Since they could not get him to Jesus because of the crowd, they made an opening in the roof above Jesus by digging through it and then lowered the mat the man was lying on.
Principles have no real force except when one is well-fed.Mark Twain, Extracts From Adam’s Diary (1906)
When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralyzed man, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”Mark 2:5 NIV
Some men came, bringing to him a paralyzed man, carried by four of them.Mark 2:3 NIV