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.
Paralyzed man through the roof.
Ask if they think it would be easy to carry a big bed through the crowd.
The men had an idea.
The bible says that after digging through the roof the men lowered the mat that the paralyzed man was lying on down to where jesus was.
Ask the child if they have ever been in a big crowd.
Explain that the friends of the paralyzed man wanted to help him get well.
And they were trying to bring him in and to set him down in front of him.
Houses in those days had flat roofs that were made of clay and straw.
When jesus saw their faith he said friend your sins are forgiven the pharisees and the.
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.
You may help them remember a time.
And when they had broken through they lowered the mat on which the paralytic was lying.
Talk about how they carried him to the house where jesus was.
18 and some men were carrying on a bed a man who was paralyzed.
Maybe they could somehow get inside the house through the roof.
The friends could have given up but they.
Some men came carrying a paralyzed man on a mat and tried to take him into the house to lay him before jesus.
They dug through it and let down the mat on which the paralyzed man was lying.
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.
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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.
19 but not finding any way to bring him in because of the crowd they went up on the roof and let him down through the tiles with his stretcher into the middle of the crowd in front of jesus.
They usually had stairs on the outside so people could climb on the roof to get some fresh air.
Some men came carrying a paralyzed man on a mat and tried to take him into the house to lay him before jesus.
Plus the roof wasn t made with large pieces of wood and didn t have shingles but had tiles or plaster that could be lifted or broken through easily to make a hole.