Tree of Life Version
John 5:7
7The invalid answered Him, “Sir, I have nobody to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up. While I’m trying to get in, somebody else steps down before me!”
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
5Now a certain man had been an invalid there for thirty-eight years. 6Seeing him lying there and knowing he had been that way a long time, Yeshua said to him, “Do you want to get well?” The invalid answered Him, “Sir, I have nobody to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up. While I’m trying to get in, somebody else steps down before me!” 8Yeshua tells him, “Get up! Pick up your mat and walk!” 9Immediately, the man was healed! He took up his mat and started walking around. Now that day was Shabbat,
Read all of John 5John 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 32:36For Adonai will judge His people— for His servants, He will relent when He sees that strength is gone and no one is left, slave or free.
- Psalms 72:12For he rescues the needy crying for help, also the poor and the one with no helper.
- Psalms 142:4When my spirit grows faint within me, You know my path. In the way where I walk they have hidden a trap for me.
- Romans 5:6For while we were still helpless, at the right time Messiah died for the ungodly.
- 2 Corinthians 1:8For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, of our trouble that happened in Asia. We were under great pressure—so far beyond our strength that we despaired even of living.
- 1 Corinthians 9:24Don’t you know that in a stadium the runners all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win!
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
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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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