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Mark 2:4

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.

KJV

καὶ μὴ δυνάμενοι προσενέγκαι αὐτῷ διὰ τὸν ὄχλον ἀπεστέγασαν τὴν στέγην ὅπου ἦν, καὶ ἐξορύξαντες χαλῶσι τὸν κράβαττον ὅπου ὁ παραλυτικὸς κατέκειτο.

Greek NT

Et cum non possent offerre eum illi præ turba, nudaverunt tectum ubi erat : et patefacientes submiserunt grabatum in quo paralyticus jacebat.

Vulgate

And when they could not come nigh unto him for the crowd, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they let down the bed whereon the sick of the palsy lay.

ASV

And when they could not offer him unto him for the multitude, they uncovered the roof where he was: and opening it, they let down the bed wherein the man sick of the palsy lay.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

17 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
διά
dia
preposition · 633×
δύναμαι
dunamai
verb · 209×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κατάκειμαι
katakeimai
verb · 12×
κράββατος
krabbatos
noun · 11×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
παραλυτικός
paralutikos
adjective · 10×
προσφέρω
prosphero
verb · 49×
στέγη
stege
noun · 3×
χαλάω
chalao
verb · 7×
ἀποστεγάζω
apostegazo
verb · 1×
ἐξορύσσω
exorusso
verb · 2×
o
article · 19778×
ὄχλος
ochlos
noun · 173×
ὅπου
opou
adverb · 82×

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: προσενέγκαι | WH/NIV: προσενέγκαι | Treg/RP: προσεγγίσαι
  • προσενέγκαιSBLGNT
  • προσενέγκαιWestcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • προσεγγίσαιTregelles, Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: ὅπου | WH/Treg/NIV: ὅπου | RP: ἐφ᾽ ᾧ
  • ὅπουSBLGNT
  • ὅπουWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἐφ᾽ ᾧRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Miracle

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§1421The Lord Jesus Christ, physician of our souls and bodies, who forgave the sins of the paralytic and restored him to bodily health,3 has willed that his Church continue, in the power of the Holy Spirit, his work of healing and salvation, even among her own members. This is the purpose of the two sacraments of healing: the sacrament of Penance and the sacrament of Anointing of th…

Cross-references

  • Deut 22:8 — When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine house, if any man fall from thence.
  • Deut 22:8 — When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine house, if any man fall from thence.
  • Luke 5:19 — 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.
  • Luke 5:19 — 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.