John 5:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me. ”

• John 5:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Sir, I have no man ... - The answer of the man implied that he did wish it, but, in addition to all his other trials, he had no “friend” to aid him. This is an additional circumstance that height...

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• John 5:7 - 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 5:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  Sir . Greek. kurios . App-98. B. b. Supply the Ellipsis thus: "Sir [I am indeed willing, but]. have, "&c. no. Greek. ou. App-105. to . in order that (Greek. hina) he may. time . wh...

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• John 5:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  7. I have no man. This diseased man does what almost all of us are wont to do; for he limits the assistance of God according to his own thought, and does not venture to promise to himself an...

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• John 5:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me. Sir, I have no man - Ναι, Κυριε - "Yes,...

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• John 5:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Sir, I have no man, &c.— He complains for want of friends to help him in: "I have no man, no friend to do me that kindness." One would think some of those who had been themselves healed; would...

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• John 5:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me. The impotent man answered him,...

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• John 5:7 - 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 5:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  What does the question mean? Will this Stranger, whom he has never seen before, do for him what none of those who often saw him had ever done? Will he watch for the bubbling water, and place him firs...

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• John 5:7 - 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 5:7 - 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 5:7 - 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 5:7 - 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 5:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  The impotent man answered him, Sir ,.... Which was a common and courteous way of speaking, much in use with the Jews, especially to strangers. The Syriac, Arabic, and Persic versions read, "yea Lord...

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• John 5:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me. Ver. 7. I have no man, &c. ] He...

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• John 5:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  The impotent man answered, I have no man I am poor as well as lame, and unable to hire any one to put me into the pool when the water is troubled , and I have neither friend nor relation to do thi...

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• John 5:7 - 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 5:7 - 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 5:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  What his particular impotency was the Scripture doth not tell us. Some have (not improbably) judged it the palsy, which deprives the person of motion, by the stoppage of the animal spirits, so that w...

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• John 5:7 - 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 5:7 - 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 5:7 - 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 5:7 - 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 5:7 - 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 5:7 - 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 5:7 - 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 5:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The healing:

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• John 5:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Corinthians 9:24 ; 2 Corinthians 1:8-10 ; Deuteronomy 32:36 ; John 5:4 ; Psalms 142:4 ; Psalms 72:12 ; Romans 5:6

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• John 5:7 - 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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• John 5:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  The sick man answered — Giving the reason why he was not made whole, notwithstanding his desire.

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