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
When they were not able to bring him in because of the crowd, they removed the roof above Jesus. Then, after tearing it out, they lowered the stretcher the paralytic was lying on.
Housetop
Deuteronomy 22:8
If you build a new house, you must construct a guard rail around your roof to avoid being culpable in the event someone should fall from it.
2 Samuel 11:2
One evening David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of his palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing. Now this woman was very attractive.
Jeremiah 19:13
The houses in Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah will be defiled by dead bodies just like this place, Topheth. For they offered sacrifice to the stars and poured out drink offerings to other gods on the roofs of those houses.'"
Matthew 10:27
What I say to you in the dark, tell in the light, and what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the housetops.