The man is literally let down through the roof under the careful control of his concerned friends and into a situation controlled by the lord jesus christ.
Let friend down thru roof.
When jesus saw their faith he told the man that his sins were forgiven.
Jesus heals the man telling him to rise and take up his bed.
The account of the healing of the paralyzed man in mark 2 1 12 contains a number of lessons for growing christians.
Jesus was impressed by the faith of these men.
When they couldn t get near jesus they decided to go to the flat roof.
However the direction is not up and the situation is not out of control.
Jesus told the man to get up take your bed and go to your house.
When they had broken a space big enough in the roof the four men let their friend down through the roof right in front of jesus.
They lowered their friend down to the place where jesus was.
The friends climbed up an outside staircase and dug a hole through the roof.
Four friends bring their crippled friend to jesus and because of the crowds let him down through the roof.
When they could not come near to him for the crowd they removed the roof where he was.
But since they found no way to carry him in because of the crowd they went up on the roof and let him down on the stretcher through the roof tiles right in front of jesus.