John 5:9

John 5:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked: and on the same day was the sabbath.
• New International Version (NIV)At once the man was cured; he picked up his mat and walked. The day on which this took place was a Sabbath,
• English Standard Version (ESV)And at once the man was healed, and he took up his bed and walked. Now that day was the Sabbath.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And immediately the man was made well, took up his bed, and walked. And that day was the Sabbath.

Context of John 5:9

7“I can’t, sir,” the sick man said, “for I have no one to put me into the pool when the water bubbles up. Someone else always gets there ahead of me.” 8Jesus told him, “Stand up, pick up your mat, and walk!” Instantly, the man was healed! He rolled up his sleeping mat and began walking! But this miracle happened on the Sabbath, 10so the Jewish leaders objected. They said to the man who was cured, “You can’t work on the Sabbath! The law doesn’t allow you to carry that sleeping mat!” 11But he replied, “The man who healed me told me, ‘Pick up your mat and walk.’”

John 5:9 word by word

καὶ εὐθέως ἐγένετο ὑγιὴς ὁ ἄνθρωπος καὶ ἦρεν τὸν κράβαττον αὐτοῦ καὶ περιεπάτει· ἦν δὲ σάββατον ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• immediatelyεὐθέωςeutheōs · immediatelyG2112
• the manὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the manἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444
• was madeγίνομαιginomai · to beG1096
• wholeὑγιήςhugiēs · healthyG5199
• took upαἴρωairō · to take upG142
• hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• bedκράββατοςkrabbatos · bedG2895
• walkedπεριπατέωperipateō · to walkG4043
• andδέde · thenG1161
• onἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• the sameἐκεῖνοςekeinos · thatG1565
• dayἡμέραhēmera · dayG2250
• wasεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• the sabbathσάββατονsabbaton · SabbathG4521

Cross-references for John 5:9

• John 5:14But afterward Jesus found him in the Temple and told him, “Now you are well; so stop sinning, or something even worse may happen to you.”
• Mark 1:31So he went to her bedside, took her by the hand, and helped her sit up. Then the fever left her, and she prepared a meal for them.
• Mark 5:29Immediately the bleeding stopped, and she could feel in her body that she had been healed of her terrible condition.
• Mark 10:52And Jesus said to him, “Go, for your faith has healed you.” Instantly the man could see, and he followed Jesus down the road.
• Acts 3:7Then Peter took the lame man by the right hand and helped him up. And as he did, the man’s feet and ankles were instantly healed and strengthened.
• John 5:10so the Jewish leaders objected. They said to the man who was cured, “You can’t work on the Sabbath! The law doesn’t allow you to carry that sleeping mat!”
• John 7:23For if the correct time for circumcising your son falls on the Sabbath, you go ahead and do it so as not to break the law of Moses. So why should you be angry with me for healing a man on the Sabbath?
• John 9:14because it was on the Sabbath that Jesus had made the mud and healed him.
• Matthew 12:10where he noticed a man with a deformed hand. The Pharisees asked Jesus, “Does the law permit a person to work by healing on the Sabbath?” (They were hoping he would say yes, so they could bring charges against him.)
• Mark 3:2Since it was the Sabbath, Jesus’ enemies watched him closely. If he healed the man’s hand, they planned to accuse him of working on the Sabbath.
• Luke 13:10One Sabbath day as Jesus was teaching in a synagogue,

Commentaries on John 5:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9The same day was the sabbath - Mr. Toynard supposes that this miracle was wrought on the 11th of Nisan, the sabbath before the passover, which was celebrated the 14th of Nisan, or 28th of March. But why did our Lord command this man to carry his bed on the sabbath, as the law prohibited all servile work, and especially the carrying of burthens? See Exodus 20:8; Jeremiah 17:21; Nehemiah 13:15. To this it may be answered, The man was a poor man, and if he…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9The Sabbath - To carry burdens on the Sabbath was forbidden in the Old Testament, Jeremiah 17:21; Nehemiah 13:15; Exodus 20:8-10. If it be asked, then, why Jesus commanded a man to do on the Sabbath what was understood to be a violation of the day, it may be answered, 1.That the Son of man was Lord of the Sabbath, and had a right to declare what might be done, and even to dispense with a positive law of the Jews, Matthew 12:8; John 5:17. 2.This was a poor…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-9Jesus healed the sick man immediately and only asked him to obey. To prove that the man was healed, Jesus told him to pick up his mat and walk. Jesus performed this miracle on the Sabbath. The Sabbath was a weekly day of rest. The law of Moses said that no work should be done on that day (based on Genesis 2:2; Exodus 20:8). Jewish tradition identified 39 types of work that were not allowed (Mishnah Shabbat 7:2). One rule said that a person could not carry…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 5:9

• Jesus, the Christ
• Miracles
• Sabbath

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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