John 5:10

Therefore the Jews said to the man who was healed, “It is the Sabbath; it is not lawful for you to carry your bed.”

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath day: it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed.

In Context

9And immediately the man became well, and took up his bed, and began to walk. And that day was the Sabbath.

11He answered them, “He that made me whole, He said to me, ‘Take up your bed and walk.’ ”

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Cross References

Mark 2:24And the Pharisees said to Him, “Look, why do they do what is not lawful on the Sabbath?”

Luke 6:2But some of the Pharisees said to them, “Why do you do what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath?”

Luke 23:56Then they returned and prepared spices and perfumes. And they rested on the Sabbath, 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 →

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