Palsy.
The Greek word, paraluo, to loosen, shows that the disease was paralysis. Persons thus afflicted were brought to the Lord on beds or couches. Matthew 9:2-6; Mark 1:2-10; Luke 5:18, Luke 1:5; Acts 8:7; Acts 9:33. The paralysed were a type of that thorough human helplessness which can be relieved and raised up by God only.