Man Lowered Through Roof To See Jesus

In mark 2 we see a man go through the roof.

Man lowered through roof to see jesus.

No man had ever been brought to jesus through a hole in a roof before either but it worked. Who does he think he is. Since they could not get him to jesus because of the crowd they made an opening in the roof above jesus by digging through it and then lowered the mat the man was lying on. New living translation they couldn t bring him to jesus because of the crowd so they dug a hole through the roof above his head.

They lowered their friend down to the place where jesus was. When jesus saw their faith he told the paralyzed man that his sins were forgiven. When they had broken a space big enough through the roof the four men let the man down through the roof. Then they lowered the sick man on his mat down into the crowd right in front of jesus.

When they couldn t get near jesus they went to the roof and uncovered the roof. However the direction is not up and the situation is not out of control. It also underscores a bottom line lesson from the biblical record of the account. 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.

Believing that jesus could heal their friend the men tore away part of a roof so they could lower the man to jesus. With love and compassion jesus forgave the man s sins and healed him completely. 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 four men carried their friend up to the roof and made an opening in the roof.

Then they lowered the man down through the roof to where jesus was. What an amazing picture of friendship devotion and love we see here. A paralysed man is forgiven and healed by jesus after being lowered through the roof. Jesus was impressed by the faith of these men.

For the kids at your church friendships are a major part of everyday life. Some of the scribes thought to themselves. This bible activity is a word scramble based on jesus actions to heal and forgive a lame man who was lowered before him through the roof of the house where he was teaching. 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.

In scripture we read of new songs new mercies a new creation a new heaven and earth new names and new wineskins. You and i have friends who need to come to jesus. So they went up to the roof and took off some tiles. The activity highlights eight elements of this event.