Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And when they could not find by what way they might bring him in because of the multitude, they went upon the housetop, and let him down through the tiling with his couch into the midst before Jesus.
They went
Bible References
They went
Mark 2:4
Since they were not able to bring him to Jesus because of the crowd, they removed the roof above where He was. And when they had broken through, they lowered the mat on which the paralytic was lying.
Housetop
Deuteronomy 22:8
If you build a new house, make a railing around your roof, so that you don’t bring bloodguilt on your house if someone falls from it.
2 Samuel 11:2
One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing—a very beautiful woman.
Jeremiah 19:13
The houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah will become impure like that place Topheth—all the houses on whose rooftops they have burned incense to the whole heavenly host and poured out drink offerings to other gods.”
Matthew 10:27 What I tell you in the dark, speak in the light. What you hear in a whisper, proclaim on the housetops.