John 5:10
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.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
In Context
9And the man became well straight away, and took up his bed and went. Now that day was the Sabbath.
11He said to them, But he who made me well, said to me, Take up your bed and go.
Cross References
Exodus 31:12And the Lord said to Moses,
Isaiah 58:13If you keep the Sabbath with care, not doing your business on my holy day; and if the Sabbath seems to you a delight, and the new moon of the Lord a thing to be honoured; and if you give respect to him by not doing your business, or going after your pleasure, or saying unholy words;
Jeremiah 17:27But if you do not give ear to me, to keep the Sabbath day holy, and to let no weight be lifted and taken through the doors of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day: then I will put a fire in its doorways, burning up the great houses of Jerusalem, and it will never be put out.
Mark 2:24And the Pharisees said to him, Why are they doing what it is not right to do on the Sabbath?
Luke 6:2But some of the Pharisees said, Why do you do what it is not right to do on the Sabbath?
Luke 23:56And they went back and got ready spices and perfumes; and on the Sabbath they took their rest, in agreement with the law.
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 →