Mark 2:3 Meaning and Explanation
“And they come unto him, bringing one sick of the palsy, which was borne of four.”
King James Version (KJV)
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What Does Mark 2:3 Mean?
Through the gathered crowd come four men carrying a fifth—a man paralyzed and unable to walk, stretched out on a mat. They have heard that Jesus is in the house, and they will not let their friend miss him. Each takes a corner and bears him through the streets.
Faith here wears the faces of four friends. The paralyzed man cannot come on his own, so others carry him to Christ. This is the quiet picture of true help: shouldering one another's burdens and bringing each other to the Lord who alone can heal. No one comes to Jesus entirely alone, and the love that carries a neighbor is itself a kind of prayer.
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What does Mark 2:3 mean?
Four men carry a paralyzed man to Jesus.