The effect produced upon the people by the healing of the paralytic was as if heaven had opened, and revealed the glories of the better world. As the man who had been cured passed through the multitude, blessing God at every step, and bearing his burden as if it were a feather's weight, the people fell back to give him room, and with awe-stricken faces gazed upon him, whispering softly among themselves, "We have seen strange things today."

På folket virkede helbredelsen af den lamme, som om Himmelen havde åbnet sig og åbenbaret den bedre verdens herlighed. Medens den helbredte mand gik bort gennem skaren og priste Gud for hvert skridt, han tog, og bar sin byrde så let, som om den ikke havde vejet mere end en fjer, veg folket til side for at give plads for ham og stirrede på ham med ansigter, der var fulde af ærefrygt, og de hviskede til hinanden: "Vi har i dag set utrolige ting."