They were determined to get their friend to jesus.
The let the lame man down from teh roof top.
So they made a hole in the roof right above the place where jesus was.
They even pulled him up on top of the house and made a hole in the roof to bring him to jesus.
And he preached the word unto them.
You can be such a good friend.
This made for a hard clay roof.
And it was noised that he was in the house.
The lame man had some very good friends.
When they had made an opening they let the man down lying on his mat.
So they made a hole in the roof above him and let the man down in front of everyone.
2 and straightway many were gathered together insomuch that there was no room to receive them no not so much as about the door.
1 and again he entered into capernaum after some days.
To make a hole the men would have had to dig through the clay and remove some of the sticks.
We can learn a lesson about friendship from this story.
Probably the roof was so low that no ropes were needed to let the man down.
Sometimes a roller would be used to pack down the clay.
If your friend knows jesus you can encourage him or her.
3 and they come unto him bringing one sick of the palsy which was borne of four.
Good news translation because of the crowd however they could not get the man to him.
4 and when they could not come nigh unto him for the press they uncovered the roof where he was.
They lowered him in front of jesus new american standard 1977 and not finding any way to bring him in because of the crowd they went up on the roof and let him down through the tiles with his stretcher right in the center in front of jesus.
They made an opening in the tiles and let the man down on his stretcher among the people.