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John Darby

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - John 5:29

5:29 practised (c-8) done (c-18) Poieo , and Prasso ; see Romans 1:32 . read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - John 5:1-47

Bethesda. Christ and the Sabbath1-47. A miracle at the Pool of Bethesda on the Sabbath Day, and a controversy arising therefrom. This miracle may be regarded as a parable illustrating the deadly effects of sin, and the power of the Saviour to deal with the most hopeless cases. This poor man in his youth had shattered his nervous system by a life of sensual indulgence (John 5:14), and had lain for thirty-eight years a hopeless paralytic (John 5:5). This being an extreme case, the usual order of... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - John 5:29

(29) Damnation.—Better, judgment. See Note on John 3:20. On “done good” and “done (practised) evil,” see Notes on John 3:20-21. It is remarkable that these are the only instances where the words here and there used for “practice” and for “evil” occur in St. John. This double opposition, and the use of words which He does not use again, support the distinction in the earlier Note. The passages are comments on each other. The law of the spiritual resurrection now is the law of that which shall be... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - John 5:1-47

Bethesda , the House of Mercy John 5:2-3 I. I ask you to look, first, at that sad, sick crowd. There was gathered a 'great multitude of impotent folk, blind, halt, withered'. That is a parable of humanity, looked at from the highest point of view, and considered in the deepest reality of their condition. The world is a sad world; but that is not the deepest thought about it. (1) Men are sinners, and therefore they are sorrowful. (2) The disease is universal. (3) This disease is unconscious.... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - John 5:15-47

Chapter 13JESUS LIFE-GIVER AND JUDGE.“The man went away, and told the Jews that it was Jesus which had made him whole. And for this cause did the Jews persecute Jesus, because He did these things on the sabbath. But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh even until now, and I work. For this cause therefore the Jews sought the more to kill Him, because He not only brake the sabbath, but also called God His own Father, making Himself equal with God. Jesus therefore answered and said unto them,... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - John 5:1-47

CHAPTER 5 1. The Healing of the Impotent Man. (John 5:1-9 .) 2. The Opposition of the Jews. (John 5:10-18 .) 3. His Unity with the Father. (John 5:19-23 .) 4. The Present Hour. Believers Delivered from Death and Judgment. (John 5:24-25 .) 5. The Future Hour. His Power to Raise the Dead. (John 5:26-29 .) 6. Witness Concerning Himself. (John 5:30-32 .) 7. The Witness of John. (John 5:33-35 .) 8. The Witness of His Works. (John 5:36 .) 9. The Witness of the Father. (John 5:37-38 .) 10.... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - John 5:29

5:29 {8} And shall come {l} forth; they that have done good, unto the {m} resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.(8) Faith and infidelity will be judged by their fruits.(l) From their graves.(m) To that resurrection which has everlasting life following it: against which is set the resurrection of condemnation, that is, which is followed by condemnation. read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - John 5:1-47

AGAIN IN JERUSALEM: THE POOL OF BETHESDA (vs.1-15) Once more we find the Lord Jesus visiting Jerusalem, and as in Chapter 2:13 the feast is called "the Jews' Passover" rather than the Passover of Jehovah, so here "a feast of the Jews" is the occasion of His visit. The feasts (or "set times") instituted inLeviticus 23:1-44; Leviticus 23:1-44 were really for Jehovah's pleasure in His people; but these had degenerated into merely occasions for the Jews' pleasure. The pool of Bethesda (meaning... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - John 5:1-47

THIRD VISIT TO JUDEA This visit like the second was occasioned by the Passover, and a year later (John 5:6 ). What miracle was wrought on this occasion (5:2-9)? With what effect on the unbelieving Jews (John 5:10-16 )? How does Jesus justify such labor on the Sabbath day (John 5:17 )? On what two-fold ground did His enemies seek to kill Him (John 5:18 )? The latter of these grounds, because he said “God was His Father,” is deeply important. The Revised Version translates it because “He also... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - John 5:1-47

Bethesda Joh 5:2-8 "Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches. In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water" ( Joh 5:2-3 ). The porches spoken of in the text were once places of luxurious indulgence; rich, self-indulgent people were in the habit of using them for purposes of self-enjoyment. They lingered there, luxuriating in ease and quiet and... read more

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