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The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah Vol 1 - Predestination

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same conviction, but with it weighed a terrible<br />

fear, bom <strong>of</strong> Jewish beUef, lest his sins might<br />

hinder his healing. And this would make him<br />

doubly anxious not to lose <strong>the</strong> present opportunity.<br />

And so <strong>the</strong>ir resolve was quickly taken. If <strong>the</strong>y<br />

cannot approach <strong>Jesus</strong> with <strong>the</strong>ir burden, <strong>the</strong>y can<br />

let it down from above at His feet. Outside <strong>the</strong><br />

house, as well as inside, a stair led up to <strong>the</strong> ro<strong>of</strong>.<br />

<strong>The</strong>y may have ascended it in this wise, or else<br />

reached it by what <strong>the</strong> Babbis called * <strong>the</strong> road <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> ro<strong>of</strong>s,'* passing from ro<strong>of</strong> to ro<strong>of</strong>, if <strong>the</strong> •/«».<br />

Ant house adjoined o<strong>the</strong>rs in <strong>the</strong> same street. <strong>The</strong><br />

ro<strong>of</strong> itself, which had Bab. ~ ' hard beaten earth or<br />

rubble underneath it, was paved with brick, stone,<br />

or any o<strong>the</strong>r hard substance, <strong>and</strong> surrounded by a<br />

balustrade which, according to Jewish Law, was<br />

at least three feet high. It is scarcely possible to<br />

imagine, that <strong>the</strong> bearers <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> paralytic would<br />

have attempted to dig through this into a room<br />

below, not to speak <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> interruption <strong>and</strong><br />

inconvenience caused to those below by such an<br />

operation. But no such objection attaches if we

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