John 5:8-32 NIV

The Pulpit Commentary - John 5:8

Jesus smith to him, Rise, take up thy bed ( κράββατόν σου )—thy mattress or pallet; the word is said to be of Macedonian origin, it is Latinized in the vulgate into grabbatus, and is not unfrequently found in the New Testament; the ordinary Greek word σκίμπους σκιμπόδον — and walk. These are in part the identical words which Jesus addressed to the paralytic ( Mark 2:9 ). He did not touch him or use any other means than his own life-giving word to confer the cure. He put forth,... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - John 5:9

And immediately £ the man became whole (well, sound in health), and took up his bed, and walked. This act of obedience was an act of faith, as in every other miracle upon paralyzed nerves and frames. The imagery of the sign explains the rationale of faith. The impotent man, the paralytic, and the man with withered hand, were severally called by Christ to do that which without Divine aid seemed and was impossible. The spiritual quickening of the mind was communicated to the ordinary... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - John 5:9

Now it was the sabbath on that day . The form of the expression implies that it was one of the festival sabbaths rather than the weekly sabbath. These days, however, received the same reverence, and were observed with nearly the same rites and restrictions, as the ordinary sabbaths. This statement is the keynote of the great discourse which fellows, and it is made to prepare the way for the subsequent incidents. The Jews ; i.e. the authorities, either the rabbis or Sanhedrists who were... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - John 5:9-16

(2) The outbreak of hostility due to the breach of the sabbatic law. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - John 5:10-16

Outbreak of Jewish hostility. It is not against the miracle, but against an imagined infringement of Mosaic law. I. THE CHARGE AGAINST THE IMPOTENT MAN . "It is the sabbath day: it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed." 1 . It seemed justified in the letter by the Divine commandment. "Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the sabbath day" ( Jeremiah 17:21 ). 2 . But the command related to matters of trade, not of mercy or comfort. ( Nehemiah 13:15... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - John 5:11

And he answered them, He £ that made me whole, that very same man ( ἐκεῖνος ,, "even he;" cf. for this use of the pronoun, John 1:18 , John 1:33 ; John 14:21 , John 14:26 , etc.) said unto me, Take up thy bed, and walk. This was justification for him. The Prophet-like Healer must know what was right, and upon his shoulders the responsibility must rest. There was a rabbinic saying, which the cured man may or may not have heard, that conferred a dispensing power upon a... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - John 5:11

Christ who saves is Christ who rules. This poor sufferer excited the Saviour's sympathy and pity, and Christ healed him without delay. And it is noticeable that the word of healing was also a word of command: "Take up thy bed, and walk." The authority of the Divine Physician was acknowledged by the patient who had received the benefit. That authority was felt to be capable of overriding the letter of the ceremonial law. And the man who had been made whole, when censured by the formalists... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - John 5:12

[ Then ] £ they asked him, Who is the man (contemptuous use of ἄνθρωπος , as distinct from God's great messengers, or the legislators and prophets of the olden time, who have laid down the eternal Law of God) that said unto thee, Take up [ thy bed ], £ and walk? "The Jews" here ignore the work of healing and mercy, and seek to fasten a charge of overt criminality against some person unknown. A technical offence has been clone against the honour of their sacred place. The... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - John 5:13

Now he that was healed —in this place ὁ ἰαθεὶς takes the place of τεθεραπευμένος of John 5:10 . £ The fundamental idea in the verb θεραπεύω to render kindly and useful, even noble, service to another—to do the work and act the part of a θεράπων . The ministry rendered may be that of a δοῦλος or ὑπηρέτης , a θάλπων or ἰατρὸς . The "service" successfully rendered by a physician is more often expressed by ἰάομαι , which has no other meaning than... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - John 5:14

After these things (see John 5:1 ). Westcott thinks that a looser connection between the foregoing and subsequent events is denoted by μετὰ ταῦτα than by the expression μετὰ τοῦτο .. Consequently, the persecution referred to in the remainder of the chapter may have occurred several days after the foregoing conversation. Jesus found him £ in the temple. Some have inferred from this, the recognition by the healed man of the hand of God in his cure, and his desire to express... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - John 5:8

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The Pulpit Commentary - John 5:9

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The Pulpit Commentary - John 5:10-16

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The Pulpit Commentary - John 5:11

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The Pulpit Commentary - John 5:13

The Pulpit Commentary - John 5:14

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