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Mark 2:4
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.
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.
MARK 2:4 prosene,gkai {B} The absence of a direct object (auvto,n) may have led to the substitution of proseggi,sai (“to come near”) or proselqei/n (“to come to”) for prosene,gkai (“to bring to”)....
Verse Mark 2:4. _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 b...
See this miracle explained in Matthew 9:2. PALSY - See the notes at Matthew 4:24. BORNE OF FOUR - Carried upon a couch Matthew 9:2
CHAPTER 2 _ 1. The Servant again in Capernaum. The healing of the Paralytic. (Mark 2:1 .Matthew 9:1; Luke 5:17 .)_ 2. Levi called. With the Publicans and Sinners. ...
THE HEALING OF THE PARALYTIC. Loisy (pp. 86- 88) regards the discussion of the right to forgive sins as artificially interwoven by Mk. into a simpler story of healing. He says it is not like Jesus to...
A FAITH THAT WOULD NOT BE DENIED (Mark 2:1-6)...
When, some time afterwards, Jesus had come back to Capernaum, the news went round that he was in a house. Such crowds collected that there was no longer any room left, not even round the door. So he w...
COULD NOT. were not able to. NOT. Greek. _me_. App-105. COME NIGH UNTO. Greek. _proseggizo,_ Occurs only here in N.T. FOR THE PRESS. The 1611 edition of the Authorized Version reads "for press". F...
_they uncovered the roof_ They appear (1) to have ascended to the flat roof probably by a flight of steps outside (Luke 5:19); (2) to have broken up the tiling or thin stone slabs, sometimes used at t...
1–12. HEALING OF A PARALYTIC AT CAPERNAUM. THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS Matthew 9:1-8; Luke 5:17-26 This incident gives the dominant thought to a group of narratives which record the hostile criticisms of...
ΠΡΟΣΕΝΈΓΚΑΙ ([229][230][231] 33) rather than προσεγγίσαι ([232][233][234][235][236]). [229] Codex Sinaiticus. 4th cent. Discovered by Tischendorf in 1859 at the Monastery of St Katharine on Mount Sin...
Ver 1. And again He entered into Capernaum after some days; and it was noised that He was in the house. 2. And straightway many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no room to receive them,...
_JESUS HEALED A CRIPPLED MAN MARK 2:1-12:_ Jesus did not remain in the desert after Satan tempted Him. He returned to Capernaum. Word quickly passed that He was in a certain house and a large crowd ga...
ΔΥΝΆΜΕΝΟΙ _praes. pass. (dep.) part. от_ ΔΎΝΑΜΑΙ (G1410) быть способным, ΠΡΟΣΕΝΈΓΚΑΙ _aor. act. inf. от_ ΠΡΟΣΦΈΡΩ (G4374) нести, приносить. _Inf._ дополняет основной гл. ΔΙΆ (G1223) с _асс._ из-за....
_MARK 2:4_. AND _WHEN THEY COULD NOT COME NIGH,_ &C.— The better to understand the particulars in this verse, it will be proper to consider the manner of building in the East, which we find largely de...
5. FORGIVENESS AND HEALING2:1-12 _TEXT 2:1-12_ And when he entered again into Capernaum after some days, it was noised that he was in the house. And many were gathered together, so that there was no...
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. AND WHEN TIM...
4 Eastern houses have flat roofs with battlements, easily accessible from the ground, and a place of resort, especially in the evening. The roof usually was covered with quite a thickness of earth, la...
THE SICK OF THE PALSY 1-12. Healing of the palsied man (Matthew 9:9; Luke 5:27). See on Mt....
CHRIST IN THE BIBLE: MARK’S GOSPEL _KEITH SIMONS_ This commentary HAS BEEN through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 2 JESUS *FORGIVES A MAN VERSES 1-12 Jesus had made many ill people well. But he di...
THEY UNCOVERED THE ROOF... WHEN THEY HAD BROKEN IT UP. — The strong expressions of the injury done to the roof are peculiar to St. Mark. St. Luke gives, “through the tiles.” THEY LET DOWN THE BED. — S...
CHAPTER 2 CHAPTER 2:1-12 (Mark 2:1) THE SICK OF THE PALSY "And when He entered again into Capernaum after some days, it was noised that He was in the house." Mark 2:1 (R.V.) [And when He had come ba...
The particulars in this verse not in Mt., who did not care how they found their way to Jesus; enough for him that they succeeded _somehow_. προσεγγίσαι (T. R.): here only in N. T. to approach; προσενέ...
_The palsied man_ (Matthew 9:1-8; Luke 5:17-26)....
THE FRIEND OF SINNERS Mark 1:40-45; Mark 2:1-22 _The leper,_ Mark 1:40-45. The news of Christ spread fast and far until it reached the outcasts from Jewish society, the very dregs of humanity. As the...
A great principle of the exercise of power by the Master is revealed in the words, "When He saw their faith." There can be no doubt that the word "their" includes the whole party, both the man himself...
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 (c) let down the (d) bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay. (c)...
Such diligence ought to be used to bring sinners to Christ, by means of the sacraments, as was used to procure for this man, through Christ, the health of his body. (Bristow)...
HE HEALS A PARALYTIC Matthew 9:2-8; Mark 2:1-12; & Luke 5:17-26. Mark: “And again He came into Capernaum during those days, and it was heard that He is at home. And immediately the multitudes came tog...
(2) And straightway many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no room to receive _them,_ no not so much as about the door: and he preached the word unto them. (3) And they come unto him, br...
It is remarkable how tradition has contrived to injure the truth in touching the question of the method of the gospel we now enter on; for the current view which comes down to us from the ancients, st...
Afterwards (chapter 2) He goes again into the city, and immediately the multitude gather together. What a living picture of the Lord's life of service! He preaches to them. This was His object and His...
