2:3,4
Some men brought a paralysed man. The man, unable to walk, was carried there by his four friends. They had brought the man in order for him to be physically healed., and were so desperate for this to happen that they were not perturbed by the lack of accessibility. So they went up to the roof and dug a hole in it so that they could lower him down through the hole.
2:5
“When Jesus saw their faith”. Note that the faith the men had was for Jesus to heal the man, it was not for Jesus to forgive his sins. Their faith was that Jesus could do something about their friend's physical condition. People will often come to Jesus for less than doctrinally perfect reasons! Jesus, however, tells the man “Son, your sins are forgiven”. Why does He do this? It could be because sickness was often associated with sin, and the man may have thought his condition was as a result of his sin. Or it could be that being forgiven for our sins is actually more important than being physically healed.
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