The ceiling is crumbling a bit and everyone stops and looks up to see what s going on.
How jesus healed a paralyzed man through the roof.
2 and they brought to him a paralytic lying on a bed.
This second claim set jesus at odds with the pharisees and constituted a claim that jesus was the son of god.
Your sins are forgiven 3 and some of the scribes said to themselves this fellowblasphemes 4 and jesus knowing their thoughts said why are you thinking evil in your hearts.
When they had broken a space big enough through the roof the four men let the man down through the roof.
For example matthew does not mention the intervening actions of the men how the men were able to get the paralyzed man to jesus.
Some of the scribes thought to themselves.
Healing the paralytic.
The friends climbed up an outside staircase and dug a hole 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.
When they couldn t get near jesus they went to the roof and uncovered the roof.
One could be seen as the paralyzed man was able to get up and walk.
Imagine listening carefully to jesus when all of a sudden you hear something coming from above you.
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.
Who does he think he is.
But the first miracle was unseen as jesus said he was granting forgiveness for the man s sins.
Matthew s writing tends to be abbreviated synopses of the events.
The story of how jesus healed a paralyzed man shows two types of miracles.
When jesus saw their faith he told the paralyzed man that his sins were forgiven.
Seeing their faith jesus said to the paralytic take courage son.