Mark 2:4
4Andκαὶnotμὴbeing ableδυνάμενοιto come nearπροσενέγκαιto Himαὐτῷon account ofδιὰtheτὸνcrowdὄχλονthey removedἀπεστέγασανtheτὴνroofστέγηνwhereὅπουHe wasἦν,andκαὶhaving broken up [it]ἐξορύξαντεςthey let downχαλῶσιtheτὸνpalletκράβαττονon whichὅπουtheὁparalyticπαραλυτικὸςwas lyingκατέκειτο.
And not being able to bring [him] to Him through the crowd, they unroofed the roof where He was, and having dug [it] out, they let down the mat on which the paralytic was lying.
Vocab difficulty
78.6
Rare words
ἀπεστέγασαν
ἀποστεγάζω
I unroof, take the roof off.
στέγην
στέγη
a flat roof of a house.
ἐξορύξαντες
ἐξορύσσω
(a) I dig out, hence: I open up, (b) I gouge.