Luke 5:19

19Andκαὶnotμὴhaving foundεὑρόντεςwhat wayποίαςthey should bring inεἰσενέγκωσινhimαὐτὸνon account ofδιὰtheτὸνcrowdὄχλονhaving gone upἀναβάντεςonἐπὶtheτὸhousetopδῶμαthroughδιὰtheτῶνtilesκεράμωνthey let downκαθῆκανhimαὐτὸνwithσὺνtheτῷmatκλινιδίῳintoεἰςtheτὸmidstμέσονbeforeἔμπροσθεντοῦJesusἸησοῦ.

And not having found what way they might bring him in through the crowd, having gone up on the housetop, they let him down with the little bed through the tiles into the midst before Jesus.

Vocab difficulty

52.7

Rare words

  • κεράμων

    κέραμος

    a tile; practically: the roof.

  • καθῆκαν

    καθίημι

    I send, let down, lower.

  • κλινιδίῳ

    κλινίδιον

    a couch or litter of a sick person.