Luke 5:18
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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.

Matthew 9:2-8 And behold they brought to him one sick of the palsy lying in a bed. And Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the man sick of the palsy: Be of good heart, son, thy sins are forgiven thee. . . .

Mark 2:3-12 And they came to him, bringing one sick of the palsy, who was carried by four. . . .

John 5:5,6 And there was a certain man there that had been eight and thirty years under his infirmity. . . .

Acts 9:33 And he found there a certain man named Eneas, who had kept his bed for eight years, who was ill of the palsy.

Context
Jesus Heals a Paralytic
17And it came to pass on a certain day, as he sat teaching, that there were also Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, that were come out of every town of Galilee and Judea and Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord was to heal them. 18And 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. 19And when they could not find by what way they might bring him in, because of the multitude, they went up upon the roof and let him down through the tiles with his bed into the midst before Jesus.…
Cross References
Matthew 4:24
And his fame went throughout all Syria, and they presented to him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and such as were possessed by devils, and lunatics, and those that had the palsy, and he cured them:

Matthew 9:2
And behold they brought to him one sick of the palsy lying in a bed. And Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the man sick of the palsy: Be of good heart, son, thy sins are forgiven thee.

Mark 2:3
And they came to him, bringing one sick of the palsy, who was carried by four.

Luke 5:24
But that you may know that the Son of man hath the power on earth to forgive sins (he saith to the sick of the palsy), I say to thee to: Arise, take up thy bed and go into thy house.

Lexicon
Just then,
Καὶ (Kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

[some] men
ἄνδρες (andres)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 435: A male human being; a man, husband. A primary word; a man.

[came] carrying
φέροντες (pherontes)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 5342: To carry, bear, bring; I conduct, lead; perhaps: I make publicly known. A primary verb.

a paralyzed
παραλελυμένος (paralelymenos)
Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3886: To relax, enfeeble, weaken. From para and luo; to loosen beside, i.e. Relax.

man
ἄνθρωπον (anthrōpon)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 444: A man, one of the human race. From aner and ops; man-faced, i.e. A human being.

on
ἐπὶ (epi)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1909: On, to, against, on the basis of, at.

a mat.
κλίνης (klinēs)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 2825: A couch, bed, portable bed or mat, a couch for reclining at meals, possibly also a bier. From klino; a couch.

They tried
ἐζήτουν (ezētoun)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 2212: To seek, search for, desire, require, demand. Of uncertain affinity; to seek; specially, to worship, or to plot.

to bring him inside
εἰσενεγκεῖν (eisenenkein)
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active
Strong's Greek 1533: To lead into, bring in, announce. From eis and phero; to carry inward.

to set
θεῖναι (theinai)
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active
Strong's Greek 5087: To put, place, lay, set, fix, establish. A prolonged form of a primary theo to place.

him
αὐτὸν (auton)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

before
ἐνώπιον (enōpion)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1799: Neuter of a compound of en and a derivative of optanomai; in the face of.

[Jesus],
αὐτοῦ (autou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.


Additional Translations
Just then, some men came carrying a paralyzed man on a mat. They tried to bring him inside to set him before Jesus,

And behold, men carrying upon a mat a man who was paralyzed, and they were seeking to bring him in and to place him before Him.

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 lo, men bringing upon a couch a man who was paralysed; and they sought to bring him in, and put [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 was taken with the palsy: and they sought means to bring him in, and to lay him 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.

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

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,
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