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Green's Literal Translation

John 5:9

And instantly the man became well, and took up his cot and walked. And it was a sabbath that day.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Jesus, the Christ;   Miracles;   Sabbath;   Thompson Chain Reference - Bible Stories for Children;   Children;   Disease;   Healed, Disease;   Heals, Christ;   Health-Disease;   Home;   Pleasant Sunday Afternoons;   Religion;   Sabbath;   Sickness;   Stories for Children;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Miracles of Christ, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Miracle;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Healing;   John, gospel of;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Baptize, Baptism;   Miracle;   Sabbath;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Bed;   Jesus Christ;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Bed, Bedroom;   Diseases;   Hour;   John, the Gospel of;   Pallet;   Sabbath;   Sign;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Jesus Christ;   Law;   Trinity;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Authority in Religion;   Bed;   Death of Christ;   Disease;   Dropsy;   Impotence;   Israel, Israelite;   John Epistles of;   Light;   Mission;   Profaning, Profanity;   Sabbath ;   Sinners;   Walk (2);   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Bed, Bedstead;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Bethesda;   Chief parables and miracles in the bible;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Jesus of Nazareth;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Bed;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Bethesda;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for February 1;  

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
Immediately the man was well. He picked up his mat and started walking. The day all this happened was a Sabbath day.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And immediatly the man was made whole and toke vp his beed and went. And the same daye was the Saboth daye
Hebrew Names Version
Immediately, the man was made well, and took up his mat and walked. Now it was the Shabbat on that day.
International Standard Version
The man immediately became well, and he picked up his mat and started walking. Now that day was a Sabbath.John 9:14;">[xr]
New American Standard Bible
Immediately the man became well, and picked up his pallet and began to walk. Now it was a Sabbath on that day.
New Century Version
And immediately the man was well; he picked up his mat and began to walk. The day this happened was a Sabbath day.
Update Bible Version
And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed and walked. Now it was the Sabbath on that day.
Webster's Bible Translation
And immediately the man was healed, and took up his bed, and walked: and on the same day was the sabbath.
English Standard Version
And at once the man was healed, and he took up his bed and walked. Now that day was the Sabbath.
World English Bible
Immediately, the man was made well, and took up his mat and walked. Now it was the Sabbath on that day.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed and walked: and the same day was the sabbath.
Weymouth's New Testament
Instantly the man was restored to perfect health, and he took up his mat and began to walk.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And anoon the man was maad hool, and took vp his bed, and wente forth. And it was sabat in that dai.
English Revised Version
And straightway the man was made whole, and took up his bed and walked. Now it was the sabbath on that day.
Berean Standard Bible
Immediately the man was made well, and he picked up his mat and began to walk. Now this happened on the Sabbath day,
Contemporary English Version
Right then the man was healed. He picked up his mat and started walking around. The day on which this happened was a Sabbath.
Amplified Bible
Immediately the man was healed and recovered his strength, and picked up his pallet and walked. Now that day was the Sabbath.
American Standard Version
And straightway the man was made whole, and took up his bed and walked. Now it was the sabbath on that day.
Bible in Basic English
And the man became well straight away, and took up his bed and went. Now that day was the Sabbath.
Complete Jewish Bible
Immediately the man was healed, and he picked up his mat and walked. Now that day was Shabbat,
Darby Translation
And immediately the man became well, and took up his couch and walked: and on that day was sabbath.
Etheridge Translation
And in the instant that man was healed, and, arising, he took up his bed, and walked: and that day was the shabath.
Murdock Translation
And immediately the man was healed; and he arose, took up his bed, and walked; and it was the sabbath day.
King James Version (1611)
And immediatly the man was made whole, and tooke vp his bed, and walked: And on the same day was the Sabbath.
New Living Translation
Instantly, the man was healed! He rolled up his sleeping mat and began walking! But this miracle happened on the Sabbath,
New Life Bible
At once the man was healed and picked up his bed and walked. This happened on the Day of Rest.
New Revised Standard
At once the man was made well, and he took up his mat and began to walk. Now that day was a sabbath.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And immediatly the man was made whole, and tooke vp his bed, and walked: and the same day was the Sabbath.
George Lamsa Translation
And the man was healed immediately, and he got up and took his quilt-bed and walked. And that day was the sabbath.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, straightway, the man was made well and took up his couch, and began to walk. Now it was Sabbath, on that day.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And immediately the man was made whole: and he took up his bed and walked. And it was the sabbath that day.
Revised Standard Version
And at once the man was healed, and he took up his pallet and walked. Now that day was the sabbath.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And immediatly the man was made whole, and toke vp his bedde, & walked. And the same day was the Sabboth.
Good News Translation
Immediately the man got well; he picked up his mat and started walking. The day this happened was a Sabbath,
Christian Standard Bible®
Instantly the man got well, picked up his mat, and started to walk.
King James Version
And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked: and on the same day was the sabbath.
Lexham English Bible
And immediately the man became well and picked up his mat and began to walk. (Now it was the Sabbath on that day.)
Young's Literal Translation
and immediately the man became whole, and he took up his couch, and was walking, and it was a sabbath on that day,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And immediatly the man was made whole, and toke vp his bed and wente his waye. But vpon the same daye it was the Sabbath.
Mace New Testament (1729)
and immediately the man was healed, and took up his bed, and went his way: but that day being the sabbath,
New English Translation
Immediately the man was healed, and he picked up his mat and started walking. (Now that day was a Sabbath.)
New King James Version
And immediately the man was made well, took up his bed, and walked. And that day was the Sabbath.
Simplified Cowboy Version
The man was instantly healed. He rolled up his bedroll and began walking around. This all happened on the day of rest,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Immediately the man became well, and picked up his pallet and began to walk. Now it was the Sabbath on that day.
Legacy Standard Bible
And immediately the man became well, and picked up his mat and began to walk. Now it was the Sabbath on that day.

