Mark Chapter 2 verse 3 Holy Bible
And they come, bringing unto him a man sick of the palsy, borne of four.
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And four men came to him with one on a bed who had no power of moving.
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And there come to him [men] bringing a paralytic, borne by four;
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And they come unto him, bringing one sick of the palsy, which was borne of four.
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Four people came, carrying a paralytic to him.
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And they come unto him, bringing a paralytic, borne by four,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerses 3, 4. - And they come, bringing unto him a man sick of the palsy, borne of four. Here again the minuteness of detail is very observable. It is also interesting to notice how the three writers of the synoptic Gospels supplement and illustrate one another. St. Matthew gives the outline, St. Mark and St. Luke fill up the picture. St. Luke (Luke 5:18) tells us how they sought means to bring the paralytic into Christ's presence. They carried him on his bed up the flight of steps outside the house, and reaching to the roof; and then both St. Mark and St. Luke tell us how, having first removed a portion of the tiling and broken up the roof, they then let him down through the opening thus made into the midst before Jesus. The chamber into which he was thus abruptly lowered was most probably what is elsewhere called the "upper chamber," a large central room, convenient for the purpose of addressing both those who filled it and also the crowd that thronged the outer court below.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(3) Borne of four.--The number of the bearers is given by St. Mark only.
