John 5:12

They questioned him—Who is the man that said unto thee, Take up [thy couch], and be walking?

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Then asked they him, What man is that which said unto thee, Take up thy bed, and walk?

In Context

11who, however, answered them—He that made me well, he, unto me, said—Take up thy couch, and be walking.

13But, the healed one, knew not, who, it was; for, Jesus, had turned aside, a multitude, being in the place.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 14:38Then said Saul, Come near hither, all ye chiefs of the people,—and get to know and see, wherein, hath been this sin, to-day.

Romans 10:2For I bear them witness that they have, a zeal for God,—but not according to correct knowledge;

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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