John 5:6

And when Jesus had seen him lying (there), and had known, that he had much time (there), he saith to him, Wilt thou be made whole?

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he saith unto him, Wilt thou be made whole?

In Context

5And a man was there, having eight and thirty years in his sickness.

7The sick man answered to him, Lord, I have no man, (so) that when the water is moved [or (it) is troubled], to put me into the cistern (or into the pool); for while I come, another goeth down before me.

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Cross References

Psalms 142:3While my spirit faileth of me; and thou hast known my paths. In this way in which I went; proud men hid a snare to me. (Yea, when my spirit failed within me; thou knewest which path I should take. For on the way in which I went; proud people hid a snare for me.)

Jeremiah 13:27thine adulteries, and thine neighing, and the felony of thy fornication on (the) little hills in the field; (yea), I saw thine abominations. Jerusalem, woe to thee, thou shalt not be cleansed after me till yet, (or Jerusalem, woe to thee, if thou shalt not be cleansed by now, then when shall it be?).

John 21:17He saith to him the third time, Simon of John (or Simon the son of John), lovest thou me? Peter was heavy, [or sorry], (or was grieved), for he said to him the third time, Lovest thou me, and he saith to him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith to him, Feed my sheep (or Feed my female sheep).

Hebrews 4:15For we have not a bishop, that may not have compassion on our infirmities, (or For we do not have a High Priest, who cannot have compassion on our frailties or our weaknesses), but (One who) was tempted by all things by likeness, without sin.

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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