Mark 2:3 (BSB)
Then a paralytic was brought to Him, carried by four men.
Commentary on Mark 2:3
- Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Mark 2:1-12: Christ, having been for some time preaching about in the country, here returns to Capernaum his head-quarters, and makes his appearance there, in hopes that by this time the talk and crowd would be somewhat abated. Now observe, I. The great resort there was to him.
- John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Mark 2:3: And when they could not come nigh unto him for the press,.... To the room where Jesus was, nor into the house, nor even to the door, the crowd about it was so great, they uncovered the roof where he was. The Arabic version reads it, "they went up to the roof"; and the Persic thus, "they carried him up upon the roof".
- Albert Barnes (Presbyterian), Barnes' New Testament Notes on Mark 2:3: Verses 3-12. , also . Borne of four. Borne on a couch. by four men. (f) "And they come"
- Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Mark 2:3: And they come unto him--that is, towards the house where He was. bringing one sick of the palsy--"lying on a bed" (Mat 9:2). which was borne of four--a graphic particular of Mark only.