This bible activity helps middle and older children become familiar with the experience of the man jesus forgave and healed after the man s four friends lowered him down to jesus through a hole in the roof.
Jesus heals the lame man through the roof craft.
This is my version.
The activity highlights eight elements of this event.
I tied yarn to the four corners of the bed and used a craft stick on top of the box to hold the man in place after lowering him down.
The picture of the man is from page 79 of the free lesson available from teachkids eu.
Who does he think he is.
This week we began with the man through the roof story healing of the paralysed man from mark 2 1 12.
And when they could not get near him because of the crowd they removed the roof above him and when they had made an opening they let down the bed on which the paralytic lay.
Man lowered through the roof.
When the man s friends carried him to the house where jesus was staying they found the house to be packed with people wanting to hear jesus and be healed by him.
Release the yarn from the stick so that after jesus heals him the man can stand up and carry his bed.
When jesus saw their faith he told the paralyzed man that his sins were forgiven.
When they couldn t get near jesus they went to the roof and uncovered the roof.
We made a craft using a square envelope for the house.
And many were gathered together so that there was no more room not even at the door.
This bible activity is a word scramble based on jesus actions to heal and forgive a lame man who was lowered before him through the roof of the house where he was teaching.
Or if doing the lessons at home use it later in the week as a refresher.
This week we began with the man through the roof story healing of the paralysed man from mark 2 1 12.
It also underscores a bottom line lesson from the biblical record of the account.
Print this sheet to send home with the children after sunday school or vbs.
Jesus heals the paralyzed man worksheets for kids take home sheet.
Plus the roof wasn t made with large pieces of wood and didn t have shingles but had tiles or plaster that could be lifted or broken through easily to make a hole.
We made a craft using a square envelope for the house.
This is my version.
And they came bringing to him a paralytic carried by four men.
The friends climbed up an outside staircase and dug a hole through the roof.
A man who could not walk wanted to be healed by jesus.
The bible says that after digging through the roof the men lowered the mat that the paralyzed man was lying on down to where jesus was.
When he returned to capernaum after some days it was reported that he was at home.
I made the paralyzed man and the bed according to the craft instructions found below.
The lesson is found in the preschooler section and is called little kids can.
Some of the scribes thought to themselves.