John 5:10

The NET Bible®

So the Jewish leaders said to the man who had been healed, "It is the Sabbath, and you are not permitted to carry your mat."

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
and so the Jews said to the man who had been healed, “This is the Sabbath. The law prohibits you from picking up your mat.”

King James Version (1611)
The Iewes therefore said vnto him that was cured, It is the Sabbath day, it is not lawfull for thee to cary thy bed.

King James Version
The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath day: it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed.

English Standard Version
So 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."

New American Standard Bible
So the Jews were saying to the man who was cured, "It is a Sabbath, and it is not permissible for you to carry your pallet."

New Century Version
So the Jews said to the man who had been healed, "Today is the Sabbath. It is against our law for you to carry your mat on the Sabbath day."

Amplified Bible
So the Jews kept saying to the man who had been healed, "It is the Sabbath, and you are not permitted to pick up your pallet [because it is unlawful]."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
So the Jews were saying to the man who was cured, "It is the Sabbath, and it is not permissible for you to carry your pallet."

Legacy Standard Bible
So the Jews were saying to the man who had been healed, "It is the Sabbath, and it is not lawful for you to carry your mat."

Berean Standard Bible
so the Jews said to the man who had been healed, "This is the Sabbath! It is unlawful for you to carry your mat."

Contemporary English Version
When the Jewish leaders saw the man carrying his mat, they said to him, "This is the Sabbath! No one is allowed to carry a mat on the Sabbath."

Complete Jewish Bible
so the Judeans said to the man who had been healed, "It's Shabbat! It's against Torah for you to carry your mat!"

Darby Translation
The Jews therefore said to the healed [man], It is sabbath, it is not permitted thee to take up thy couch.

Easy-to-Read Version
So some Jews said to the man who had been healed, "Today is the Sabbath. It is against our law for you to carry your mat on the Sabbath day."

Geneva Bible (1587)
The Iewes therefore said to him that was made whole, It is the Sabbath day: it is not lawfull for thee to cary thy bed.

George Lamsa Translation
So the Jews said to him who was healed, It is the sabbath; it is not lawful for you to carry your quilt-bed.

Good News Translation
so the Jewish authorities told the man who had been healed, "This is a Sabbath, and it is against our Law for you to carry your mat."

Lexham English Bible
So the Jews were saying to the one who had been healed, "It is the Sabbath, and it is not permitted for you to pick up the mat!"

Literal Translation
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.

American Standard Version
So the Jews said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath, and it is not lawful for thee to take up thy bed.

Bible in Basic English
So the Jews said to the man who had been made well, It is the Sabbath; and it is against the law for you to take up your bed.

Hebrew Names Version
So the Yehudim said to him who was cured, "It is the Shabbat. It is not lawful for you to carry the mat."

International Standard Version
So the Jews said to the man who had been healed, "It is the Sabbath, and it is not lawful for you to carry your mat."Exodus 20:10; Nehemiah 13:19; Jeremiah 17:21; Matthew 12:2; Mark 2:24; 3:4; Luke 6:2; 13:14;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
And the Jihudoyee said to him who had been healed, This is the shabath: it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed.

Murdock Translation
And the Jews said to him that was healed: It is the sabbath; it is not lawful for thee to bear thy bed.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
The Iewes therfore sayde vnto hym that was made whole: It is the Sabboth day, it is not lawfull for thee to carie thy bedde.

English Revised Version
So the Jews said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath, and it is not lawful for thee to take up thy bed.

World English Bible
So the Jews said to him who was cured, "It is the Sabbath. It is not lawful for you to carry the mat."

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Then said the Jews to him that was healed, It is the sabbath; it is not lawful for thee to take up the bed.

Weymouth's New Testament
That day was a Sabbath. So the Jews said to the man who had been cured, "It is the Sabbath: you must not carry your mat."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor the Jewis seiden to him that was maad hool, It is sabat, it is not leueful to thee, to take awei thi bed.

Update Bible Version
So the Jews said to him that was cured, It is the Sabbath, and it is not lawful for you to take up your bed.

