Luke 5:18

Luke 5:18 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)Some men came carrying a paralyzed man on a mat and tried to take him into the house to lay him before Jesus.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And behold, some men were bringing on a bed a man who was paralyzed, and they were seeking to bring him in and lay him before Jesus,
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then behold, men brought on a bed a man who was paralyzed, whom they sought to bring in and lay before Him.

Context of Luke 5:18

16But Jesus would often go away from the crowd to pray in quiet places. 17One day, while Jesus was teaching in someone's house, many people were sitting there. Some of them were Pharisees. Other people were teachers of God's Law. They had come from many villages in Galilee, and from Judea and Jerusalem. The power of the Lord was there with Jesus to make sick people well. Then some men arrived. They were carrying a man on a mat. The man could not walk or move his legs. They tried to get into the house because they wanted to bring the man to Jesus. 19But the house was full of people and they could not get in. So they carried the man onto the flat roof of the house. Then they made a hole in the roof. After that, they put the mat down through the hole. The man was still lying on it. He came down in the middle of the crowd, in front of Jesus. 20Jesus saw them. He knew that they believed in him. So he said to the sick man, ‘My friend, I forgive you for the wrong things that you have done.’

Luke 5:18 word by word

καὶ ἰδοὺ ἄνδρες φέροντες ἐπὶ κλίνης ἄνθρωπον ὃς ἦν παραλελυμένος, καὶ ἐζήτουν αὐτὸν εἰσενεγκεῖν καὶ θεῖναι αὐτὸν ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• beholdὁράωhoraō · to see: seeG3708
• menἀνήρanēr · manG435
• broughtφέρωpherō̄ · to bear/leadG5342
• inἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• a bedκλίνηklinē · bedG2825
• a manἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444
• whichὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• wasεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• taken with a palsyπαραλύωparaluō · to paralyzeG3886
• they soughtζητέωzēteō · to seekG2212
• to bringεἰσφέρωeispherō · to bring inG1533
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• to layτίθημιtithēmi · to placeG5087
• beforeἐνώπιονenōpion · beforeG1799

Cross-references for Luke 5:18

• Matthew 9:2Some men came to see Jesus there. They carried with them a man who could not walk or move his legs. He was lying on a mat. Jesus knew that they believed in him. He said to the man who could not walk, ‘Do not be afraid, my friend. I forgive you for the wrong things that you have done.’
• Mark 2:3Four men came. They were carrying another man on a mat. That man could not move his legs.
• John 5:5One man who was lying there had been ill for 38 years.
• Acts 9:33In Lydda, he met a man called Aeneas. Aeneas could not move his arms or his legs. He lay on his mat all the time. He had been on his mat for eight years.

Commentaries on Luke 5:18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18A man - taken with a palsy - See this case described on Matthew 9:1; (note), etc., and Mark 2:1; (note), etc.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17-26Verses 17-26 See this passage explained in the notes at Matthew 9:1-7. Luke 5:17 On a certain day - The time and place are not particularly mentioned here, but from Matthew 9:1 it seems it was at Capernaum. Luke 5:19 The tiling - See the notes at Matthew 9:1-7.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-26Verses 17-26 How many are there in our assemblies, where the gospel is preached, who do not sit under the word, but sit by! It is to them as a tale that is told them, not as a message that is sent to them. Observe the duties taught and recommended to us by the history of the paralytic. In applying to Christ, we must be very pressing and urgent; that is an evidence of faith, and is very pleasing to Christ, and prevailing with him. Give us, Lord, the same…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17-26The healing of the paralyzed man began the conflicts between Jesus and the religious leaders that continued through his public ministry until his crucifixion in Jerusalem.Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 5:18

• Faith
• Intercession
• Jesus, the Christ
• Miracles

In the dictionaries

• Bed
• Deep
• Draught
• Follow
• Perish
• Tiling
• Toil
• Bed; Bedchamber; Bedstead
• Forgiveness
• Jesus Christ

Commentaries on Luke 5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings