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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
When they could not come near to Him because of the crowd, they unroofed the roof where He was. And digging through, they let down the cot on which the paralytic was lying.
Housetop
Deuteronomy 22:8
When you build a new house, then you shall make a guard rail for your roof, so that you do not bring blood on your house, if one falls from it.
2 Samuel 11:2
And it happened one evening, David arose from his bed and walked on the roof of the king's house. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing. And the woman was very beautiful to look upon.
Jeremiah 19:13
And the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, shall be as defiled as the place of Tophet, because of all the houses on whose roofs they have burned incense to all the host of the heavens, and have poured out drink offerings to other gods.
Matthew 10:27
What I tell you in darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear, proclaim on the housetops.