The man on the mat read john.
Man on the mat bible.
Consider the man in john chapter 5 who was an invalid for 38 years lying on a mat by the sheep gate pool in jerusalem.
This pool is near the sheep gate3 many sick people were lying on the porches beside the pool.
The term son of man appears in psalm 80 17 noting the man at god s right hand and again in the messianic prophecy in daniel 7 13.
The bible describes in luke 5 25 26.
2 in jerusalem there is a pool with five covered porches which is called bethesda in the hebrew language.
By the power of jesus words to him the man was healed instantly and was then able to put jesus command in action.
One of the reasons we stay stuck in our old life is because we cannot even imagine the real possibilities of a new life.
Jesus heals a man brought on his sleeping mat by four friends.
Jesus heals a paralyzed man.
English standard version and when they could not get near him because of the crowd they removed the roof above him and when they had made an opening they let down the bed on which the paralytic lay.
The man did not need quicker reflexes or beneficent angels or enchanted water.
Amazingly not everyone was happy about the man s miraculous healing.
Some men came carrying a paralyzed man on a sleeping mat.
Then he walked away while everyone watched.
Then they lowered the man on his mat right down in front of jesus.
The man needed jesus.
4 they couldn t bring him to jesus because of.
The bible says that after digging through the roof the men lowered the mat that the paralyzed man was lying on down to where jesus was.
Some were blind some were crippled and some were paralyzed and they.
2 soon the house where he was staying was so packed with visitors that there was no more room even outside the door.
They praised god and said we have never seen anything like this mark 2 6 12.
5 later jesus went to jerusalem for a special feast.
Houses were constructed mainly of clay and stone and were mainly flat roofed with a stairway at the side of the house.
Imagine listening carefully to jesus when all of a sudden you hear something coming from above you.
The ceiling is crumbling a bit and everyone stops and looks up to see what s going on.
They tried to take him inside to jesus english standard version and behold some men were bringing on a bed a man who was paralyzed and they were seeking to bring him in and lay him before jesus berean study bible just then some men came carrying a paralyzed man on a mat.
2 when jesus returned to capernaum several days later the news spread quickly that he was back home.
Pick up your mat and walk john 5 8.
While he was preaching god s word to them 3 four men arrived carrying a paralyzed man on a mat.
The four friends climbed the stairs and removed the roof tiles.
The man got up and took his mat.
Immediately he stood up in front of them took what he had been lying on and went home praising god.
The man was instantly cured and he picked up his mat and walked verse 9.
John 5 new century version ncv jesus heals a man at a pool.
Frankly we don t know how to live as resurrected people.
Jesus healed him and the man went home.
