This is a lesson about the friends bringing a man that couldn t walk to see jesus but there were so many people they had to put a hole in the roof and let him down.
Man lowered through roof to see jesus.
When the man s friends carried him to the house where jesus was staying they found the house to be packed with people wanting to hear jesus and be healed by him.
This bible activity helps middle and older children become familiar with the experience of the man jesus forgave and healed after the man s four friends lowered him down to jesus through a hole in the roof.
Jesus was impressed by the faith of these men.
Man goes through roof to see jesus.
The friends climbed up an outside staircase and dug a hole through the roof.
Berean literal bible and not being able to come near to him on account of the crowd they removed the roof where he was and having broken it up they let down the pallet on which the paralytic was lying.
Luke 5 19 tells us when they could not find a way to do this because of the crowd they went up on the roof and lowered him on his mat through the tiles into the middle of the crowd right in front of jesus.
The four men carried their friend up to the roof and made an opening in the roof.
When jesus saw how much faith these four men had he not only healed the paralyzed man he even forgave him of all his sins.
This lesson is intended for preschool and out students really enjoyed the projects.
Then they lowered the man down through the roof to where jesus was.
They lowered their friend down to the place where jesus was.
Help them realize that it was because everyone could see whether the man could walk versus his sins being forgiven not being seen by others.
When they couldn t get near jesus they went to the roof and uncovered the roof.
Mark s gospel describes the process as digging through it 2 4.
Point out that jesus healed both the man s physical problem and his heart.
You and i have friends who need to come to jesus.
Ask the child if they can explain why it would be easier for jesus to forgive sins than heal the man.
Berean literal bible and not having found what way they should bring him in on account of the crowd having gone up on the housetop they let him down with the mat through the tiles into the midst before jesus.
Someone that is crippled and disabled they wanted to get close to jesus but the house was so full of people that they couldn t get to him.