Man Lowered Through The Roof

This bible activity is a word scramble based on jesus actions to heal and forgive a lame man who was lowered before him through the roof of the house where he was teaching.

Man lowered through the roof.

When they couldn t get near jesus they went to the roof and uncovered the roof. So they went up to the roof and took off some tiles. Luke 5 18 25new international version niv 18 some men came carrying a paralyzed man on a mat and tried to take him into the house to lay him before jesus 19 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. The friends climbed up an outside staircase and dug a hole through the roof.

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. 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. However the direction is not up and the situation is not out of control. So they tore a hole in this man s roof and lowered him down to jesus.

But instead of giving healing the first thing jesus said was son thy sins be forgiven thee. When they had broken a space big enough through the roof the four men let the man down through the roof. When jesus saw their faith he told the paralyzed man that his sins were forgiven. They lowered their friend down to the place where jesus was.

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. Tape 2 strips of wool on back of man. Then they lowered the sick man on his mat down into the crowd right in front of jesus. Make two small holes in the roof.

It also underscores a bottom line lesson from the biblical record of the account. Jesus was impressed by the faith of these men. Thread wool through holes in roof and tie. However the direction is not up and the situation is not out of control.

Cut out the house and man on mat. In mark 2 we see a man go through the roof. Glue flaps on house to make 3d. 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.

When the man s friends carried him to the house where jesus was staying they found the house to be packed with people wanting to hear jesus and be healed by him. Allow enough wool so the man can be lowered.