John 5:9
Immediately, the man was made well, and took up his mat and walked.Now it was the Sabbath on that day.
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
8Jesus said to him, "Arise, take up your mat, and walk."
Cross References
Matthew 12:10And behold there was a man with a withered hand. They asked him, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath day?" that they might accuse him.
Mark 1:42Immediately the leprosy departed from him, and he was made clean.
Mark 5:29And immediately the flow of her blood was dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of her affliction.
Mark 10:52Jesus said to him, "Go your way. Your faith has made you well." And immediately he received his sight, and followed himon the road.
John 5:10So the Jewish leaders said to him who was cured, "It is the Sabbath. It is not lawful for you to carry the mat."
John 7:23If a boy receives circumcision on the Sabbath, that the Law of Moses may not be broken, are you angry with me, because I made a man completely healthy on the Sabbath?
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 →