John 5:10

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

King James Version

In Context

9And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked: and on the same day was the sabbath.

11He answered them, He that made me whole, the same said unto me, Take up thy bed, and walk.

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Cross References

Exodus 31:12And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

Isaiah 58:13If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words:

Jeremiah 17:27But if ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the sabbath day, and not to bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched.

Mark 2:24And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful?

Luke 6:2And certain of the Pharisees said unto them, Why do ye that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath days?

Luke 23:56And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day 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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