Luke 5:19 But because they could not find a suitable way to get him in to the house because of the people crowded around, they went up to the housetop Note: This was a flat area, where people retired for rest, prayer, etc., with a stairway accessible from the outside and lowered the man on his cot through the roof tiles into the presence of Jesus.

AUV⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁹ But because they could not find a [suitable] way to get him in [to the house] because of the people crowded [around], they went up to the housetop [Note: This was a flat area, where people retired for rest, prayer, etc., with a stairway accessible from the outside] and lowered the man on his cot through the roof tiles into the presence of Jesus.