God’s Word Translation
John 5:15
15The man went back to the Jews and told them that Jesus was the man who had made him well.
John 5:15 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus, which had made him whole.
- New International Version (NIV)The man went away and told the Jewish leaders that it was Jesus who had made him well.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had healed him.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The man departed and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.
Context of John 5:15
13But the man who had been healed didn’t know who Jesus was. (Jesus had withdrawn from the crowd.) 14Later, Jesus met the man in the temple courtyard and told him, “You’re well now. Stop sinning so that something worse doesn’t happen to you.” The man went back to the Jews and told them that Jesus was the man who had made him well. 16The Jews began to persecute Jesus because he kept healing people on the day of rest—a holy day. 17Jesus replied to them, “My Father is working right now, and so am I.”
Read all of John 5John 5:15 word by word
ἀπῆλθεν ὁ ἄνθρωπος καὶ ἀνήγγειλεν τοῖς Ἰουδαίοις ὅτι Ἰησοῦς ἐστιν ὁ ποιήσας αὐτὸν ὑγιῆ.Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- The manἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444
- departedἀπέρχομαιaperchomai · to go awayG565
- andκαίkai · andG2532
- toldἀναγγέλλωanaggellō · to reportG312
- the JewsἸουδαῖοςIoudaios · JewG2453
- thatὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
- it wasεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
- JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
- which had madeποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160
- himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
- wholeὑγιήςhugiēs · healthyG5199
Cross-references for John 5:15
- John 4:29“Come with me, and meet a man who told me everything I’ve ever done. Could he be the Messiah?”
- John 9:11He replied, “The man people call Jesus mixed some spit with dirt, smeared it on my eyes, and told me, ‘Go to Siloam, and wash it off.’ So I went there, washed it off, and received my sight.”
- Mark 1:45When the man left, he began to talk freely. He spread his story so widely that Jesus could no longer enter any city openly. Instead, he stayed in places where he could be alone. But people still kept coming to him from everywhere.
- John 5:12The Jews asked him, “Who is the man who told you to pick it up and walk?”
- John 9:15So the Pharisees asked the man again how he received his sight. The man told the Pharisees, “He put a mixture of spit and dirt on my eyes. I washed it off, and now I can see.”
Commentaries on John 5:15
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15The man departed, and told the Jews - He did not say it was Jesus who had ordered him to carry his bed, but it was Jesus who had cured him; and he left them to draw the inference, viz. That this Jesus must be the miraculous power of God.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. 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. 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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