richmahn_en_tn/luk/05/19.md

# They could not find a way to bring him in because of the crowd, so

In some languages it might be more natural to reorder this. Alternate translation: "But because of the crowd of people, they could not find a way to bring the man inside. So"

# because of the crowd

It is clear that the reason they could not enter was that the crowd was so large that there was no room for them. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-ellipsis]])

# they went up to the housetop

Houses had flat roofs, and some houses had a ladder or staircase outside to make it easy to go up there. This can be stated. Alternate translation: "they went up to the flat roof of the house" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])

# right in front of Jesus

"directly in front of Jesus" or "immediately in front of Jesus"
Remainder of books formated per verse 2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00			`# They could not find a way to bring him in because of the crowd, so`

Replace all AT: with Alternate translation: 2018-02-10 00:34:10 +00:00			`In some languages it might be more natural to reorder this. Alternate translation: "But because of the crowd of people, they could not find a way to bring the man inside. So"`
Remainder of books formated per verse 2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00
			`# because of the crowd`

			`It is clear that the reason they could not enter was that the crowd was so large that there was no room for them. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-ellipsis]])`

			`# they went up to the housetop`

Replace all AT: with Alternate translation: 2018-02-10 00:34:10 +00:00			`Houses had flat roofs, and some houses had a ladder or staircase outside to make it easy to go up there. This can be stated. Alternate translation: "they went up to the flat roof of the house" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])`
Remainder of books formated per verse 2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00
			`# right in front of Jesus`

			`"directly in front of Jesus" or "immediately in front of Jesus"`