Come nigh (προσεγγισα). But Westcott and Hort read προσενεγκα, to bring to, after Aleph, B, L, 33, 63 (cf. John 5:18).<…

Verse 3. Borne of four. This means carried on a couch by four men.

The pre . This refers to the crowd, the multitude of pe…

They uncovered the roof . . . when they had broken it up.—The strong expressions of the injury done to the roof are pecul…

And they came unto him, bringing one sick of the palsy, which was borne of four. And when they could not come nigh unto him for the press, they…

The Venerable Bede: Because the compassion of God does not desert even worldly people, He grants them the grace of His presence…

To understand these verses, it is necessary to visualize the layout of a typical Palestinian peasant’s house. It was usually a small, one-room stru…

And when they could not come nigh unto him for the press ,
&c.] To the room where Jesus was, nor into the house, nor…

It was this man's misery that he needed to be so carried, and this shows the suffering state of human life. It was kind of those who so carried him…