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John Gill
And behold, men brought in a bed a man which was taken with a palsy,.... Four men brought him, as Mark says, Mr 2:3 and which the Ethiopic version expresses here: "and they sought means to bring him in": into the house where Jesus was: and to lay him before him; at his feet, in hope of moving his compassion, and to obtain a cure of him: of the nature of this disease, and of the sort which this...
Matthew Henry
In this chapter, we have, I. Christ preaching to the people out of Peter's ship, for want of a better pulpit, ver. 1-3. II. The recompence he made to Peter for the loan of his boat, in a miraculous draught of fishes, by which he intimated to him and his partners his design to make them, as apostles, fishers of men, ver. 4-11. III. His cleansing the leper, ver. 12-15. IV. A short account of his...
Charles H. Spurgeon
And, behold, men brought in a bed a man which was taken with a palsy: He had had a stroke of paralysis.
Charles H. Spurgeon
And they sought means to bring him in, and to lay him before him. And when they could not find by what way they might bring him in because of the multitude, they went upon the housetop, — By the external staircase, —
Charles H. Spurgeon
And, behold, men brought in a bed a man which was taken with a palsy: and they sought means to bring him in, and to lay him before him. And when they could not find by what way they might bring him in because of the multitude, they went upon the housetop, and let him down through the tiling with his couch into the midst before Jesus. There does appear to have been, according to Mark, some...
Charles H. Spurgeon
And, behold,— For it was a great wonder,— Luk_5:18. Men brought in a bed a man which was taken with palsy: A paralyzed man.
Charles H. Spurgeon
And they sought means to bring him in, and to lay him before him. And when they could not find by what way they might bring him in because of the multitude, they went upon the housetop,— There was, no doubt, a staircase outside, as there usually is to Eastern houses: “They went upon the housetop,”