Luke - 5:18



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

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Explanation and meaning of Luke 5:18.

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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.
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.
And behold, men brought in a bed a man, who had the palsy: and they sought means to bring him in, and to lay him before him.
And lo, men bringing upon a couch a man who was paralysed; and they sought to bring him in, and put him before him.
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,
And a party of men came carrying a palsied man on a bed, and they endeavoured to bring him in and lay him before Jesus.
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.
And behold, some men were carrying in the bed of a man who was paralyzed. And they sought a way to bring him in, and to place him before him.
And there some men brought on a bed a man who was paralyzed. They tried to get him in and lay him before Jesus;

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

A man - taken with a palsy - See this case described on Matthew 9:1 (note), etc., and Mark 2:1 (note), etc.

And behold, men brought in a bed a man which was taken with a palsy,.... Four men brought him, as Mark says, Mark 2:3 and which the Ethiopic version expresses here: "and they sought means to bring him in": into the house where Jesus was:
and to lay him before him; at his feet, in hope of moving his compassion, and to obtain a cure of him: of the nature of this disease, and of the sort which this man's seems to be; see Gill on Mark 2:3.

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