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...
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. Ver. 4. _The...
_And they come, bringing one sick of the palsy_ See on Matthew 9:2, &c. _Which was borne of four_ One at each corner of the sofa or couch. _And when they could not come nigh unto him for the press_ Th...
PRESS; the crowd of people. UNCOVERED THE ROOF; the roofs of the houses were then flat, and the sick man could be let down from them into the presence of Jesus....
One paralyzed man who was dependent on the help of four men was now brought to Him. If leprosy is the type of sin's corruption, paralysis teaches us the helplessness occasioned by sin. Yet all five me...
TITLE: Who Can Forgive Sins TEXT: Mark 2:1-12 PROPOSITION: I must learn how to forgive. QUESTION: Who? KEY WORD: Types SCRIPTURE READING: Mark 2:1-7 INTRODUCTION: 1. Story of the faith of 4 friends o...
1-12 It was this man's misery that he needed to be so carried, and shows the suffering state of human life; it was kind of those who so carried him, and teaches the compassion that should be in men,...
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Mark 2:4 And G2532 could G1410 (G5740) not G3361 near G4331 (G5658) Him G846 because G1223 crowd...
‘And they come, bringing to him a man sick of paralysis, carried by four men. And when they could not come near to him because of the crowd, they uncovered the roof where he was, and when they had bro...
THE SON OF MAN HAS THE POWER TO FORGIVE SINS (2:1-12). The idea of the authority of Jesus continues. Having been revealed as the drencher in the Holy Spirit, God's beloved and Spirit anointed Son, the...
Mark 2:4. COULD NOT COME NIGH UNTO HIM. The doorway was full (Mark 2:2). THEY UNCOVERED (_unroofed)_ THE ROOF WHERE HE WAS _._ Luke says what is here implied: ‘they went upon the housetop,' probably...
On the cure of the _paralytic_, see on Matthew 9:2-8, and comp. Luke 5:17-26. Mark's account is the most minute and graphic....
COME NIGH (προσεγγισα). But Westcott and Hort read προσενεγκα, to bring to, after Aleph, B, L, 33, 63 (cf. John 5:18).THEY UNCOVERED THE ROOF (απεστεγασαν την στεγην). They unroofed the roof (note...
Mark 2:1 Note here: I. The helplessness of some men. All helplessness traceable to sin. II. The social usefulness of some other men. We can all carry sufferers to Christ, even when we cannot heal t...
Mark 2:1. _And again he entered into Capernaum, after some days; and it was noised that he was in the house. And straightway many were gathered together, inasmuch that there was no room to receive the...
Mark 2:1. _And again he entered into Capernaum, after some days; and it was noised that he was in the house. And straightaway many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no room to receive th...
Mark 2:1. _And again he entered into Capernaum, after some days; and it was noised that he was in the house. And straightway many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no room to receive the...
CONTENTS: Healing of the palsied man. Call of Matthew. Parable of the cloth and bottles. Jesus, Lord of the Sabbath. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Paralytic, Matthew, David, Alphaeus. CONCLUSION: Jesus Christ w...
Mark 2:4. _They uncovered the roof._ Houses in the east have mostly flat roofs on which they walk for the benefit of the air. They have but a narrow door, and seldom a window to the street. All their...
SO MANY PEOPLE CAME TOGETHER. For the healing of this paralyzed man, see notes on Matthew 9:2-8, Luke tells us that there were Pharisees and teachers of the Law sitting there, who had come from every...
_They uncovered the roof where He was._ DARING FAITH These roofs are substantially built, as they need to be, since the whole family habitually walked and slept upon them. They broke up and uncovered...
_And again He entered into Capernaum._ THE GENERAL MINISTRY OF CHRIST Christ’s apparent delays are only the maturings of time-the ripenings of opportunity. He will come, not when impatient men think...
MARK—NOTE ON MARK 2:4 The flat ROOF consisted of branches or sticks combined with clay. It could be accessed from the outside (see note on Luke 5:19)....
JESUS HEALS A PARALYZED MAN MATTHEW 9:1-8; MARK 2:1-12; LUKE 5:17-26; MATTHEW 9:1 And he entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his ow
CHAPTER 2 1 _Christ healeth one sick of the palsy_, 14 _calleth Matthew from the receipt of custom_, 15 _eateth with publicans and sinners_, 18 _excuseth his disciples for not fasting_, 23 _and for pl...
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Mark 2:1. IT WAS NOISED.—_It was heard, He is in the house_, or _at home_. Perhaps the house already mentioned, viz. Simon’s (Mark 1:29); but more probably His own hom...
EXPOSITION MARK 2:1 The first sentence of this verse is better rendered thus: AND WHEN HE ENTERED again (εἰσελθῶν πάλιν) INTO CAPERNAUM AFTER SOME DAYS; literally, after days (δι ̓ ἡμερῶν). It i...
Now, And again he entered into Capernaum after some days; and it was noised that he was in the house (Mark 2:1). So, word went around Jesus is in the house over there. And straightway many were gath...
Deuteronomy 22:8; Luke 5:19...
Come nigh unto him [π ρ ο σ ε γ γ ι σ α ι]. The word does not occur elsewhere in the New Testament. But some read prosenegkai bring him unto him. So Rev., in margin. They uncovered [α π ε σ τ ε γ α σ...
THE HEALING OF THE SICK OF THE PALSY Mark 2:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. How Christ's meetings were advertised. Our Lord's Word and His work was sufficient to assure Him a multitude, whithersoever He wen...
They uncovered the roof — Or, took up the covering, the lattice or trap door, which was on all their houses, (being flat roofed.) And finding it not wide enough, broke the passage wider, to let down t...