Mark 2:4 BSB — MannaFest

Mark 2:4

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.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And when they could not come nigh unto him for the crowd, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they let down the bed whereon the sick of the palsy lay.

KJV

And when they could not come nigh unto him for the press, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay.

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Commentary

6 voices

Theophylact of Ohrid

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (1107)

But how should I be borne to Christ, if the roof be not opened. For the roof is the intellect, which is set above all those things which are within us; here it has much earth about it in the tiles which are made of clay, I mean, earthly things: but if these be taken away, the virtue of the intellect within us is freed from its load. After this let it be let down, that is, humbled.

The record, by era

The Medieval Church1 voice

Theophylact of Ohrid

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (1107)

This is not however the paralytic, whose cure is related by John, (John 5) for he had no man with him, this one had four; he is cured in the pool of the sheep market, but this one in a house. It is the same man, however, whose cure is related by Matthew (Matt. 9) and Mark. But mystically, Christ is still in Capernaum, in the house of consolation.

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

And when they could not come nigh unto him for the press,.... To the room where Jesus was, nor into the house, nor even to the door, the crowd about it was so great, they uncovered the roof where he was. The Arabic version reads it, "they went up to the roof"; and the Persic thus, "they carried him up upon the roof". The place where Christ was, seems to be an upper room; for in such an one the Jewish doctors used to meet, and discourse together about religious matters; see Act 1:

The Nineteenth Century3 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

They uncovered the roof - The houses in the east are generally made flat-roofed, that the inhabitants may have the benefit of taking the air on them; they are also furnished with battlements round about, Deu 22:8; Jdg 16:27; and 2Sa 11:2, to prevent persons from falling off; and have a trap door by which they descend into the house.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Mark (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1857)

This passage shows our Lord once more at Capernaum. Once more we find Him doing His accustomed work, preaching the word, and healing those that were sick. We see, in these verses, what great spiritual privileges some people enjoy, and yet make no use of them . This is a truth which is strikingly illustrated by the history of Capernaum. No city in Palestine appears to have enjoyed so much of our Lord's presence, during His earthly ministry, as did this city. It was the place where He dwelt, after He left Nazareth. (Matt. 4:13.)

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Original language & word study

22 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
μὴ	mē	not	G3361 →
δυνάμενοι	dunamenoi	being able	G1410 →
προσενέγκαι	prosenegkai	to bring to	G4374 →
αὐτῷ	autō	to Him	G846 →
διὰ	dia	on account of	G1223 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
ὄχλον	ochlon	crowd	G3793 →
ἀπεστέγασαν	apestegasan	they removed	G648 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
στέγην	stegēn	roof	G4721 →
ὅπου	hopou	where	G3699 →
ἦν	ēn	He was	G1510 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἐξορύξαντες	exoruxantes	having broken up [it]	G1846 →
χαλῶσιν	chalōsin	they let down	G5465 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
κράβαττον	krabatton	pallet	G2895 →
ὅπου	hopou	where	G3699 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
παραλυτικὸς	paralutikos	paralytic	G3885 →
κατέκειτο.	katekeito	was lying.	G2621 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk7

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Deuteronomy 22:8
If you build a new house, you are to construct a railing around your roof, so that you do not bring bloodguilt on your house if someone falls from it.
leads to
- Jeremiah 19:13
  The houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah will be defiled like that place, Topheth—all the houses on whose rooftops they burned incense to all the host of heaven and…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 2 Samuel 11:2
  One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing—a very beautiful woman.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Matthew 10:27
  What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the housetops.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Isaiah 22:1
  This is the burden against the Valley of Vision: What ails you now, that you have all gone up to the rooftops,
- Exodus 21:28–36
  If an ox gores a man or woman to death, the ox must surely be stoned, and its meat must not be eaten. But the owner of the ox shall not be held responsible.
Through
Luke 5:19
but they could not find a way through the crowd. So they went up on the roof and lowered him on his mat through the tiles into the middle of the crowd, right in…
leads to
- Matthew 24:17
  Let no one on the housetop come down to retrieve anything from his house.
- Deuteronomy 22:8
  If you build a new house, you are to construct a railing around your roof, so that you do not bring bloodguilt on your house if someone falls from it.