'Couch' in the Bible
and lo, they were bringing to him a paralytic, laid upon a couch, and Jesus having seen their faith, said to the paralytic, 'Be of good courage, child, thy sins have been forgiven thee.'
But, that ye may know that the Son of Man hath power upon the earth to forgive sins -- (then saith he to the paralytic) -- having risen, take up thy couch, and go to thy house.'
and not being able to come near to him because of the multitude, they uncovered the roof where he was, and, having broken it up, they let down the couch on which the paralytic was lying,
which is easier, to say to the paralytic, The sins have been forgiven to thee? or to say, Rise, and take up thy couch, and walk?
I say to thee, Rise, and take up thy couch, and go away to thy house;'
and he rose immediately, and having taken up the couch, he went forth before all, so that all were astonished, and do glorify God, saying -- 'Never thus did we see.'
And he said to them, 'Doth the lamp come that under the measure it may be put, or under the couch -- not that it may be put on the lamp-stand?
and having come away to her house, she found the demon gone forth, and the daughter laid upon the couch.
And lo, men bearing upon a couch a man, who hath been struck with palsy, and they were seeking to bring him in, and to place before him,
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.
But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power upon earth to forgive sins, (he said unto the sick of the palsy,) I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy couch, and go into thine house.
And no one having lighted a lamp doth cover it with a vessel, or under a couch doth put it; but upon a lamp-stand he doth put it, that those coming in may see the light,
'When thou mayest be called by any one to marriage-feasts, thou mayest not recline on the first couch, lest a more honourable than thou may have been called by him,
I tell you, two will be seated on the same couch that night. The one will be taken, and the other will be left behind.
Jesus saith to him, 'Rise, take up thy couch, and be walking;'
and immediately the man became whole, and he took up his couch, and was walking, and it was a sabbath on that day,
the Jews then said to him that hath been healed, 'It is a sabbath; it is not lawful to thee to take up the couch.'
He answered them, 'He who made me whole -- that one said to me, Take up thy couch, and be walking;'
they questioned him, then, 'Who is the man who is saying to thee, Take up thy couch and be walking?'
and he found there a certain man, Aeneas by name -- for eight years laid upon a couch -- who was paralytic,
And Peter said to him, Aeneas, Jesus, the Christ, heals thee: rise up, and make thy couch for thyself. And straightway he rose up.
lo, I will cast her into a couch, and those committing adultery with her into great tribulation -- if they may not repent of their works,