Lowering The Man Through The Roof

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Lowering the man through the roof.

When the man s friends carried him to the house. He must have made it sort of a home base. Make two small holes in the roof tape 2 strips of wool on back of man thread wool through holes in roof and tie. Cut out the house and man on mat glue flaps on house to make 3d adult.

Then they lowered the sick man on his mat down into the crowd right in front of jesus. Allow enough wool so the man can be lowered. When they couldn t get near jesus they went to the roof and uncovered the roof. Then they lowered the man on his mat right down in front of jesus.

So they went up to the roof and took off some tiles. When they had broken a space big enough through the roof the four men let the man down through the roof. English standard version but finding no way to bring him in because of the crowd they went up on the roof and let him down with his bed through the tiles into the midst before jesus. Man lowered through the roof story overview.

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. Your children will have a great deal of fun with this one. Some of the scribes thought to themselves. Who does he think he is.

A man who could not walk wanted to be healed by jesus. When jesus saw their faith he told the paralyzed man that his sins were forgiven.