Pick Up Your Mat And Go

But that you may know that the son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins he said to the paralytic i say to you rise pick up your bed and go home and he rose and immediately picked up his bed and went out before them all so that they were all amazed and glorified god saying we never saw anything like this mark 2 1 12 esv.

Pick up your mat and go. As you open your eyes you begin to realize that you are being lowered down into a room full of people. God in all things pick up your mat meditation begin by imagining yourself lying flat on your back. Why did he need to pick up the mat. You know that jesus is nearby.

Stand up pick up your mat and go home starting your free trial of bible gateway plus is easy. 8 then jesus said to him get up. I tell you arise take up your mat and go to your house a faithful version i say to you arise and pick up your stretcher and go to your house aramaic bible in plain english i say to you get up pick up your bed and go home god s word translation i m telling you to get up pick up your cot and go home new american standard 1977. I think they were even more amazed at the miracle jesus did because they recognized the man because of his mat.

The law forbids you to carry your mat. He picked up his mat and walked. Then jesus says stand up pick up your mat and go home the man jumped up grabbed his mat and walked through the crowd. In a lot of ways that mat defined him and was evidence of the miracle jesus did.

The day on which this took place was a sabbath 10 and so the jewish leaders said to the man who had been healed it is the sabbath. Despite this you are not concerned about them. Why was the crowd so amazed.