the Week of Proper 9 / Ordinary 14
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Mark 2:3
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They came to him bringing a paralytic, carried by four of them.
And they come vnto him, bringing one sicke of the palsie, which was borne of foure.
And they come unto him, bringing one sick of the palsy, which was borne of four.
And they came, bringing to him a paralytic carried by four men.
And some people came, bringing to Him a man who was paralyzed, carried by four men.
Four people came, carrying a paralyzed man.
Then they came, bringing to Him a paralyzed man, who was being carried by four men.
And they came, bringing to Him a paralytic, carried by four men.
And they *came, bringing to Him a paralytic, carried by four men.
Then a paralytic was brought to Him, carried by four men.
when four people came up, carrying a crippled man on a mat.
four men came to him carrying a paralyzed man.
And there come to him [men] bringing a paralytic, borne by four;
some people brought a paralyzed man to see him. He was being carried by four of them.
And there came vnto him, that brought one sicke of the palsie, borne of foure men.
And they came to him, and brought to him a paralyzed man, carried between four men.
when four men arrived, carrying a paralyzed man to Jesus.
And they came bringing to him a paralytic, carried by four of them.
And they came to Him carrying a paralytic, being borne by four.
And they come, bringing unto him a man sick of the palsy, borne of four.
And four men came to him with one on a bed who had no power of moving.
Four people came, carrying a paralytic to him.
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And they came to him, and brought him a paralytic borne between four.
And they came to him and brought to him a paralytic, borne between four persons.
And they came vnto hym, bryngyng one sicke of the paulsie, whiche was borne of foure men.
And they come, bringing unto him a man sick of the palsy, borne of four.
Four people came, carrying a paralytic to him.
And he spake the word to them. And they come to him, bringing a paralytic, borne of four.
when there came a party of people bringing a paralytic--four men carrying him.
And they come, bringing to him a man sick of the palsy, borne of four.
And they come to him, bringing one sick with the palsy, who was borne by four.
Some people came bringing to him a paralytic, carried by four of them.
Then they came to Him, bringing a paralytic who was carried by four men.
four men arrived carrying a paralyzed man on a mat.
Four men came to Jesus carrying a man who could not move his body.
Then some people came, bringing to him a paralyzed man, carried by four of them.
and they come, bearing unto him a paralytic, upborne by four, -
And they came to him, bringing one sick of the palsy, who was carried by four.
And they came, bringing to him a paralytic carried by four men.
And there came vnto him that brought one sicke of the palsie borne of fower men.
And they come unto him, bringing a paralytic, borne by four,
And there came vnto him certaine, which brought one sicke of the palsye borne of foure.
then they came and presented to him a paralytic, who had four men to carry him.
Some people brought a paralyzed fellow to see him, but they couldn't even get in the house.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
bringing: Matthew 9:1, Matthew 9:2-8, Luke 5:18-26
Reciprocal: Matthew 8:6 - palsy Matthew 8:16 - they brought Mark 8:22 - they bring Acts 5:16 - bringing Acts 8:7 - palsies Acts 9:33 - and was
Cross-References
And God fillide in the seuenthe dai his werk which he made; and he restide in the seuenthe dai fro al his werk which he hadde maad;
and he blesside the seuenthe dai, and halewide it; for in that dai God ceesside of al his werk which he made of nouyt, that he schulde make.
These ben the generaciouns of heuene and of erthe, in the day wherynne the Lord God made heuene and erthe,
Therfor the Lord God formede man of the sliym of erthe, and brethide in to his face the brething of lijf; and man was maad in to a lyuynge soule.
Forsothe the Lord God plauntide at the bigynnyng paradis of likyng, wherynne he settide man whom he hadde formed.
And a ryuer yede out fro the place of likyng to moyste paradis, which ryuer is departid fro thennus in to foure heedis.
