“ Jesus saith unto him,Rise, take up thy bed, and walk. ”
Rise, take up ... - Jesus not only restored him to health, but he gave evidence to those around him that this was a real miracle. and that he was really healed. For almost 40 years he had been af...
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...
Rise . App-178. The third sign . See App-176. bed . A rough cotton wool quilt called to-day khaf, the poor man's bed. The Greek krabbaton is. Latin word meaning. "pallet".
Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk. Rise, take up thy bed, and walk - Jesus speaks here as God. He speaks in no name but his own, and with an authority which belongs to God alone....
Rise, take up thy bed, and walk, &c.— Though it was the sabbath-day, and the doctors affirmed that the bearing of any burden was a profanation of the holy rest, Jesus ordered the man to carry h...
Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk. Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk.
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...
Jesus saith unto him. — There is no formal demand, or formal statement of faith as preceding the healing. (Comp., e.g., Notes on Matthew 13:58 ; Mark 9:24 .) Men have often wondered at this. If...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Jesus saith to him, rise ,.... From thy bed, or couch, on which he lay in one of the porches: and take up thy bed and walk ; these words were spoken by the same power, as those to Lazarus, which c...
Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk. Ver. 8. Rise, take up thy bed, &c. ] A servile work upon the sabbath day. This our Saviour here commends not as a servile work, but for...
Jesus saith, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk A strange command to be given to an impotent man, that had been long disabled; but this divine word was to be the vehicle of a divine power; it was a co...
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...
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...
Our Lord will let this poor man know, that the waters and the angel derived their power from him; and that he with a word could do as much for him, as the waters troubled by the angel could effect: h...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The healing:
Acts 9:34 ; Luke 5:24 ; Mark 2:11 ; Matthew 9:6
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...