While both follow this majority opinion j.
Jesus paralytic roof modern.
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.
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.
Jesus stands in stark contrast to modern faith healers.
2 and they brought to him a paralytic lying on a bed seeing their faith jesus said to the paralytic take courage son.
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.
The faith that jesus saw was faith that he was able and willing.
Stein states the possibility that it is jesus own home.
Jesus noticed the paralytic s need for spiritual healing as well as physical healing something no one else knew.
Since then and even in modern times mistaken priests have presumed to speak forgiveness.
Whether the paralytic had faith or not we cannot know.
Marcus allows that en oikÅ could simply mean in a house and r.
And jesus seeing their faith said to the paralytic my son your sins are forgiven.
Study the bible online using commentary on jesus heals a paralytic at capernaum.
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.
That is the faith of the people who brought the paralytic to him.
5 which is easier to say your sins are forgiven or to say get up.
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.
B they uncovered the roof where he was.
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.
Then some people appeared bringing him a paralytic stretched out on a bed.
Jesus got in the boat crossed the water and came to his own town.
And being unable to get to him because of the crowd they removed the roof above him.
Like modern readers who read the present account in light of the markan.
The story is found in both mark 2 and matthew 9.
Commentary using the fourfold gospel.
Mark 2 3 4 jesus knows what s in our hearts mark 2 6 8 jesus has the power to heal and forgive sin.
This is why jesus pardoned the paralytic s sin luke 5 20.
The text says that jesus observed their faith not his faith.
Such power resides in jesus alone.
Mark 2 3 5 and they came bringing to him a paralytic carried by four men.
And when they had dug an opening they let down the pallet on which the paralytic was lying.
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.