Mark 2:2-4

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²So many people gathered together that there was no longer room [for them], not even near the door; and Jesus was discussing with them the word [of God]. ³Then they came, bringing to Him a paralyzed man, who was being carried by four men.^(A) ⁴When they were unable to get to Him because of the crowd, they ^[a]removed the roof above Jesus; and when they had dug out an opening, they let down the mat on which the paralyzed man was lying.

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Footnotes

Mark 2:4 The roof of a typical home was composed of clay tiles which were laid on a mat of branches and grass supported by wooden beams. The parallel passage in Luke explains that “they went up on the roof and lowered him through the tiles” (5:19).