Study the bible online using commentary on jesus heals a paralytic at capernaum.
Jesus paralytic roof modern.
It seems that most of the commentaries take at home to mean peter s home from mark 1 29 which seems to have functioned as the base for jesus ministry in capernaum.
Jesus got in the boat crossed the water and came to his own town.
In john 5 14 jesus warned the paralytic at the pool of bethesda whom he healed not to continue in sin and prevent something worse from happening to him.
5 which is easier to say your sins are forgiven or to say get up.
Then some people appeared bringing him a paralytic stretched out on a bed.
We will be reminded how important it is for us to bring our friends to jesus.
Mark 2 3 4 jesus knows what s in our hearts mark 2 6 8 jesus has the power to heal and forgive sin.
The text says that jesus observed their faith not his faith.
While both follow this majority opinion j.
B they uncovered the roof where he was.
This is why jesus pardoned the paralytic s sin luke 5 20.
Read jesus heals a paralytic at capernaum.
Seeing their faith jesus said to the paralytic courage my child your sins are forgiven and at this some scribes said to themselves this man is blaspheming.
Mark 2 3 5 and they came bringing to him a paralytic carried by four men.
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.
Jesus noticed the paralytic s need for spiritual healing as well as physical healing something no one else knew.
2 and they brought to him a paralytic lying on a bed seeing their faith jesus said to the paralytic take courage son.
Whether the paralytic had faith or not we cannot know.
And when they had dug an opening they let down the pallet on which the paralytic was lying.
Such power resides in jesus alone.
Commentary using the fourfold gospel.
Marcus allows that en oikÅ could simply mean in a house and r.
That is the faith of the people who brought the paralytic to him.
Like modern readers who read the present account in light of the markan.
Good friends bring people to jesus.
And being unable to get to him because of the crowd they removed the roof above him.
And jesus seeing their faith said to the paralytic my son your sins are forgiven.
Your sins are forgiven 3 and some of the scribes said to themselves this fellow blasphemes 4 and jesus knowing their thoughts said why are you thinking evil in your hearts.
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.
Some of the key points we will study are.
The attempt to get the paralytic in front of jesus called for extreme measures that included moving tiles on the roof which indicates that the house was owned by a wealthy man because most roofs were made of clay or straw and lowering their friend down to jesus.
Jesus stands in stark contrast to modern faith healers.
Since then and even in modern times mistaken priests have presumed to speak forgiveness.