Webster's Bible Translation
The Jews therefore said to him that was cured, it is the sabbath; it is not lawful for thee to carry [thy] bed.

New King James Version
The Jews therefore said to him who was cured, "It is the Sabbath; it is not lawful for you to carry your bed."

New Living Translation
so 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!"

New Life Bible
The Jews said to the man who had been healed, "This is the Day of Rest. It is against the Law for you to carry your bed."

New Revised Standard
So the Jews said to the man who had been cured, "It is the sabbath; it is not lawful for you to carry your mat."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The Jews, therefore, were saying, unto him who had been cured - It is, Sabbath; and it is not allowable for thee to take up thy couch: -

Douay-Rheims Bible
The Jews therefore said to him that was healed: It is the sabbath. It is not lawful for thee to take up thy bed.

Revised Standard Version
So the Jews said to the man who was cured, "It is the sabbath, it is not lawful for you to carry your pallet."

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
The Iewes therfore sayde vnto him that was made whole. It is ye Saboth daye it is not laufull for the to cary thy beed

Young's Literal Translation
the Jews then said to him that hath been healed, `It is a sabbath; it is not lawful to thee to take up the couch.'

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then sayde the Iewes vnto him that was made whole: To daye is ye Sabbath, it is not laufull for the to cary the bed.

Mace New Testament (1729)
the Jews said to him that was cured, it is the sabbath-day; it is not lawful for you to carry your bed.

THE MESSAGE
Even on the Sabbath Soon another Feast came around and Jesus was back in Jerusalem. Near the Sheep Gate in Jerusalem there was a pool, in Hebrew called Bethesda, with five alcoves. Hundreds of sick people—blind, crippled, paralyzed—were in these alcoves. One man had been an invalid there for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him stretched out by the pool and knew how long he had been there, he said, "Do you want to get well?" The sick man said, "Sir, when the water is stirred, I don't have anybody to put me in the pool. By the time I get there, somebody else is already in." Jesus said, "Get up, take your bedroll, start walking." The man was healed on the spot. He picked up his bedroll and walked off. That day happened to be the Sabbath. The Jews stopped the healed man and said, "It's the Sabbath. You can't carry your bedroll around. It's against the rules."

Simplified Cowboy Version
so the Jewish leaders weren't too happy about it. They approached the man and said, "You can't be carrying your bedroll around on the day of rest. That is against our laws."

