Verse 3
And they come, bringing unto him a man sick of palsy, borne of four.
THE HEALING OF THE MAN WHO WAS CARRIED BY FOUR MEN
Although Jesus had entered the city quietly, person-to-person communication quickly resulted in the appearance of a throng of people, overflowing the house and blocking the entrance to the residence.
Palsy ... Just what the exact nature of the man's disease may have been is not known; but the most unusual conduct of his four friends who took him, bed and all, to Jesus is an eloquent argument that his state was desperate. Seeing the vast crowd around the house and recognizing at a glance the impossibility of any normal entry into the place, most seekers wound have turned back, but not these four with their friend.
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