A paralyzed man is lowered through the roof
Mark 2:1–12; Luke 5:17–26; Matthew 9:1–8
In Capernaum, four men dug through a roof to lower their paralyzed friend to Jesus. Jesus first forgave his sins, then healed him, to show that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.
Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven you.”
Mark 2:5 (World English Bible)
The scribes present thought it blasphemy: who can forgive sins but God alone? Jesus answered their unspoken thoughts by telling the man to get up, take his mat, and go home, which he did in front of them all.
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Dating notes
Ussher: AD 31. The month shown is estimated from the order of events in Ussher's harmony, so that events of the same year appear in sequence.