Contextual Overview

1 After these things, there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 2 And at Jerusalem is a pool at the Sheep Gate which is called in Hebrew, Bethesda, having five porches. 3 In these was a great multitude of the infirm lying, blind ones, lame ones, withered ones, awaiting the stirring of the water. 4 For an angel at a certain time descended in the pool and agitated the water. Then the one first entering after the agitation of the water became well, whatever disease he was held by. 5 But a certain man was there, being in infirmity thirty eight years. 6 Seeing him lying, and knowing that he had already spent much time, Jesus said to him, Do you desire to become well? 7 The infirm one answered Him, Lord, I do not have a man, that when the water is agitated he may throw me into the pool; but while I am coming, another goes down before me. 8 Jesus said to him, Rise up, Take up your cot and walk! 9 And instantly the man became well, and took up his cot and walked. And it was a sabbath that day. 10 Then the Jews said to the one having been healed, It is a sabbath. It is not lawful for you to lift up the cot.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

immediately: John 5:14, Mark 1:31, Mark 1:42, Mark 5:29, Mark 5:41, Mark 5:42, Mark 10:52, Acts 3:7, Acts 3:8

and on: John 5:10-12, John 7:23, John 9:14, Matthew 12:10-13, Mark 3:2-4, Luke 13:10-16

Reciprocal: Psalms 68:28 - commanded Isaiah 35:6 - shall the lame Jeremiah 17:21 - bear Matthew 12:2 - Behold Mark 2:28 - General Mark 3:5 - Stretch Luke 6:2 - Why John 7:21 - I have Acts 14:10 - Stand

Cross-References

1 Chronicles 1:2
Cainan, Mahalaleel, Jared,
Luke 3:37
the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalaleel, the son of Cainan;

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And immediately the man was made whole,.... As soon as ever the words were spoken by Christ, such power went with them, as restored the man to perfect health; and he finding himself to be quite well, rose up directly:

and took up his bed and walked; which may be expressive of a sinner's rising from the bed of sin, and taking up the cross, or carrying the body of sin and death with him; and walking by faith in Christ, as he has received him:

and on the same day was the sabbath; which is remarked, for the sake of what follows.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The 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 man, and Jesus directed him to secure his property.
  3. The Jews extended the obligation of the Sabbath beyond what was intended by the appointment. They observed it superstitiously, and Jesus took every opportunity to convince them of their error, and to restore the day to its proper observance, Matthew 12:6-11; Luke 6:9; Luke 13:14; Luke 14:5. This method he took to show them what the law of God really “permitted” on that day, and that works of necessity and mercy were lawful.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse John 5:9. The 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,

1. The man was a poor man, and if he had left his bed he might have lost it; and he could not have conveniently watched it till the next morning.

2. Christ showed by this that he was Lord of the sabbath: see Matthew 12:8.

3. This was not contrary to the spirit of the law: the sabbath was made to honour God in, and this was a public monument of his power and goodness.

4. It was consistent with the wisdom of Christ to do his miracles so that they might be seen and known by a multitude of people, and especially in Jerusalem, which was the capital of the country, and the centre of the Jewish religion; and this very circumstance of the healed man carrying his bed on the sabbath day must call the attention of many to this matter, and cause the miracle to be more generally known.


 
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