John 5:7

John 5:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me.
• New International Version (NIV)“Sir,” the invalid replied, “I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am trying to get in, someone else goes down ahead of me.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)The sick man answered him, "Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, and while I am going another steps down before me."
• New King James Version (NKJV)The sick man answered Him, “Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up; but while I am coming, another steps down before me.”

Context of John 5:7

5One man who was lying there had been ill for 38 years. 6Jesus saw this man. He knew that the man had been ill like this for a very long time. So he asked the man, ‘Do you want to get well?’ The sick man said, ‘Sir, I do not have anyone who will help me. I need somebody who will put me into the pool. When the water starts to move, I try to get in. But someone else always gets in before me.’ 8Then Jesus said to him, ‘Stand up! Pick up your mat and walk.’ 9The man became well immediately. He picked up his mat and he walked. The day when this happened was a Jewish day of rest.

John 5:7 word by word

ἀπεκρίθη αὐτῷ ὁ ἀσθενῶν· κύριε, ἄνθρωπον οὐκ ἔχω ἵνα ὅταν ταραχθῇ τὸ ὕδωρ βάλῃ με εἰς τὴν κολυμβήθραν· ἐν ᾧ δὲ ἔρχομαι ἐγώ, ἄλλος πρὸ ἐμοῦ καταβαίνει.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• The impotent manἀσθενέωastheneō · be weak: illG770
• answeredἀποκρίνωapokrinomai · to answerG611
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• Sirκύριοςkurios · lord: masterG2962
• I haveἔχωechō · to have/beG2192
• noοὐou · noG3756
• manἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444
• whenὅτανhotan · when(-ever)G3752
• the waterὕδωρhudōr hudatos · waterG5204
• is troubledταράσσωtarassō · to troubleG5015
• toἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
• putβάλλωballō · to throw: putG906
• meἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• intoεἰςeis · towardG1519
• the poolκολυμβήθραkolumbēthra · poolG2861
• butδέde · thenG1161
• ·ἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• whileὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• am comingἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
• anotherἄλλοςallos · anotherG243
• steppeth downκαταβαίνωkatabainō · to come/go downG2597
• beforeπρόpro · beforeG4253

Cross-references for John 5:7

• Deuteronomy 32:36At that time, the Lord will bring justice for his people. He will forgive his servants. He will rescue them when he sees that they are weak, and very few of them remain, as slaves or free people.
• Psalms 72:12He will rescue the poor person who calls out to him for help. He will save weak people who have nobody to help them.
• Psalms 142:4Look at me! I have no friend to help me. There is no safe place where I can go. Nobody thinks about me.
• Romans 5:6At one time we were weak and we could not help ourselves. Then, at the right time, Christ died to save us. He died on behalf of people who have turned away from God.
• 2 Corinthians 1:8Our Christian friends, we want you to know about the trouble that we had in Asia. Those troubles were very painful. We ourselves were not strong enough to continue. We even thought that we would die.
• John 5:4An angel would go down into the pool at certain times and move the water about. When that happened, all the sick people tried to get into the pool. The first person who got into the water became well, whatever his illness was.]
• 1 Corinthians 9:24Think about how people run in a race. All the runners run, but only one of them receives the prize. You must run like that, to win the race.

Commentaries on John 5:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Sir, I have no man - , - "Yes, sir; but I have no man:" - this is the reading of C*GH, fourteen others, both the Syriac, later Persic, Arabic, and Chrysostom. Reader, be thankful to God for health and outward comforts. When long affliction has been allied to deep poverty, how deplorable is the state!Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Sir, I have no man … - The answer of the man implied that he did wish it, but, in addition to all his other trials, he had no “friend” to aid him. This is an additional circumstance that heightened his affliction.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-40This chapter is structured like a courtroom case (a legal trial). It begins with a description of the event that led to the conflict (5:1–15). This is followed by the decision of the Jewish leaders to take action against Jesus (5:16). Next comes a statement of the charges against him (5:18). The chapter then presents the defense given by Jesus, where he explains his authority and his relationship with the Father (5:17, 19–40).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-95-9. thirty and eight years--but not all that time at the pool. This was probably the most pitiable of all the cases, and therefore selected.Read the comment

Topics related to John 5:7

• Jesus, the Christ
• Miracles
• Sabbath

In the dictionaries

• Folk
• Judgment
• Lest
• Light
• Palsy
• Pool
• Step
• Trouble
• Troubling
• Witness

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