Luke 5:19

Holman Christian Standard Bible

Since they could not find a way to bring him in because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and lowered him on the mat through the roof tiles into the middle of the crowd before Jesus.

Cross References

2 Samuel 11:2

One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing — a very beautiful woman.

Jeremiah 19:13

The houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah will become impure like that place Topheth — all the houses on whose rooftops they have burned incense to the whole heavenly host and poured out drink offerings to other gods.”

Matthew 10:27

What I tell you in the dark, speak in the light. What you hear in a whisper, proclaim on the housetops.

Matthew 24:17

A man on the housetop must not come down to get things out of his house.

Mark 2:4

Since they were not able to bring him to Jesus because of the crowd, they removed the roof above where He was. And when they had broken through, they lowered the mat on which the paralytic was lying.

Deuteronomy 22:8

If you build a new house, make a railing around your roof, so that you don’t bring bloodguilt on your house if someone falls from it.

1 Samuel 9:25

Afterward, they went down from the high place to the city, and Samuel spoke with Saul on the roof.