Man Lowered Through Roof

Your children will have a great deal of fun with this one.

Man lowered through roof.

So they went up to the roof and took off some tiles. There are so many printables available for this lesson so i decided to create this project to use after the lesson and they really enjoyed it. When jesus saw their faith he said friend your sins are forgiven luke 5 20. This bible activity helps middle and older children become familiar with the experience of the man jesus forgave and healed after the man s four friends lowered him down to jesus through a hole in the roof.

They couldn t bring him to jesus because of the crowd so they dug a hole through the roof above his head. The tiles were plates of burnt clay suitable for roofing rather than for building walls or parapets. Cut out the house and man on mat. The friends climbed up an outside staircase and dug a hole through the roof.

Jesus was impressed by the faith of these men. Thread wool through holes in roof and tie. New living translation but they couldn t reach him because of the crowd. Glue flaps on house to make 3d.

Tape 2 strips of wool on back of man. Allow enough wool so the man can be lowered. Then they lowered the man on his mat right down in front of jesus. They lowered their friend down to the place where jesus was.

When the man s friends carried him to the house where jesus was staying they found the house to be packed with people wanting to hear jesus and be healed by him. The first is the paralyzed man who was brought to jesus by friends and lowered through a roof to be healed. Jesus healed man that was lowered through the roof. Make two small holes in the roof.

It can be used for several different lessons and it can used for any group discussion activity. Luke 5 18 25new international version niv 18 some men came carrying a paralyzed man on a mat and tried to take him into the house to lay him before jesus 19 when they could not find a way to do this because of the crowd they went up on the roof and lowered him on his mat through the tiles into the middle of the crowd right in front of jesus. Let s identify the two people to whom jesus said your sins are forgiven before he died on the cross.