John 5:10
The Jews therefore said to him that was healed: It is the sabbath; it is not lawful for thee to take up thy bed.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
11He answered them: He that made me whole, he said to me, Take up thy bed, and walk.
Cross References
Exodus 31:12And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
Isaiah 58:13If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy own will in my holy day, and call the sabbath delightful, and the holy of the Lord glorious, and glorify him, while thou dost not thy own ways, and thy own will is not found: to speak a word:
Jeremiah 17:27But if you will not hearken to me, to sanctify the sabbath day, and not to carry burdens, and not to bring them in by the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day: I will kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the houses of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched.
Mark 2:24And the Pharisees said to him: Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful?
Luke 6:2And some of the Pharisees said to them: Why do you that which is not lawful on the sabbath days?
Luke 23:56And returning, they prepared spices and ointments; and on the sabbath day they rested, according to the commandment.
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 →