Four Friends Bring The Paralitic Through The Roof

It is a faith that takes great risks because of love.

Four friends bring the paralitic through the roof.

They couldn t bring him to jesus because of the crowd so they dug a hole through the roof above his head. When jesus saw how much faith these four men had he not only healed the paralyzed man he even forgave him of all his sins. I made the paralyzed man and the bed according to the craft instructions found below. Some people came bringing to him a paralyzed man carried by four men.

Roofs were often flat. Where i can only imagine his friends awaited to greet him. The four men probably used an outside stairway to carry their friend up to the roof. This story also lends itself well to a 3 d diorama dramatization in order to show the paralyzed man being lowered through the roof.

While he was preaching god s word to them four men arrived carrying a paralyzed man on a mat. Soon the house where he was staying was so packed with visitors that there was no more room even outside the door. So their faith led to action. This is a get your hands dirty digging through the roof kind of faith.

I created my diorama by inserting felt into a shoe box and then placing my flannel graph characters into the box. And when they had broken through they lowered the mat on which the paralytic was lying. Standing healed and whole the once paralyzed man walked through the crowd and out the door. Then they lowered the man down through the roof to where jesus was.

Jesus had healed people before even people who were paralyzed. This time however jesus sees the faith of the men lowering their paralyzed friend. Since they were not able to bring him to jesus because of the crowd they removed the roof above where he was. But what about you.

Yeshua seeing their faith said to the paralyzed man son your sins are forgiven. Because the friends could not get through the crowd they carried their friend to the roof and lowered him down to jesus. 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. Their love concern effort and faith all cry out to jesus for help so jesus helps the man.

Are you the friend who needs to cut a hole in the roof by sharing some truthful words with a sister who needs to hear them. People could sleep on the roof when it was hot. The crowd of people was packed about the doorway trying to get a glimpse of jesus. To make the roof the builder would lay sticks close together over the beams and cover them with hard packed clay.

And when they had dug an opening they let down the pallet on which the paralytic was lying. Where do you see yourself in this story. After digging through they lowered the mat on which the paralyzed man was lying. 8 6 the men believed jesus came from god and he could heal people.

3 and they came bringing to him a paralytic carried by four men. 4 being unable to get to him because of the crowd they removed the roof above him. You and i have friends who need to come to jesus.