John 5:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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? ”

• John 5:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  John 5:1-9 a . The Pool of Bethzatha. If in John 5:1 we read the feast, Tabernacles is probably meant ( cf. John 7:2 ). The true text, however, seems to have a feast. Pentecost, Purim (in Ma...

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• John 5:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  saw . seeing. App-133. The Lord, in this and the sixth sign, takes the initiative ( John 9:1 ). knew . knowing. App-132. See note on John 1:10 . Not the same word as in John 5:32 . a long time....

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• John 5:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  6. Wilt thou be made whole? He does not inquire about it, as if it were a doubtful matter, but partly in order to kindle in the man a desire of the favor which was offered to him, and partly...

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• John 5:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  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? Wilt thou be made whole? - Christ, by asking this question, designed to e...

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• John 5:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Wilt thou be made whole?— Our Lord proposed this question, that the man might have an opportunity of declaring his case in the hearing of the multitude; (see John 5:13 .) because such a declaratio...

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• John 5:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  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? When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long time i...

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• John 5:6 - 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 5:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  And now Jesus sees him lying there among the throng of sufferers, and every ache of every limb, and. every sorrow of every heart told of the perfection of life marred by the curse of sin; but this ma...

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• John 5:6 - 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 5:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Weakness Made Strength John 5:1-9 An interval of some months lies between the previous chapter and this, in which many of the incidents of our Lord's Galilean life took place. John does not tou...

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• John 5:6 - 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 5:6 - 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 5:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  When Jesus saw him lie ,.... In such a helpless condition: and knew that he had been now a long time, [in that case] , or "in his disease", as the Ethiopic version supplies; even seven years befor...

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• John 5:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  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? Ver. 6. And knew that he had been, &c. ] Christ's eye affected hi...

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• John 5:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  A certain man was there Among the crowds which now lay in the porticoes of Bethesda, was one who had an infirmity A weakness, as the word ασθενεια means; thirty and eight years He had probably...

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• John 5:6 - 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 5:6 - 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 5:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Christ, as God, knew the particular time when this infirmity seized him, which was eight years or upward before our Saviour's birth, and about the time when the temple was re-edified, or rather enlar...

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• John 5:6 - 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 5:6 - 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 5:6 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  John 5:6-7 Consider whether, over and above the general typical features which we may detect in this miracle, there be not significative circumstances in the history from which, as Christians, we...

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• John 5:6 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  John 5:1-9 . After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having fi...

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• John 5:6 - 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 5:6 - 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 5:6 - 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 5:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The healing:

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• John 5:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Hebrews 4:13 ; Hebrews 4:15 ; Isaiah 65:1 ; Jeremiah 13:27 ; John 21:17 ; Luke 18:41 ; Psalms 142:3

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• John 5:6 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

  The Man Made Whole John 5:1-10 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Every footstep of the Lord Jesus Christ was one of mercy and of grace. The beautiful thing about Christ's healing and helping hand is, that He...

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