Lowering Man Through The Roof

This bible activity helps middle and older children become familiar with the experience of the man jesus forgave and healed after the man s four friends lowered him down to jesus through a hole in the roof.

Lowering man through the roof.

When the man s friends carried him to the house. Way to introduce the. He must have made it sort of a home base. English standard version and when they could not get near him because of the crowd they removed the roof above him and when they had made an opening they let down the bed on which the paralytic lay.

A man who could not walk wanted to be healed by jesus. Then they lowered the man down through the roof to where jesus was. Make two small holes in the roof. Jesus had spent quite a lot of time in and around capernaum.

When they couldn t get near jesus they went to the roof and uncovered the roof. Tape 2 strips of wool on back of man. English standard version but finding no way to bring him in because of the crowd they went up on the roof and let him down with his bed through the tiles into the midst before jesus. But instead of giving healing the first thing jesus said was son thy sins be forgiven thee.

The four men carried their friend up to the roof and made an opening in the roof. When they had broken a space big enough through the roof the four men let the man down through the roof. Who does he think he is. Some of the scribes thought to themselves.

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. Glue flaps on house to make 3d. Then they lowered the man on his mat right down in front of jesus. So they went up to the roof and took off some tiles.

The account of the healing of the paralyzed man in mark 2 1 12 contains a number of lessons for growing christians. Then they lowered the sick man on his mat down into the crowd right in front of jesus. They couldn t bring him to jesus because of the crowd so they dug a hole through the roof above his head. As far as they were concerned jesus may not ever pass that way again and they wanted to make sure this paralytic man had to chance to see him.

So they tore a hole in this man s roof and lowered him down to jesus. We are not told in what part of the house jesus stood but evidently an opening was made in the flat roof above him and the man was lowered to the floor in front of jesus by means of short straps or pieces of rope fastened to the four corners of the bed. The man is literally let down through the roof under the careful control of his concerned friends and into a situation controlled by the lord jesus christ. Allow enough wool so the man can be lowered.

Man lowered through the roof story overview. Your children will have a great deal of fun with this one. When jesus saw their faith he told the paralyzed man that his sins were forgiven.