John 5:10

English Standard Version

So the Jews said to the man who had been healed, "It is the Sabbath, and it is not lawful for you to take up your bed."

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
and so the Jews said to the man who had been healed, “This is the Sabbath. The law prohibits you from picking up your mat.”

King James Version (1611)
The Iewes therefore said vnto him that was cured, It is the Sabbath day, it is not lawfull for thee to cary thy bed.

King James Version
The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath day: it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed.

New American Standard Bible
So the Jews were saying to the man who was cured, "It is a Sabbath, and it is not permissible for you to carry your pallet."

New Century Version
So the Jews said to the man who had been healed, "Today is the Sabbath. It is against our law for you to carry your mat on the Sabbath day."

Amplified Bible
So the Jews kept saying to the man who had been healed, "It is the Sabbath, and you are not permitted to pick up your pallet [because it is unlawful]."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
So the Jews were saying to the man who was cured, "It is the Sabbath, and it is not permissible for you to carry your pallet."

Legacy Standard Bible
So the Jews were saying to the man who had been healed, "It is the Sabbath, and it is not lawful for you to carry your mat."

Berean Standard Bible
so the Jews said to the man who had been healed, "This is the Sabbath! It is unlawful for you to carry your mat."

Contemporary English Version
When the Jewish leaders saw the man carrying his mat, they said to him, "This is the Sabbath! No one is allowed to carry a mat on the Sabbath."

Complete Jewish Bible
so the Judeans said to the man who had been healed, "It's Shabbat! It's against Torah for you to carry your mat!"

Darby Translation
The Jews therefore said to the healed [man], It is sabbath, it is not permitted thee to take up thy couch.

Easy-to-Read Version
So some Jews said to the man who had been healed, "Today is the Sabbath. It is against our law for you to carry your mat on the Sabbath day."

Geneva Bible (1587)
The Iewes therefore said to him that was made whole, It is the Sabbath day: it is not lawfull for thee to cary thy bed.

George Lamsa Translation
So the Jews said to him who was healed, It is the sabbath; it is not lawful for you to carry your quilt-bed.

Good News Translation
so the Jewish authorities told the man who had been healed, "This is a Sabbath, and it is against our Law for you to carry your mat."

Lexham English Bible
So the Jews were saying to the one who had been healed, "It is the Sabbath, and it is not permitted for you to pick up the mat!"

Literal Translation
Then the Jews said to the one having been healed, It is a sabbath. It is not lawful for you to lift up the cot.

American Standard Version
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 in Basic English
So the Jews said to the man who had been made well, It is the Sabbath; and it is against the law for you to take up your bed.

Hebrew Names Version
So the Yehudim said to him who was cured, "It is the Shabbat. It is not lawful for you to carry the mat."

International Standard Version
So the Jews said to the man who had been healed, "It is the Sabbath, and it is not lawful for you to carry your mat."Exodus 20:10; Nehemiah 13:19; Jeremiah 17:21; Matthew 12:2; Mark 2:24; 3:4; Luke 6:2; 13:14;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
And the Jihudoyee said to him who had been healed, This is the shabath: it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed.

Murdock Translation
And the Jews said to him that was healed: It is the sabbath; it is not lawful for thee to bear thy bed.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
The Iewes therfore sayde vnto hym that was made whole: It is the Sabboth day, it is not lawfull for thee to carie thy bedde.

English Revised Version
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.

World English Bible
So the Jews said to him who was cured, "It is the Sabbath. It is not lawful for you to carry the mat."

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Then said the Jews to him that was healed, It is the sabbath; it is not lawful for thee to take up the bed.

Weymouth's New Testament
That day was a Sabbath. So the Jews said to the man who had been cured, "It is the Sabbath: you must not carry your mat."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor the Jewis seiden to him that was maad hool, It is sabat, it is not leueful to thee, to take awei thi bed.

Update Bible Version
So the Jews said to him that was cured, It is the Sabbath, and it is not lawful for you to take up your bed.

Webster's Bible Translation
The Jews therefore said to him that was cured, it is the sabbath; it is not lawful for thee to carry [thy] bed.

New English Translation
So the Jewish leaders said to the man who had been healed, "It is the Sabbath, and you are not permitted to carry your mat."

New King James Version
The Jews therefore said to him who was cured, "It is the Sabbath; it is not lawful for you to carry your bed."

New Living Translation
so the Jewish leaders objected. They said to the man who was cured, "You can't work on the Sabbath! The law doesn't allow you to carry that sleeping mat!"

New Life Bible
The Jews said to the man who had been healed, "This is the Day of Rest. It is against the Law for you to carry your bed."

New Revised Standard
So the Jews said to the man who had been cured, "It is the sabbath; it is not lawful for you to carry your mat."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The Jews, therefore, were saying, unto him who had been cured - It is, Sabbath; and it is not allowable for thee to take up thy couch: -

Douay-Rheims Bible
The Jews therefore said to him that was healed: It is the sabbath. It is not lawful for thee to take up thy bed.

Revised Standard Version
So the Jews said to the man who was cured, "It is the sabbath, it is not lawful for you to carry your pallet."

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
The Iewes therfore sayde vnto him that was made whole. It is ye Saboth daye it is not laufull for the to cary thy beed

Young's Literal Translation
the Jews then said to him that hath been healed, `It is a sabbath; it is not lawful to thee to take up the couch.'

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then sayde the Iewes vnto him that was made whole: To daye is ye Sabbath, it is not laufull for the to cary the bed.

Mace New Testament (1729)
the Jews said to him that was cured, it is the sabbath-day; it is not lawful for you to carry your bed.