Contextual Overview

¹ After this there was a Jewish feast, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. ² Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool called Bethzatha in Aramaic, which has five covered walkways. ³ A great number of sick, blind, lame, and paralyzed people were lying in these walkways. Now a man was there who had been disabled for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there and when he realized that the man had been disabled a long time already, he said to him, "Do you want to become well?" The sick man answered him, "Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up. While I am trying to get into the water, someone else goes down there before me." Jesus said to him, "Stand up! Pick up your mat and walk." Immediately the man was healed, and he picked up his mat and started walking. (Now that day was a Sabbath.) So the Jewish leaders said to the man who had been healed, "It is the Sabbath, and you are not permitted to carry your mat." But he answered them, "The man who made me well said to me, ‘Pick up your mat and walk.'" They asked him, "Who is the man who said to you, ‘Pick up your mat and walk'?" But the man who had been healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had slipped out, since there was a crowd in that place. After this Jesus found him at the temple and said to him, "Look, you have become well. Don't sin any more, lest anything worse happen to you." The man went away and informed the Jewish leaders that Jesus was the one who had made him well. Now because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jewish leaders began persecuting him. So he told them, "My Father is working until now, and I too am working." For this reason the Jewish leaders were trying even harder to kill him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was also calling God his own Father, thus making himself equal with God. So Jesus answered them, "I tell you the solemn truth, the Son can do nothing on his own initiative, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, the Son does likewise. For the Father loves the Son and shows him everything he does, and will show him greater deeds than these, so that you will be amazed. For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whomever he wishes. Furthermore, the Father does not judge anyone, but has assigned all judgment to the Son, so that all people will honor the Son just as they honor the Father. The one who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him. "I tell you the solemn truth, the one who hears my message and believes the one who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned, but has crossed over from death to life. I tell you the solemn truth, a time is coming—and is now here—when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live. For just as the Father has life in himself, thus he has granted the Son to have life in himself, and he has granted the Son authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of Man. "Do not be amazed at this, because a time is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice and will come out—the ones who have done what is good to the resurrection resulting in life, and the ones who have done what is evil to the resurrection resulting in condemnation. I can do nothing on my own initiative. Just as I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I do not seek my own will, but the will of the one who sent me. "If I testify about myself, my testimony is not true. There is another who testifies about me, and I know the testimony he testifies about me is true. You have sent to John, and he has testified to the truth. (I do not accept human testimony, but I say this so that you may be saved.) He was a lamp that was burning and shining, and you wanted to rejoice greatly for a short time in his light. "But I have a testimony greater than that from John. For the deeds that the Father has assigned me to complete—the deeds I am now doing—testify about me that the Father has sent me. And the Father who sent me has himself testified about me. You people have never heard his voice nor seen his form at any time, nor do you have his word residing in you, because you do not believe the one whom he sent. You study the scriptures thoroughly because you think in them you possess eternal life, and it is these same scriptures that testify about me, ⁴ but you are not willing to come to me so that you may have life. "I do not accept praise from people, but I know you, that you do not have the love of God within you. I have come in my Father's name, and you do not accept me. If someone else comes in his own name, you will accept him. How can you believe, if you accept praise from one another and don't seek the praise that comes from the only God? "Do not suppose that I will accuse you before the Father. The one who accuses you is Moses, in whom you have placed your hope. If you believed Moses, you would believe me, because he wrote about me. But if you do not believe what Moses wrote, how will you believe my words?" ⁵ Now a man was there who had been disabled for thirty-eight years. ⁶ When Jesus saw him lying there and when he realized that the man had been disabled a long time already, he said to him, "Do you want to become well?" ⁷ The sick man answered him, "Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up. While I am trying to get into the water, someone else goes down there before me." ⁸ Jesus said to him, "Stand up! Pick up your mat and walk." ⁹ Immediately the man was healed, and he picked up his mat and started walking. (Now that day was a Sabbath.) ¹⁰ So the Jewish leaders said to the man who had been healed, "It is the Sabbath, and you are not permitted to carry your mat."

Bible Verse Review
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it is not: Exodus 20:8-11, Exodus 31:12-17, Nehemiah 13:15-21, Isaiah 58:13, Jeremiah 17:21, Jeremiah 17:27, Matthew 12:2-8, Mark 2:24, Mark 3:4, Luke 6:2, Luke 13:14, Luke 23:56

Reciprocal: Matthew 12:10 - Is it Luke 6:7 - watched John 5:9 - and on

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured,.... When they saw him, either at the place, or as he walked through the streets, with his bed on his back:

it is the sabbath day: do not you know it? surely you forget yourself, or you would never be guilty of such an action as this;

it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed. It was forbid by the law, to carry any burden on the sabbath day; see Nehemiah 13:15; for

"carrying out and bringing in anything, from one place to another, is said x to be work, and one of the principal works;''

and therefore forbid by the law, which says, "thou shall not do any work"; and one of the traditions of the elders is this y,

"whoever carries anything out (i.e. on the sabbath day), whether in his right hand, or in his left, in his bosom, or על כתיפו, "on his shoulder", is guilty; for so carried the Kohathites.''

And particularly it is said z, that

"he that rolls up a bed of the brasiers or tinkers (i.e. on the sabbath day) is bound to a sin offering.''

Which was a fold up bed, such as tinkers, and those that went from city to city to work, had; and who carried their beds with them, as the gloss observes; and were so far from being lawful to be carried by them, on the sabbath, that they might not fold them up.

x Maimon. Hilchot Sabbat, c. 12. sect. 6. y Misn. Sabbat, c. 10. sect. 3. z T. Bab. Sabbat, fol. 47. 1. & 138. 1.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Not lawful - It was forbidden, they supposed, in the Old Testament. The Jews were very strenuous in the observation of the external duties of religion.