John 5:9

And the man became well straight away, and took up his bed and went. Now that day was the Sabbath.

Bible in Basic English

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 said to him, Get up, take your bed and go.

10So 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.

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Cross References

Matthew 12:10And there was a man with a dead hand. And they put a question to him, saying, Is it right to make a man well on the Sabbath day? so that they might have something against him.

Mark 1:42And straight away the disease went from him, and he was made clean.

Mark 5:29And straight away the fountain of her blood was stopped, and she had a feeling in her body that her disease had gone and she was well.

Mark 10:52And Jesus said to him, Go on your way; your faith has made you well. And straight away he was able to see, and went after him in the way.

John 5:10So 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.

John 7:23If a child is given circumcision on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses may not be broken, why are you angry with me because I made a man completely well on the 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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