And jesus seeing their faith said to the paralytic my son your sins are forgiven.
Verses about the man let down through the roof.
An awning is not a roof and it is rolled up not broken up moreover the man was let down through the tiles which seems to indicate that the remaining tiles encased an opening through which he was lowered.
In addition to being forgiven of his sins notice verses 24 25 read 11 verse 26 says the people who witnessed this event spoke of how they had seen some strange things.
10 this man was doubly blessed.
Mark 2 3 5 and they came bringing to him a paralytic carried by four men.
Luke 5 17 26 new life version nlv jesus heals a man let down through the roof of a house 17 on one of the days while jesus was teaching some proud religious law keepers and teachers of the law were sitting by him.
King james version kjv previous verse.
9 the sick man died before jesus went to the cross.
When jesus saw their faith he told the man that his sins were forgiven.
World english bible not finding a way to bring him in because of the multitude they went up to the housetop and let him down through the tiles with his cot into the midst before jesus.
They had come from every town in the countries of galilee and judea and from jerusalem.
And when they had broken it up they let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay.
And when they had dug an opening they let down the pallet on which the paralytic was lying.
So they made a hole in the roof right above the place where jesus was.
Jesus told the man to get up take your bed and go to your house that is so amazing.
Good news translation because of the crowd however they could not get the man to him.
But when they could find no way of doing so because of the crowd they went up on the roof and let him down through the tiling bed and all into the midst in front of jesus.
So they made a hole in the roof above him and let the man down in front of everyone.
When they had made an opening they let the man down lying on his mat.
When they had broken a space big enough in the roof the four men let their friend down through the roof right in front of jesus.
Jesus death brought about a new covenant.
This made for a hard clay roof.
People inside the house could reach up and take him as those outside let him down.
Probably the roof was so low that no ropes were needed to let the man down.
Holman christian standard bible.
To make a hole the men would have had to dig through the clay and remove some of the sticks.
And when they could not come nigh unto him for the press they uncovered the roof where he was.