Man Lowered Through The Roof

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.

Man lowered through the roof.

Then they lowered the sick man on his mat down into the crowd right in front of jesus. When they had broken a space big enough through the roof the four men let the man down through the roof. 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. Cut out the house and man on mat.

But instead of giving healing the first thing jesus said was son thy sins be forgiven thee. Thread wool through holes in roof and tie. Tape 2 strips of wool on back of man. Jesus was impressed by the faith of these men.

As far as they were concerned jesus may not ever pass that way again and they wanted to make sure this paralytic man had to chance to see him. 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. 20 when jesus saw their faith he said friend your sins are forgiven. In mark 2 we see a man go through the roof.

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. However the direction is not up and the situation is not out of control. They lowered their friend down to the place where jesus was. 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.

The activity highlights eight elements of this event. It also underscores a bottom line lesson from the biblical record of the account. Allow enough wool so the man can be lowered. Make two small holes in the roof.

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 friends climbed up an outside staircase and dug a hole through the roof. However the direction is not up and the situation is not out of control. When jesus saw their faith he told the paralyzed man that his sins were forgiven.

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. So they tore a hole in this man s roof and lowered him down to jesus.