Charles Spurgeon Commentary Mark 2:4

"And when they could not come nigh unto him for the crowd, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they let down the bed whereon the sick of the palsy lay." — Mark 2:4 (ASV)

And when they could not come nigh unto him for the press,

They had tried the door very many times, but could not possibly enter.

They uncovered the roof where he was:

They, perhaps, went up the stairway of the next house, and then from one flat roof to another until they came to the top of the verandah which sheltered Christ while he preached to the people in the court. They uncovered this roof where he was.

And when they had broken it up,

For it does not seem to have been a very light structure, but to have required some labour; yet they broke it up.

They let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay.

Where there is a will there is a way, and when there is no way a resolute will, will make one. Better to come to Christ through the ceiling than not to come at all. Better to be let down to him by a rope than not to be in his presence.