John 5:12 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

• John 5:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  What man is he ... - In this verse there is a remarkable instance of the “perverseness” of men, of their want of candor, and of the manner in which they often look at a subject. Instead of lookin...

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• John 5:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  John 5:9 b - John 5:15 . The Conflict with the Authorities. With the man himself the Jews raise the question of bearing burdens on the Sabbath ( cf. Jeremiah 17:21 ). The man's ignorance of...

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• John 5:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  asked . Greek. erotao. App-134. What man... ? . Who is the man... ?

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• John 5:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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

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• John 5:12 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  What man is that which said, &c.— The malignity of the Jews appears most flagrantly in this question. They take no notice of the miracle, which demanded their most serious examination; they do...

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• John 5:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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

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• John 5:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Bethesda. Christ and the Sabbath 1-47. 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...

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• John 5:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  What man is that which said unto thee...? — They pass over the giving of the power, and quote only the command which comes under their technical prohibition. The life and strength of once-palsied l...

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• John 5:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  Chapter 12 SABBATH CURE AT BETHESDA. “After these things there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now there is in Jerusalem by the sheep gate a pool, which is called in Hebr...

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• John 5:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Sabbath Work That Pleases the Father John 5:10-18 In the foregoing incident our Lord not only healed the sufferer after thirty-eight years of deferred hope, but did so on the Sabbath, and bade...

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• John 5:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  It was at this time that the conflict between Christ and His enemies, which culminated in His Cross began. A miracle wrought on the Sabbath gave rise to this first outbreak. Throughout this chapter w...

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• John 5:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  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, wither...

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• John 5:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Then asked they him ,.... Suspecting who had made him whole, and gave him this order: what man is that which said unto thee, take up thy bed and walk ? they take no notice of the cure, being unwil...

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• John 5:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Then asked they him, What man is that which said unto thee, Take up thy bed, and walk? Ver. 12. What man is he ] Not that made thee whole, but that bade thee take up thy bed, &c. They dissemb...

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• John 5:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Then asked they, What man is that , &c. Dropping all mention of the cure, they only fix on what seemed liable to exception. They do not ask, Who made thee well? but, Who bade thee take up this b...

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• John 5:12 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  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...

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• John 5:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  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 J...

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• John 5:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  The impotent man that was healed seemed to oppose the authority of God (by virtue of which he believed himself healed) to the authority of man, which made it unlawful for him on the sabbath day to ta...

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• John 5:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  The Healing of the Disabled Man at the Pool ( John 5:1-18 ). When John recounts an incident in the life of Jesus we must always ask what it is intended to illustrate, for he always has a purpose i...

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• John 5:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES “Up to the present time our Lord has offered Himself to typical representatives of the whole Jewish race at Jerusalem, in Judæa, in Samaria, and in Galilee, in such...

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• John 5:12 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  John 5:1 . After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. For he had respect to the Law. As long as the Law lasted, Christ observed it. Oh, that we were as careful to o...

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• John 5:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  John 5:2 . Now there is at Jerusalem a pool, called Bethesda, which signifies a house of mercy, beneficence, or alms. The pool was situate at too great a distance from the temple to be a place for...

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• John 5:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

  After this there was a feast of the Jews The Pool of Bethesda, a type of favoured localities in a religious community in which the highest miraculous aid has not yet appeared The miraculous aid...

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• John 5:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Here commences the second division of the Gospel ( John 5:1 ) II. THE CONFLICT WITH THE CHOSEN PEOPLE IN JERUSALEM , GALILEE , AND JERUSALEM , TO THE DEATH...

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• John 5:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The objections of the Jews:

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• John 5:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Samuel 14:38 ; Judges 6:29 ; Matthew 21:23 ; Romans 10:2

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