Not being able to bring him in through the multitude, they went round about by a back passage, and going up the stairs on the outside, they came upon the flat — roofed house, and let him down through the trap door, such as was on the top of most of the Jewish houses: doubtless, with such circumspection as the circumstances plainly required.
Related Commentaries of Luke 5:19
Luke 5:19
19 And when they could not find by what way they might bring him in because of the multitude, they went upon the housetop, and let him down through the tiling with his couch into the midst before Jesus.