THE MESSAGE
Even on the Sabbath Soon another Feast came around and Jesus was back in Jerusalem. Near the Sheep Gate in Jerusalem there was a pool, in Hebrew called Bethesda, with five alcoves. Hundreds of sick people—blind, crippled, paralyzed—were in these alcoves. One man had been an invalid there for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him stretched out by the pool and knew how long he had been there, he said, "Do you want to get well?" The sick man said, "Sir, when the water is stirred, I don't have anybody to put me in the pool. By the time I get there, somebody else is already in." Jesus said, "Get up, take your bedroll, start walking." The man was healed on the spot. He picked up his bedroll and walked off. That day happened to be the Sabbath. The Jews stopped the healed man and said, "It's the Sabbath. You can't carry your bedroll around. It's against the rules."

Simplified Cowboy Version
so the Jewish leaders weren't too happy about it. They approached the man and said, "You can't be carrying your bedroll around on the day of rest. That is against our laws."

Contextual Overview

¹ After this 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, in Aramaic called Bethesda, which has five roofed colonnades. ³ In these lay a multitude of invalids—blind, lame, and paralyzed. One man was there who had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had already been there a long time, he said to him, "Do you want to be healed?" The sick man answered him, "Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, and while I am going another steps down before me." Jesus said to him, "Get up, take up your bed, and walk." And at once the man was healed, and he took up his bed and walked. Now that day was the Sabbath. So the Jews said to the man who had been healed, "It is the Sabbath, and it is not lawful for you to take up your bed." But he answered them, "The man who healed me, that man said to me, ‘Take up your bed, and walk.' " They asked him, "Who is the man who said to you, ‘Take up your bed and walk'?" Now the man who had been healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn, as there was a crowd in the place. Afterward Jesus found him in the temple and said to him, "See, you are well! Sin no more, that nothing worse may happen to you." The man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had healed him. And this was why the Jews were persecuting Jesus, because he was doing these things on the Sabbath. But Jesus answered them, "My Father is working until now, and I am working." This was why the Jews were seeking all the more to kill him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God. So Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, that the Son does likewise. For the Father loves the Son and shows him all that he himself is doing. And greater works than these will he show him, so that you may marvel. For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom he will. For the Father judges no one, but has given all judgment to the Son, that all may honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him. Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life. "Truly, truly, I say to you, an hour is coming, and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live. For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself. And he has given him authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of Man. Do not marvel at this, for an hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice and come out, those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment. "I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I seek not my own will but the will of him who sent me. If I alone bear witness about myself, my testimony is not true. There is another who bears witness about me, and I know that the testimony that he bears about me is true. You sent to John, and he has borne witness to the truth. Not that the testimony that I receive is from man, but I say these things so that you may be saved. He was a burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light. But the testimony that I have is greater than that of John. For the works that the Father has given me to accomplish, the very works that I am doing, bear witness about me that the Father has sent me. And the Father who sent me has himself borne witness about me. His voice you have never heard, his form you have never seen, and you do not have his word abiding in you, for you do not believe the one whom he has sent. You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me, ⁴ yet you refuse to come to me that you may have life. I do not receive glory from people. But I know that you do not have the love of God within you. I have come in my Father's name, and you do not receive me. If another comes in his own name, you will receive him. How can you believe, when you receive glory from one another and do not seek the glory that comes from the only God? Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father. There is one who accuses you: Moses, on whom you have set your hope. For if you believed Moses, you would believe me; for he wrote of me. But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe my words?" ⁵ One man was there who had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. ⁶ When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had already been there a long time, he said to him, "Do you want to be healed?" ⁷ The sick man answered him, "Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, and while I am going another steps down before me." ⁸ Jesus said to him, "Get up, take up your bed, and walk." ⁹ And at once the man was healed, and he took up his bed and walked. Now that day was the Sabbath. ¹⁰ So the Jews said to the man who had been healed, "It is the Sabbath, and it is not lawful for you to take up your bed."

Bible Verse Review
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it is not: Exodus 20:8-11, Exodus 31:12-17, Nehemiah 13:15-21, Isaiah 58:13, Jeremiah 17:21, Jeremiah 17:27, Matthew 12:2-8, Mark 2:24, Mark 3:4, Luke 6:2, Luke 13:14, Luke 23:56

Reciprocal: Matthew 12:10 - Is it Luke 6:7 - watched John 5:9 - and on

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured,.... When they saw him, either at the place, or as he walked through the streets, with his bed on his back:

it is the sabbath day: do not you know it? surely you forget yourself, or you would never be guilty of such an action as this;

it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed. It was forbid by the law, to carry any burden on the sabbath day; see Nehemiah 13:15; for

"carrying out and bringing in anything, from one place to another, is said x to be work, and one of the principal works;''

and therefore forbid by the law, which says, "thou shall not do any work"; and one of the traditions of the elders is this y,

"whoever carries anything out (i.e. on the sabbath day), whether in his right hand, or in his left, in his bosom, or על כתיפו, "on his shoulder", is guilty; for so carried the Kohathites.''

And particularly it is said z, that

"he that rolls up a bed of the brasiers or tinkers (i.e. on the sabbath day) is bound to a sin offering.''

Which was a fold up bed, such as tinkers, and those that went from city to city to work, had; and who carried their beds with them, as the gloss observes; and were so far from being lawful to be carried by them, on the sabbath, that they might not fold them up.

x Maimon. Hilchot Sabbat, c. 12. sect. 6. y Misn. Sabbat, c. 10. sect. 3. z T. Bab. Sabbat, fol. 47. 1. & 138. 1.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Not lawful - It was forbidden, they supposed, in the Old Testament. The Jews were very strenuous in the observation of the external duties of religion.