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Christ healing the paralytic at Capernaum by Bernhard Rode 1780. Jesus heals the paralytic at Capernaum (Galway City Museum, Ireland) Jesus heals the man with palsy by Alexandre Bida (1875) Healing the paralytic at Capernaum is one of the miracles of Jesus in the synoptic Gospels (Matthew 9:1–8, Mark 2:1–12, and Luke 5:17–26).
Cornelius a Lapide comments on the words, "And seeing their faith, ..." which he says is clearly the faith of those who brought the paralytic to Christ. Because when they could not bring him into the house, they carried him up to the roof, [a] although he also adds the faith of the paralytic in the group since Jesus would never have forgiven his sins, "unless he had had faith". [1]
"Christ Heals a Man Paralyzed by the Gout". Mark 2:4. Engraving by Bernhard Rode, 1780. Jesus returns to Capernaum after a period of absence in the open country (Mark 1:35–45). Verse 1 of this chapter sees him "in the house" (Greek: εν οικω, en oikÅ). [3] Some translations state that Jesus was "at home". [4]
Capernaum is the location of the healing of the paralytic lowered by friends through the roof to reach Jesus, as described in Mark 2:1–12 and Luke 5:17–26. In Matthew 9:1 the town is referred to only as "his own city", and the narrative in Matthew 9:2–7 does not mention the paralytic being lowered through the roof.
Jesus is teaching in a house with Pharisees and teachers of the Law in attendance. Luke points out that the members of the religious authorities come from Galilee, Judea, and Jerusalem. There is a paralyzed man and his friends bring him to Jesus, by lowering him from above through the roof of the house.
"I've been through a lot in my life, man," he said. "I was paralyzed in a car wreck. That was probably the worst part of my life, and I've been in a wheelchair ever since. I hate to say it, but I ...
A man admitted himself to a rehabilitation center, where patients were allowed to gather and smoke cigarettes in an area on the facility’s fourth-story roof, a new lawsuit filed in Florida says.
When they came to Jesus, they pleaded earnestly with him, "This man deserves to have you do this, because he loves our nation and has built our synagogue." So Jesus went with them. He was not far from the house when the centurion sent friends to say to him: "Lord, don't trouble yourself, for I do not deserve to have you come under my roof.