And anon many gathered together, insomuch, that the [a]places about the door could not receive any more: and he preached the word unto them.

And there came unto him, that brought one sick of the palsy, borne of four men.

And because they could not come near unto him for the multitude, they uncovered the roof of the house where he was: and when they had broken it open, they [b]let down the [c]bed, wherein the sick of the palsy lay.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Mark 2:2 Neither the house nor the entry was able to hold them.
  2. Mark 2:4 They brake up the upper part of the house, which was plain, and let down the man that was sick of the palsy, into the lower part where Christ preached, for they could not otherwise come into his sight.
  3. Mark 2:4 The word signifieth the worst kind of bed, whereupon men used to lay down themselves at noontide, and such other times, to refresh themselves: we call it a couch.

They gathered in such large numbers(A) that there was no room left, not even outside the door, and he preached the word to them. Some men came, bringing to him a paralyzed man,(B) carried by four of them. Since they could not get him to Jesus because of the crowd, they made an opening in the roof above Jesus by digging through it and then lowered the mat the man was lying on.

Read full chapter