• Mark 2:4
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures

    • 4 καὶ And μὴ not δυνάμενοι being able προσενέγκαι to bring near αὐτῷ to him διὰ through τὸν the ὄχλον crowd ἀπεστέγασαν they unroofed τὴν the στέγην roof ὅπου where ἦν, he was, καὶ and ἐξορύξαντες having dug out χαλῶσι they lower τὸν the κράβαττον cot ὅπου where ὁ the παραλυτικὸς paralytic κατέκειτο. was lying down.

  • Mark 2:4
    The Bible in Living English

    • 4 And, not being able to bring the man to him because of the crowd, they took off the roofing where he was, and, by breaking a hole, let down the pallet on which the paralyzed man was lying.

  • Mark 2:4
    American Standard Version

    • 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
    The Emphasized Bible

    • 4 and not being able to get near him by reason of the multitude they uncovered the roof where he was, and having broken it up they began letting down the couch whereon the paralytic was lying;

  • Mark 2:4
    King James Version

    • 4 And when they could not come nigh unto him for the press, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay.

  • Mark Study Notes—Chapter 2
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)

    • 2:4

      removed the roof . . . digging an opening: The roofs of many houses in first-century Israel were flat and were accessed by means of stairs or an external ladder. Mark’s account does not specifically state what the roof of this house was made of. But roofs were often constructed of wooden beams covered with branches, reeds, and a layer of earth, which was plastered. Some houses had tiles; according to Luke’s account, the man was lowered “through the tiling.” (See study note on Lu 5:19.) The friends of the paralytic man could easily have made an opening that would allow enough space to lower the stretcher into the crowded room below.