John 5:11

American Standard Version

But he answered them, He that made me whole, the same said unto me, Take up thy bed, and walk.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He replied, “The man who made me well told me, ‘Pick up your mat and walk.’

King James Version (1611)
He answered them, He that made me whole, the same said vnto me, Take vp thy bed, and walke.

King James Version
He answered them, He that made me whole, the same said unto me, Take up thy bed, and walk.

English Standard Version
But he answered them, "The man who healed me, that man said to me, ‘Take up your bed, and walk.' "

New American Standard Bible
But he answered them, "He who made me well was the one who said to me, 'Pick up your pallet and walk.'"

New Century Version
But he answered, "The man who made me well told me, ‘Pick up your mat and walk.' "

Amplified Bible
He answered them, "The Man who healed me and gave me back my strength was the One who said to me, 'Pick up your pallet and walk.'"

New American Standard Bible (1995)
But he answered them, "He who made me well was the one who said to me, 'Pick up your pallet and walk."'

Legacy Standard Bible
But he answered them, "He who made me well was the one who said to me, ‘Pick up your mat and walk.'"

Berean Standard Bible
But he answered, "The man who made me well told me, 'Pick up your mat and walk.'"

Contemporary English Version
But he replied, "The man who healed me told me to pick up my mat and walk."

Complete Jewish Bible
But he answered them, "The man who healed me — he's the one who told me, ‘Pick up your mat and walk.'"

Darby Translation
He answered them, He that made me well, *he* said to me, Take up thy couch and walk.

Easy-to-Read Version
But he answered, "The man who made me well told me, ‘Pick up your mat and walk.'"

Geneva Bible (1587)
He answered them, He yt made me whole, he said vnto me, Take vp thy bed, and walke.

George Lamsa Translation
He answered and said to them, He who had healed me, he told me, Take up your quilt-bed, and walk.

Good News Translation
He answered, "The man who made me well told me to pick up my mat and walk."

Lexham English Bible
But he answered them, "The one who made me well—that one said to me, ‘Pick up your mat and walk!'"

Literal Translation
He answered them, The One making me well, that One said to me, Lift up your cot and walk.

Bible in Basic English
He said to them, But he who made me well, said to me, Take up your bed and go.

Hebrew Names Version
He answered them, "He who made me well, the same said to me, 'Take up your mat, and walk.'"

International Standard Version
But he answered them, "The man who made me well told me, 'Pick up your mat and walk.'"

Etheridge Translation
But he answered and said to them, He who made me whole, he said to me, Take up thy bed, and walk.

Murdock Translation
But he answered, and said to them: He that made me whole, he said to me, Take up thy bed and walk.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
He aunswered them: He that made me whole, saide vnto me, take vp thy bedde and walke.

English Revised Version
But he answered them, He that made me whole, the same said unto me, Take up thy bed, and walk.

World English Bible
He answered them, "He who made me well, the same said to me, 'Take up your mat, and walk.'"

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
He answered, He that made me whole, he said to me, Take up thy bed and walk.

Weymouth's New Testament
"He who cured me," he replied, "said to me, `Take up your mat and walk.'"

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
He answeride to hem, He that made me hool, seide to me, Take thi bed, and go.

Update Bible Version
But he answered them, He that made me whole, the same said to me, Take up your bed, and walk.

Webster's Bible Translation
He answered them, He that healed me, the same said to me, Take up thy bed, and walk.

New English Translation
But he answered them, "The man who made me well said to me, ‘Pick up your mat and walk.'"

New King James Version
He answered them, "He who made me well said to me, "Take up your bed and walk."'

New Living Translation
But he replied, "The man who healed me told me, ‘Pick up your mat and walk.'"

New Life Bible
He said to them, "The Man Who healed me said to me, ‘Pick up your bed and walk.'

New Revised Standard
But he answered them, "The man who made me well said to me, ‘Take up your mat and walk.'"

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
who, however, answered them - He that made me well, he, unto me, said - Take up thy couch, and be walking.

Douay-Rheims Bible
He answered them: He that made me whole, he said to me: Take up thy bed and walk.

Revised Standard Version
But he answered them, "The man who healed me said to me, 'Take up your pallet, and walk.'"

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
He answered them: he that made me whole sayde vnto me: take vp thy beed and get the hence.

Young's Literal Translation
He answered them, `He who made me whole -- that one said to me, Take up thy couch, and be walking;'

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
He answered them: He that made me whole, sayde vnto me: Take vp thy bed, and go yi waye.

Mace New Testament (1729)
he answered them, he that cured me said to me, take up your bed and walk.

