The man needed jesus.
Man on the mat bible.
4 they couldn t bring him to jesus because of.
Jesus heals a man brought on his sleeping mat by four friends.
2 when jesus returned to capernaum several days later the news spread quickly that he was back home.
Taking up his mat and going home.
Some were blind some were crippled and some were paralyzed and they.
This pool is near the sheep gate3 many sick people were lying on the porches beside the pool.
Jesus heals a paralyzed man.
All the people were amazed.
Some men came carrying a paralyzed man on a sleeping mat.
The man did not need quicker reflexes or beneficent angels or enchanted water.
2 in jerusalem there is a pool with five covered porches which is called bethesda in the hebrew language.
Frankly we don t know how to live as resurrected people.
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.
Pick up your mat and walk john 5 8.
The man on the mat read john.
The ceiling is crumbling a bit and everyone stops and looks up to see what s going on.
Then they lowered the man on his mat right down in front of jesus.
While he was preaching god s word to them 3 four men arrived carrying a paralyzed man on a mat.
The man was instantly cured and he picked up his mat and walked verse 9.
By the power of jesus words to him the man was healed instantly and was then able to put jesus command in action.
The four friends climbed the stairs and removed the roof tiles.
The man got up and took his mat.
Jesus healed him and the man went home.
Houses were constructed mainly of clay and stone and were mainly flat roofed with a stairway at the side of the house.
The term son of man appears in psalm 80 17 noting the man at god s right hand and again in the messianic prophecy in daniel 7 13.
5 later jesus went to jerusalem for a special feast.
They praised god and said we have never seen anything like this mark 2 6 12.
They tried to take him inside to jesus english standard version and behold some men were bringing on a bed a man who was paralyzed and they were seeking to bring him in and lay him before jesus berean study bible just then some men came carrying a paralyzed man on a mat.
Then he walked away while everyone watched.
One of the reasons we stay stuck in our old life is because we cannot even imagine the real possibilities of a new life.
The bible says that after digging through the roof the men lowered the mat that the paralyzed man was lying on down to where jesus was.
Immediately he stood up in front of them took what he had been lying on and went home praising god.
2 soon the house where he was staying was so packed with visitors that there was no more room even outside the door.
The bible describes in luke 5 25 26.
Imagine listening carefully to jesus when all of a sudden you hear something coming from above you.
They lowered the man on a mat right in front of jesus.