What Does Mark 2:4 Mean?

“And”

and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words

“not”

(adverb) not, (conjunction) lest; also (as an interrogative implying a negative answer (whereas g3756 expects an affirmative one)) whether

“when they could”

to be able or possible

“come nigh”

to approach near

“unto him”

the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons

“for”

through (in very wide applications, local, causal, or occasional)

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“the press”

a throng (as borne along); by implication, the rabble; by extension, a class of people; figuratively, a riot

“they uncovered”

to unroof

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“the roof”

a roof

“where”

what(-ever) where, i.e., at whichever spot

“he was”

i (thou, etc.) was (wast or were)

“And”

and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words

“when they had broken it up”

to dig out, i.e., (by extension) to extract (an eye), remove (roofing)

“they let down”

to lower (as into a void)

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“the bed”

a mattress

“wherein”

properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e., over, upon, etc.; of re

the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, that

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“the sick of the palsy”

as if dissolved, i.e., "paralytic"

“lay”

to lie down, i.e., (by implication) be sick; specially, to recline at a meal