Luke 5:18 “Just then some men came carrying a paralyzed man on a mat. They tried…”

Luke 5:18

Just then some men came carrying a paralyzed man on a mat. They tried to bring him inside to set him before Jesus,

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And, behold, men brought in a bed a man which was taken with a palsy: and they sought means to bring him in, and to lay him before him.

World English Bible

Behold, men brought a paralyzed man on a cot, and they sought to bring him in to lay before Jesus.

American Standard Version

And behold, men bring on a bed a man that was palsied: and they sought to bring him in, and to lay him before him.

Geneva Bible 1599

Then beholde, men brought a man lying in a bed, which was taken with a palsie, and they sought meanes to bring him in, and to lay him before him.

Darby Translation

And lo, men bringing upon a couch a man who was paralysed; and they sought to bring him in, and put [him] before him.

Young's Literal Translation

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,

Bible in Basic English

And some men had with them, on a bed, a man who was ill, without power of moving; and they made attempts to get him in and put him before Jesus.

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Cross references

“And, behold, men brought in a bed a man which was taken with a palsy: and they sought means to bring him in, and to lay him before him.”

Matthew 9:2–8 Mark 2:3–12 Acts 9:33 John 5:5 John 5:6

Matthew 9:2–8 · BSB

Just then some men brought to Him a paralytic lying on a mat. When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Take courage, son; your sins are forgiven.”

Mark 2:3–12 · BSB

Then a paralytic was brought to Him, carried by four men.

Acts 9:33 · BSB

There he found a man named Aeneas who had been paralyzed and bedridden for eight years.

John 5:5 · BSB

One man there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years.

John 5:6 · BSB

When Jesus saw him lying there and realized that he had spent a long time in this condition, He asked him, “Do you want to get well?”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

17One day Jesus was teaching, and the Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there. People had come from Jerusalem and from every village of Galilee and Judea, and the power of the Lord was present for Him to heal the sick.

19but they could not find a way through the crowd. So they went up on the roof and lowered him on his mat through the tiles into the middle of the crowd, right in front of Jesus.

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