John 5:6

English Standard Version

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?"

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
When Jesus saw him lying there and realized he had already been there a long time, he said to him, “Do you want to get well?”

King James Version (1611)
When Iesus saw him lie, & knew that hee had beene now a long time in that case, he sayth vnto him, Wilt thou be made whole?

King James Version
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?

New American Standard Bible
Jesus, upon seeing this man lying there and knowing that he had already been in that condition for a long time, said to him, "Do you want to get well?"

New Century Version
When Jesus saw the man and knew that he had been sick for such a long time, Jesus asked him, "Do you want to be well?"

Amplified Bible
When Jesus noticed him lying there [helpless], knowing that he had been in that condition a long time, He said to him, "Do you want to get well?"

New American Standard Bible (1995)
When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he had already been a long time in that condition, He said to him, "Do you wish to get well?"

Legacy Standard Bible
When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had already been sick a long time, He *said to him, "Do you wish to get well?"

Berean Standard Bible
When Jesus saw him lying there and realized that he had spent a long time in this condition, He asked him, "Do you want to get well?"

Contemporary English Version
When Jesus saw the man and realized that he had been crippled for a long time, he asked him, "Do you want to be healed?"

Complete Jewish Bible
Yeshua, seeing this man and knowing that he had been there a long time, said to him, "Do you want to be healed?"

Darby Translation
Jesus seeing this [man] lying [there], and knowing that he was [in that state] now a great length of time, says to him, Wouldest thou become well?

Easy-to-Read Version
Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had been sick for a very long time. So he asked him, "Do you want to be well?"

Geneva Bible (1587)
When Iesus sawe him lie, and knew that he nowe long time had bene diseased, he saide vnto him, Wilt thou be made whole?

George Lamsa Translation
Jesus saw this man lying down, and he knew that he had been waiting for a long time; so he said to him, Do you wish to be healed?

Good News Translation
Jesus saw him lying there, and he knew that the man had been sick for such a long time; so he asked him, "Do you want to get well?"

Lexham English Bible
Jesus, when he saw this one lying there and knew that he had been sick a long time already, said to him, "Do you want to become well?"

Literal Translation
Seeing him lying, and knowing that he had already spent much time, Jesus said to him, Do you desire to become well?

American Standard Version
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?

Bible in Basic English
When Jesus saw him there on the floor it was clear to him that he had been now a long time in that condition, and so he said to the man, Is it your desire to get well?

Hebrew Names Version
When Yeshua saw him lying there, and knew that he had been sick for a long time, he asked him, "Do you want to be made well?"

International Standard Version
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 get well?"

Etheridge Translation
Jeshu saw this (man) as he lay, and knew that for a long time he had (been thus), and said to him, Art thou willing to be healed ?

Murdock Translation
Jesus saw him lying, and knew that [fn] had been a long time upon him, and said to him: Desirest thou to be healed?

Bishop's Bible (1568)
When Iesus sawe hym lye, & knewe that he nowe long tyme had ben diseased, he sayth vnto hym: Wylt thou be made whole?

English Revised Version
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?

World English Bible
When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he had been sick for a long time, he asked him, "Do you want to be made well?"

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Jesus seeing him lie, and knowing that he had now been diseased a long time, saith to him, Desirest thou to be made whole?

Weymouth's New Testament
Jesus saw him lying there, and knowing that he had been a long time in that condition, He asked him, "Do you wish to have health and strength?"

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And whanne Jhesus hadde seyn hym liggynge, and hadde knowun, that he hadde myche tyme, he seith to hym, Wolt thou be maad hool?

Update Bible Version
When Jesus saw him lying, and knew that he had been [sick] now a long time, he says to him, Do you want to be made whole?

Webster's Bible Translation
When Jesus saw him lying, and knew that he had been now a long time [in that case], he saith to him, Wilt thou be healed?

New English Translation
When Jesus saw him lying there and when he realized that the man had been disabled a long time already, he said to him, "Do you want to become well?"

New King James Version
When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he already had been in that condition a long time, He said to him, "Do you want to be made well?"

New Living Translation
When Jesus saw him and knew he had been ill for a long time, he asked him, "Would you like to get well?"

New Life Bible
Jesus saw him lying there and knew the man had been sick a long time. Jesus said to him, "Would you like to be healed?"

New Revised Standard
When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had been there a long time, he said to him, "Do you want to be made well?"

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Jesus, seeing, this one, lying, and taking note that now, a long time, had he continued, saith unto him - Desirest thou to be made, well?

Douay-Rheims Bible
Him when Jesus had seen lying, and knew that he had been now a long time, he saith to him: Wilt thou be made whole?

Revised Standard Version
When Jesus saw him and knew that he had been lying there a long time, he said to him, "Do you want to be healed?"

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
When Iesus sawe him lye and knewe that he now longe tyme had bene diseased he sayde vnto him. Wilt thou be made whoale?

Young's Literal Translation
him Jesus having seen lying, and having known that he is already a long time, he saith to him, `Dost thou wish to become whole?'

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Whan Iesus sawe him lye, & knewe that he had lyen so longe, he saide vnto him: Wilt thou be made whole?

Mace New Testament (1729)
Jesus seeing him lie there, and knowing that he had been sick a long time, said to him, will you be cured?

Simplified Cowboy Version
Someone told Jesus about the man. Jesus went over to him and asked the man, "How would you like to be made well?"

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
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

and knew: John 21:17, Psalms 142:3, Hebrews 4:13, Hebrews 4:15

Wilt: Isaiah 65:1, Jeremiah 13:27, Luke 18:41

Reciprocal: Mark 5:25 - twelve Mark 9:21 - How Luke 5:18 - General Luke 8:43 - twelve Luke 13:11 - eighteen Acts 3:4 - Look

Cross-References

Genesis 4:26
To Seth also a son was born, and he called his name Enosh. At that time people began to call upon the name of the Lord .

Gill's Notes on the 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 before Christ was born; which is a proof of his omniscience: the words may be literally rendered, as they are in the Vulgate Latin and Syriac versions, "that he had had much time"; or as the Arabic version, "that he had had many years"; that is had lived many years, and was now an old man; he had his disorder eight and thirty years, and which seems from John 5:14 to have arisen from some sin of his, from a vicious course of living, perhaps intemperance; so that he might be a middle aged man, when this distemper first seized him, and therefore must be now stricken in years:

he saith unto him, wilt thou be made whole? which question is put, not as if it was a doubt, whether he was desirous of it, or not; for to what purpose did he lie and wait there else? but partly to raise in the man an expectation of a cure, and attention in the people to it: and it may be his sense and meaning is, wilt thou be made whole on this day, which was the sabbath; or hast thou faith that thou shall be made whole in this way, or by me?

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse John 5:6. Wilt thou be made whole? — Christ, by asking this question, designed to excite in this person faith, hope, and a greater desire of being healed. He wished him to reflect on his miserable state, that he might be the better prepared to receive a cure, and to value it when it came. Addresses of this kind are always proper from the preachers of the Gospel, that the hearts, as well of hardened as of desponding sinners, may be stirred up to desire and expect salvation. Do you wish to be healed? Do you know that you are under the power of a most inveterate and dangerous disease? If so, there is a remedy - have immediate recourse to the physician. Questions of this kind are frequently asked in the secret of our souls, by the inspirations of God's Spirit. Happy those who pay attention to them, and give right answers.