Mark 2:4 Meaning and Explanation
“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.”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →Unable to reach Jesus through the crowd, the men open the roof and lower the man down to him.
What Does Mark 2:4 Mean?
The crowd is impassable, so the four climb to the flat roof, common to houses of that time, dig through its earth-and-branch covering, and lower their friend on his mat into the room below. It is bold, costly, and unmistakable—they will not be turned back by the press of the crowd.
Obstacles that would stop most people only sharpened their resolve. When the ordinary way to Christ is closed, love finds another. Their determination becomes a sermon without words: faith is not passive wishing but action that refuses to give up. The Lord is worth the climb, the labor, and the dust, and those who press through to him are never disappointed.
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What does Mark 2:4 mean?
Unable to reach Jesus through the crowd, the men open the roof and lower the man down to him.