English Standard Version
John 5:12
12They asked him, "Who is the man who said to you, 'Take up your bed and walk'?"
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?”
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then they asked him, “Who is the Man who said to you, ‘Take up your bed and walk’?”
- New Living Translation (NLT)“Who said such a thing as that?” they demanded.
Context of John 5:12
10So the Jews said to the man who had been healed, "It is the Sabbath, and it is not lawful for you to take up your bed." 11But he answered them, "The man who healed me, that man said to me, 'Take up your bed, and walk.'" They asked him, "Who is the man who said to you, 'Take up your bed and walk'?" 13Now the man who had been healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn, as there was a crowd in the place. 14Afterward Jesus found him in the temple and said to him, "See, you are well! Sin no more, that nothing worse may happen to you."
Read all of John 5John 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 6:29And they said to one another, "Who has done this thing?" And after they had searched and inquired, they said, "Gideon the son of Joash has done this thing."
- 1 Samuel 14:38And Saul said, "Come here, all you leaders of the people, and know and see how this sin has arisen today.
- Matthew 21:23And when he entered the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came up to him as he was teaching, and said, "By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?"
- Romans 10:2For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.
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
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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
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