John 5:9

The NET Bible®

Immediately the man was healed, and he picked up his mat and started walking. (Now that day was a Sabbath.)

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Instantly the man got well, picked up his mat, and started to walk.

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.

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.

English Standard Version
And at once the man was healed, and he took up his bed and walked. Now that day was the Sabbath.

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.

Amplified Bible
Immediately the man was healed and recovered his strength, and picked up his pallet and walked. Now that day was the Sabbath.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Good News Translation
Immediately the man got well; he picked up his mat and started walking. The day this happened was a 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.)

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

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.

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]

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.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And immediatly the man was made whole, and toke vp his bedde, & walked. And the same day was the Sabboth.

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.

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.

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.

New King James Version
And immediately the man was made well, took up his bed, and walked. And that 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.

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.

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

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,

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,

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
  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
Kenan, Mahalalel, Jered,

Luke 3:37
the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalalel, the son of Kenan,

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.