John 5:10
so the Jews said to the man who had been healed, “This is the Sabbath! It is unlawful for you to carry your mat.”
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
11But he answered, “The man who made me well told me, ‘Pick up your mat and walk.’”
Cross References
Exodus 31:12And the LORD said to Moses,
Isaiah 58:13If you turn your foot from breaking the Sabbath, from doing as you please on My holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight, and the LORD’s holy day honorable, if you honor it by not going your own way or seeking your own pleasure or speaking idle words,
Jeremiah 17:27But if you do not listen to Me to keep the Sabbath day holy by not carrying a load while entering the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then I will kindle an unquenchable fire in its gates to consume the citadels of Jerusalem.’”
Mark 2:24So the Pharisees said to Him, “Look, why are they doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?”
Luke 6:2But some of the Pharisees asked, “Why are you doing what is unlawful to do on the Sabbath?”
Luke 23:56Then they returned to prepare 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 →