THE MESSAGE
But he told them, "The man who made me well told me to. He said, ‘Take your bedroll and start walking.'"

Simplified Cowboy Version
The man shot back, "That fellow who healed me told me to, so that's what I'm going to do."

Contextual Overview

¹ After these things there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. ² Now there is in Jerusalem by the sheep gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew Bethesda, having five porches. ³ In these lay a multitude of them that were sick, blind, halt, withered. And a certain man was there, who had been thirty and eight years in his infirmity. When Jesus saw him lying, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he saith unto him, Wouldest thou be made whole? The sick 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. Jesus saith unto him, Arise, take up thy bed, and walk. And straightway the man was made whole, and took up his bed and walked. Now it was the sabbath on that day. So the Jews said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath, and it is not lawful for thee to take up thy bed. But he answered them, He that made me whole, the same said unto me, Take up thy bed, and walk. They asked him, Who is the man that said unto thee, Take up thy bed, and walk? But he that was healed knew not who it was; for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in the place. Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing befall thee. The man went away, and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him whole. And for this cause the Jews persecuted Jesus, because he did these things on the sabbath. But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh even until now, and I work. For this cause therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only brake the sabbath, but also called God his own Father, making himself equal with God. Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father doing: for what things soever he doeth, these the Son also doeth in like manner. For the Father loveth the Son, and showeth him all things that himself doeth: and greater works than these will he show him, that ye may marvel. For as the Father raiseth the dead and giveth them life, even so the Son also giveth life to whom he will. For neither doth the Father judge any man, but he hath given all judgment unto the Son; that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He that honoreth not the Son honoreth not the Father that sent him. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth him that sent me, hath eternal life, and cometh not into judgment, but hath passed out of death into life. Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour cometh, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God; and they that hear shall live. For as the Father hath life in himself, even so gave he to the Son also to have life in himself: and he gave him authority to execute judgment, because he is a son of man. Marvel not at this: for the hour cometh, in which all that are in the tombs shall hear his voice, and shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of judgment. I can of myself do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is righteous; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of him that sent me. If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true. It is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true. Ye have sent unto John, and he hath borne witness unto the truth. But the witness which I receive is not from man: howbeit I say these things, that ye may be saved. He was the lamp that burneth and shineth; and ye were willing to rejoice for a season in his light. But the witness which I have is greater than that of John; for the works which the Father hath given me to accomplish, the very works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me. And the Father that sent me, he hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his form. And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he sent, him ye believe not. Ye search the scriptures, because ye think that in them ye have eternal life; and these are they which bear witness of me; ⁴ and ye will not come to me, that ye may have life. I receive not glory from men. But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in yourselves. I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive. How can ye believe, who receive glory one of another, and the glory that cometh from the only God ye seek not? Think not that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, on whom ye have set your hope. For if ye believed Moses, ye would believe me; for he wrote of me. But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words? ⁵ And a certain man was there, who had been thirty and eight years in his infirmity. ⁶ When Jesus saw him lying, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he saith unto him, Wouldest thou be made whole? ⁷ The sick 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. ⁸ Jesus saith unto him, Arise, take up thy bed, and walk. ⁹ And straightway the man was made whole, and took up his bed and walked. Now it was the sabbath on that day. ¹⁰ So the Jews said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath, and it is not lawful for thee to take up thy bed.

Bible Verse Review
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John 9:16, Mark 2:9-11

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Gill's Notes on the Bible

He answered them,.... That is, the impotent man, who was now made whole, replied to the Jews:

he that made me whole, the same said unto me, take up thy bed and walk; intimating, that he that had such divine power, as to make him whole, had power to dispense with the sabbath, and such an action on it; and that his word was warrant and authority sufficient, to support him in what he did; for he that had wrought this cure for him, he concluded must be from God; was at least a great prophet, and to be hearkened to and obeyed, in one thing as well as another.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He that made me whole - The man reasoned correctly. If Jesus had power to work so signal a miracle, he had a right to explain the law. If he had conferred so great a favor on him, he had a right to expect obedience; and we may learn that the mercy of God in pardoning our sins, or in bestowing any signal blessing, imposes the obligation to obey him. We should yield obedience to him according to what we Know to be his will, whatever may be the opinions of men, or whatever interpretation they may put on the law of God. our business is a simple, hearty, child-like obedience, let the men of the world say or think of us as they choose.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse John 5:11. He that made me whole, c.] The poor man reasoned conclusively:- He who could work such a miracle must be at least the best of men: now a good man will neither do evil himself, nor command others to do it: but he who cured me ordered me to carry my bed therefore, there can be no evil in it.