Artist's Notes: The man in the foreground is paralized and bound up with a cloth and rope so he could be lowered through the roof. This cloth and rope remind me of how sin can bind and paralize us. The Pharisees and teachers of the law stand near Christ. Christ has just healed and forgiven the paralytic and now the Pharisees have hardened their hearts against Christ and Christ knows their hearts and this shows on the His face and theirs. The hypocrites (Pharisees) eyes were blinded and hearts were cold, they could only concern themselves with the law and not the needs of the paralized man. Jesus stands between the man in need of healing and the teachers and observes what the teachers will do. References: Luke 5.
