Houses in those days had flat roofs that were made of clay and straw.
Paralyzed man through the roof.
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.
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.
18 and some men were carrying on a bed a man who was paralyzed.
You may help them remember a time.
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.
And they were trying to bring him in and to set him down in front of him.
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The friends could have given up but they.
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.
Explain that the friends of the paralyzed man wanted to help him get well.
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The account of the healing of the paralyzed man in mark 2 1 12 contains a number of lessons for growing christians.
Maybe they could somehow get inside the house through the roof.
They dug through it and let down the mat on which the paralyzed man was lying.
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.
Ask if they think it would be easy to carry a big bed through the crowd.
Ask the child if they have ever been in a big crowd.
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.
Some men came carrying a paralyzed man on a mat and tried to take him into the house to lay him before jesus.
So the mean climbed on to the top of the roof carrying the paralyzed man.
And when they had broken through they lowered the mat on which the paralytic was lying.
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.
Talk about how they carried him to the house where jesus was.