sometimes faith is not mentioned and doesn t appear to be an issue in his healing ministry.

English standard version 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. This time however jesus sees the faith of the men lowering their paralyzed friend. Explain that the paralyzed man s friends didn t give up but found another way to take their friend to jesus. 8 6 the men believed jesus came from god and he could heal people.

When they had broken a space big enough in the roof the four men let their friend down through the roof right in front of jesus. First jesus did what only god can do he forgave the man s sins. Then jesus healed the man so that he could get up and walk. The friends climbed up an outside staircase and dug a hole through the roof.

English standard version but finding no way to bring him in because of the crowd they went up on the roof and let him down with his bed through the tiles into the midst before jesus. The house had a flat roof and outside stairs leading up to the roof.