John 5:9

And straightaway the man became well, and took up his bed and walked. Now it was Sabbath on that day.

A Conservative Version

In The 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.

In Context

8Jesus says to him, Arise, take up thy bed and walk.

10The Jews therefore said to the man who was cured, It is Sabbath. It is not permitted for thee to take up the bed.

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Cross References

Matthew 12:10And behold, there was a man having a withered hand. And they interrogated him, asking if it permitted to heal on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse him.

Mark 1:42And after he spoke, straightaway the leprosy departed from him, and he was cleansed.

Mark 5:29And straightaway the flow of her blood was dried up, and she knew in the body that she was healed of her scourge.

Mark 10:52And Jesus said to him, Go thou, thy faith has healed thee. And straightaway he received his sight, and followed him on the way.

John 5:10The Jews therefore said to the man who was cured, It is Sabbath. It is not permitted for thee to take up the bed.

John 7:23If a man receives circumcision on a Sabbath, so that the law of Moses may not be loosed, are ye angry with me because I made a man entirely well on a Sabbath?

Matthew Henry on John 5:2-17

The Cure at the Pool of Bethesda. 1 After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 2 Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches. 3 In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water. 4 For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of… Read the whole commentary →

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