PALSIED MAN LOWERED THROUGH A ROOF
The Palsied
Man Let Down Through the Roof by James Jacques Tissot, c.1886-94
Matthew 9:1-8; Mark 2:1-12; Luke
5:17-20
Back in Capernaum
And
after some days he entered into a ship, and passed
over and
came into his own city again. He entered Capernaum and it
came to pass on a certain day
it was noised that he was in the house.
Jesus made his initial tour about
Galilee and gained a good bit of fame as a result, enough so it has become
difficult to move about freely. He couldn’t even find solitude in the wilderness;
the people followed him there. After several days of this, he returned to his
base city, Capernaum. He crossed the sea in a ship, possibly escaping notice
briefly. Eventually word on the street grew that he “was in the house”. This is probably the house where Jesus
was living, which many scholars believe was the home of Peter and Andrew. It had
to be a house the people associated with Jesus being in town, since it was
rumored he “was in the house”. The continue reading this piece, CLICK HERE.
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