Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

They uncovered

Bible References

They uncovered

Deuteronomy 22:8
When you build a new house, then you shall make a battlement for your roof, that you do not bring blood on your house, if any man fall from there.
Luke 5:19
Not finding a way to bring him in because of the crowd, they went up to the housetop, and let him down through the tiles with his cot into the midst before Jesus.