The name of the o ryuer is Fyson, thilke it is that cumpassith al the lond of Euilath, where gold cometh forth,
and the gold of that lond is the beste, and there is foundun delium, that is, a tree of spicerie, and the stoon onychyn;
and the name to the secounde ryuer is Gyon, thilke it is that cumpassith al the loond of Ethiopie;
forsothe the name of the thridde ryuer is Tigris, thilke goith ayens Assiriens; sotheli the fourthe ryuer is thilke Eufrates.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And they came unto him,.... A considerable body of people, townsmen, friends, and relations of the person after mentioned:
bringing one sick of the palsy, which was borne of four; carried by four men upon their shoulders, as if he was a dead carcass; so weak and enfeebled was he by his disease, that he could not walk, or be otherwise brought; or rather upon a bed, which four men, at the four comers of it, carried in their hands; and so the Ethiopic version renders it, "four men carried him on a bed"; and certain it is, by what follows, that he was brought upon a bed. This man's case appears to be a very bad one, and what seems to be incurable by the art of medicine: it was not a slight touch of the palsy, but a general one, which had deprived him of motion and sensation. The palsy is a disease, whereby the body, or some of its parts, lose their motion, and sometimes their sensation or feeling: the causes of it are an impeded influx of the nervous spirits into the villi, or the muscles, or of the arterious blood into their vessels; which may happen from some fault either in the brain, the nerves, muscles, or their vessels. The palsy is said to be "perfect", or complete, when there is a privation of motion and sensation at the same time; "imperfect", when one of the two is destroyed, the other remaining. The palsy again is either "universal, lateral", or "partial". The "universal" palsy, called also "paraplegia", or "paraplexia", is a general immobility of all the muscles that receive nerves from the cerebrum, or cerebellum, except those of the head--its cause is usually supposed to reside in the ventricles of the brain, or in the root of the spinal marrow.--The "lateral" palsy, called also "hemiplegia", is the same disease with the "paraplegia", only that it affects but one side of the body. Its cause is the same, only restrained to one side of the brain, or spinal marrow. The "partial" palsy is where some particular part, or member, alone is affected; as, for instance, where the motion of the arm, or leg, is destroyed z. Now this man's disease seems to be the perfect and general palsy, which affects the whole body, or the "paraplegia", which reaches every part but the head; whereby all sense, as well as motion, are destroyed, and sometimes only one of them: but in this case it seems as if both of them were lost: that he was motionless, is clear from his being carried by four persons; and it looks as if he had lost his feeling, since he is not said to be grievously tormented, as the centurion's servant is said to be, Matthew 8:6, whose disease seems to have been of the partial or imperfect kind; or however, though it deprived him of motion, yet not of sensation; his might be a kind of scorbutic palsy. This man is an emblem of a sinner in a state of nature, who is insensible of his condition, of the exceeding sinfulness of sin, of his danger and misery to which he is exposed, of his lost and undone state, of the necessity of the new birth, and of the need of salvation by Jesus Christ; and who, as he is destitute of spiritual life, can have no spiritual motion to come to Christ for life and salvation, or any spiritual strength and activity to move in, or perform any thing that is spiritually good: and as the friends of this man took him, and brought him to Christ, and laid him down before him, hoping he might receive a cure from him, though from what appears, it was unasked by him, as he did; so it becomes the friends and relations of unregenerate persons, who have received the grace of God themselves, and are in a sound and safe estate, to be concerned for them; to bring them under the means of grace, where they may be brought to a sense of their sins, and to a comfortable view of the free and full forgiveness of them, as this man: and this should be done, even though there may be difficulties in the accomplishment of it, as there were in this case, as is manifest from what follows.
z Chambers's Cyclopaedia, in the word "palsy".
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
See this miracle explained in Matthew 9:2-8.
Palsy - See the notes at Matthew 4:24.
Borne of four - Carried upon a couch Matthew 9:2 by four men.
Mark 2:4
The press - The crowd, the multitude of people. Jesus was probably in the large open area or hall in the center of the house. See the notes at Matthew 9:2. The people pressed into the area, and blocked up the door so that they could not have access to him.
They uncovered the roof where he was - See the notes at Matthew 9:2.
When they had broken it up - When they had removed the awning or covering, so that they could let the man down. See the notes at Matthew 9:2.
Mark 2:5
Their faith - Their confidence or belief that he could heal them.
Son - Literally, “child.” The Hebrews used the words “son” and “child” with a great latitude of signification. They were applied to children, to grandchildren, to adopted children, to any descendants, to disciples, followers, young people, and to dependents. See the notes at Matthew 1:1. In this place it denotes affection or kindness. It was a word of consolation - an endearing appellation, applied by the Saviour to the sick man to show his “compassion,” to inspire confidence, and to assure him that he would heal him.
We never saw it on this fashion - Literally, “We never saw it so.” We never saw anything like this.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Mark 2:3. One sick of the palsy — A paralytic person.
Matthew 9:2; Matthew 9:2, &c.
Borne of four. — Four men, one at each corner of the sofa or couch on which he lay: this sick man appears to have been too feeble to come himself, and too weak to be carried in any other way.
