John 5:12

John 5:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then asked they him, What man is that which said unto thee, Take up thy bed, and walk?
• New International Version (NIV)So they asked him, “Who is this fellow who told you to pick it up and walk?”
• English Standard Version (ESV)They asked him, "Who is the man who said to you, 'Take up your bed and walk'?"
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then they asked him, “Who is the Man who said to you, ‘Take up your bed and walk’?”

Context of John 5:12

10Because of this, the Jewish leaders spoke to the man that Jesus had made well. They said to him, ‘You must not carry your mat on our day of rest. You are not obeying the rules.’ 11The man replied, ‘The man who made me well said to me, “Pick up your mat and walk.” ’ So they asked him, ‘Who is this man? Who said to you, “Pick up your mat and walk”?’ 13The man did not know who had made him well. Jesus had gone away and joined the crowd that was there. 14Some time after that, Jesus found the man in the temple. Jesus said to him, ‘See, you have become well. Stop doing wrong things. If you do not stop, something worse may happen to you.’

John 5:12 word by word

ἠρώτησαν αὐτόν· τίς ἐστιν ὁ ἄνθρωπος ὁ εἰπών σοι· ἆρον καὶ περιπάτει;Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Thenοὖνoun · therefore/thenG3767
• asked theyἐρωτάωerōtaō · to askG2065
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• Whatτίςtis · which?G5101
• manἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444
• isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• that which saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• unto theeσύsu · youG4771
• Take upαἴρωairō · to take upG142
• bedκράββατοςkrabbatos · bedG2895
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• walkπεριπατέωperipateō · to walkG4043

Cross-references for John 5:12

• Judges 6:29They asked each other, ‘Who has done this?’ They asked many people until someone told them, ‘Joash's son Gideon has done this.’
• 1 Samuel 14:38So Saul said to all the leaders of the army, ‘Come here. Someone has done a bad thing today. We must find out who has done it.
• Matthew 21:23Then Jesus returned to the yard of the temple. While he was teaching the people there, the leaders of the priests and important Jews went to him. They asked him, ‘What authority do you have to do these things? Tell us. Who gave you the authority to do them?’
• Romans 10:2I can say this about them: They really want to serve God well. But they do not understand the right way to do this.

Commentaries on John 5:12

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12What man is he … - In this verse there is a remarkable instance of the “perverseness” of men, of their want of candor, and of the manner in which they often look at a subject. Instead of looking at the miracle, and at the man‘s statement of the manner in which he was healed, they look only at what they thought to be a violation of the law. They assumed it as certain that nothing could make his conduct, in carrying his bed on the Sabbath day, proper; and…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-16Verses 10-16 Those eased of the punishment of sin, are in danger of returning to sin, when the terror and restraint are over, unless Divine grace dries up the fountain. The misery believers are made whole from, warns us to sin no more, having felt the smart of sin. This is the voice of every providence, Go, and sin no more. Christ saw it necessary to give this caution; for it is common for people, when sick, to promise much; when newly recovered, to…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12Who is this man who told you: The focus of the story now changes. It moves from the joy of a miracle to an accusation about breaking the Sabbath. The religious leaders wanted to know who told the man to carry his mat. They asked for the name of the healer who had broken their tradition.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 10-1610-16. The Jews--that is, those in authority. (See on Joh 1:19.) it is not lawful to carry thy bed--a glorious testimony to the cure, as instantaneous and complete, from the lips of the most prejudiced! (And what a contrast does it, as all our Lord's miracles, present to the bungling miracles of the Church of Rome!) In ordinary circumstances, the rulers had the law on their side (Ne 13:15; Jr 17:21). But when the man referred them to "Him that had made…Read the comment

Topics related to John 5:12

• Jesus, the Christ
• Miracles
• Sabbath

In the dictionaries

• Folk
• Judgment
• Lest
• Light
• Step
• Trouble
• Troubling
• Witness
• Bed; Bedchamber; Bedstead
• Jesus Christ

Commentaries on John 5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings