John 5:10

The Jews therefore said to him that was cured, It is the sabbath; and it is not lawful for thee to take up the bed.

Noyes Bible

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 was made well, and took up his bed, and walked. And that day was the sabbath.

11He answered them, He that made me well, the same said to me, Take up thy bed, and walk. T

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Cross References

Isaiah 58:13If thou restrain thy foot from the sabbath, From doing thy pleasure on my holy day, If thou shalt call the sabbath a delight, The holy day of Jehovah honorable, And shalt honor it by refraining from thy work, From doing thy pleasure, and speaking vain words,

Jeremiah 17:27But if ye will not hearken to me, To keep holy the sabbath-day, And to carry no burden through the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath-day, Then will I kindle in her gates an unquenchable fire, Which shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.

Mark 2:24And the Pharisees said to him, See, why are they doing on the sabbath that which is not lawful?

Luke 6:2And some of the Pharisees said, Why are ye doing that which it is not lawful to do on the sabbath?

Luke 23:56And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and on the sabbath 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 →

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