In keeping with the theme of this blog; that Isaac did not save or redeem himself, another "triangulation" comes to mind. Nowhere, in Luke's or Mark's Gospels do we read that the initiative for tearing off the roof of a house and lowering of a man...came from the man. The Bible says, "when Jesus saw their faith...."

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Jesus Forgives and Heals a Paralyzed Man
1 A few days later, when Jesus again entered Capernaum, the people heard that he had come home. 2 They gathered in such large numbers that there was no room left, not even outside the door, and he preached the word to them. 3 Some men came, bringing to him a paralyzed man, carried by four of them. 4 Since they could not get him to Jesus because of the crowd, they made an opening in the roof above Jesus by digging through it and then lowered the mat the man was lying on. 5 When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralyzed man, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”