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Lexham English Bible
John 5:12
So they asked him, "Who is the man who said to you, ‘Pick up your mat and walk?'"
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Christian Standard Bible®
“Who is this man who told you, ‘Pick up your mat and walk’
“Who is this man who told you, ‘Pick up your mat and walk’
King James Version (1611)
Then asked they him, What man is that which said vnto thee, Take vp thy bed, and walke?
Then asked they him, What man is that which said vnto thee, Take vp thy bed, and walke?
King James Version
Then asked they him, What man is that which said unto thee, Take up thy bed, and walk?
Then asked they him, What man is that which said unto thee, Take up thy bed, and walk?
English Standard Version
They asked him, "Who is the man who said to you, ‘Take up your bed and walk'?"
They asked him, "Who is the man who said to you, ‘Take up your bed and walk'?"
New American Standard Bible
They asked him, "Who is the Man who said to you, 'Pick it up and walk'?"
They asked him, "Who is the Man who said to you, 'Pick it up and walk'?"
New Century Version
Then they asked him, "Who is the man who told you to pick up your mat and walk?"
Then they asked him, "Who is the man who told you to pick up your mat and walk?"
Amplified Bible
They asked him, "Who is the Man who told you, 'Pick up your pallet and walk'?"
They asked him, "Who is the Man who told you, 'Pick up your pallet and walk'?"
New American Standard Bible (1995)
They asked him, "Who is the man who said to you, 'Pick up your pallet and walk'?"
They asked him, "Who is the man who said to you, 'Pick up your pallet and walk'?"
Legacy Standard Bible
They asked him, "Who is the man who said to you, ‘Pick up your mat and walk'?"
They asked him, "Who is the man who said to you, ‘Pick up your mat and walk'?"
Berean Standard Bible
"Who is this man who told you to pick it up and walk?" they asked.
"Who is this man who told you to pick it up and walk?" they asked.
Contemporary English Version
They asked him, "Who is this man that told you to pick up your mat and walk?"
They asked him, "Who is this man that told you to pick up your mat and walk?"
Complete Jewish Bible
They asked him, "Who is the man who told you to pick it up and walk?"
They asked him, "Who is the man who told you to pick it up and walk?"
Darby Translation
They asked him [therefore], Who is the man who said to thee, Take up thy couch and walk?
They asked him [therefore], Who is the man who said to thee, Take up thy couch and walk?
Easy-to-Read Version
They asked him, "Who is the man who told you to pick up your mat and walk?"
They asked him, "Who is the man who told you to pick up your mat and walk?"
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then asked they him, What man is that which said vnto thee, Take vp thy bed and walke?
Then asked they him, What man is that which said vnto thee, Take vp thy bed and walke?
George Lamsa Translation
And they asked him, Who is this man who said to you, Take up your quilt-bed, and walk?
And they asked him, Who is this man who said to you, Take up your quilt-bed, and walk?
Good News Translation
They asked him, "Who is the man who told you to do this?"
They asked him, "Who is the man who told you to do this?"
Literal Translation
Then they asked him, Who is the man who told you, Lift up your cot and walk?
Then they asked him, Who is the man who told you, Lift up your cot and walk?
American Standard Version
They asked him, Who is the man that said unto thee, Take up thy bed, and walk?
They asked him, Who is the man that said unto thee, Take up thy bed, and walk?
Bible in Basic English
Then they put to him the question: Who is the man who said to you, Take it up and go?
Then they put to him the question: Who is the man who said to you, Take it up and go?
Hebrew Names Version
Then they asked him, "Who is the man who said to you, 'Take up your mat, and walk'?"
Then they asked him, "Who is the man who said to you, 'Take up your mat, and walk'?"
International Standard Version
They asked him, "Who is the man who told you, 'Pick it up and walk'?"
They asked him, "Who is the man who told you, 'Pick it up and walk'?"
Etheridge Translation
And they said to him, What man is this who told thee to take up thy bed, and walk ?
And they said to him, What man is this who told thee to take up thy bed, and walk ?
Murdock Translation
And they asked him: Who is the man that said to thee, Take up thy bed and walk?
And they asked him: Who is the man that said to thee, Take up thy bed and walk?
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then asked they hym: What man is that which sayde vnto thee, take vp thy bedde, and walke?
Then asked they hym: What man is that which sayde vnto thee, take vp thy bedde, and walke?
English Revised Version
They asked him, Who is the man that said unto thee, Take up thy bed, and walk?
They asked him, Who is the man that said unto thee, Take up thy bed, and walk?
World English Bible
Then they asked him, "Who is the man who said to you, 'Take up your mat, and walk'?"
Then they asked him, "Who is the man who said to you, 'Take up your mat, and walk'?"
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Then asked they him, Who is the man that said to thee, Take up thy bed and walk?
Then asked they him, Who is the man that said to thee, Take up thy bed and walk?
Weymouth's New Testament
"Who is it," they asked, "that said to you, `Take up your mat and walk'?"
"Who is it," they asked, "that said to you, `Take up your mat and walk'?"
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor thei axiden him, What man `is that, that seide to thee, Take vp thi bed, and go?
Therfor thei axiden him, What man `is that, that seide to thee, Take vp thi bed, and go?
Update Bible Version
They asked him, Who is the man that said to you, Take up [your bed], and walk?
They asked him, Who is the man that said to you, Take up [your bed], and walk?
Webster's Bible Translation
Then they asked him, What man is that who said to thee, Take up thy bed, and walk?
Then they asked him, What man is that who said to thee, Take up thy bed, and walk?
New English Translation
They asked him, "Who is the man who said to you, ‘Pick up your mat and walk'?"
They asked him, "Who is the man who said to you, ‘Pick up your mat and walk'?"
New King James Version
Then they asked him, "Who is the Man who said to you, "Take up your bed and walk'?"
Then they asked him, "Who is the Man who said to you, "Take up your bed and walk'?"
New Living Translation
"Who said such a thing as that?" they demanded.
"Who said such a thing as that?" they demanded.
New Life Bible
Then the Jews asked him, "What man said to you, ‘Pick up your bed and walk' ?"
Then the Jews asked him, "What man said to you, ‘Pick up your bed and walk' ?"
New Revised Standard
They asked him, "Who is the man who said to you, ‘Take it up and walk'?"
They asked him, "Who is the man who said to you, ‘Take it up and walk'?"
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
They questioned him - Who is the man that said unto thee, Take up thy couch , and be walking?
They questioned him - Who is the man that said unto thee, Take up thy couch , and be walking?
Douay-Rheims Bible
They asked him therefore: Who is that man who said to thee: Take up thy bed and walk?
They asked him therefore: Who is that man who said to thee: Take up thy bed and walk?
Revised Standard Version
They asked him, "Who is the man who said to you, 'Take up your pallet, and walk'?"
They asked him, "Who is the man who said to you, 'Take up your pallet, and walk'?"
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Then axed they him: what man is that which sayde vnto the take vp thy beed and walke.
Then axed they him: what man is that which sayde vnto the take vp thy beed and walke.
Young's Literal Translation
they questioned him, then, `Who is the man who is saying to thee, Take up thy couch and be walking?'
they questioned him, then, `Who is the man who is saying to thee, Take up thy couch and be walking?'
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then axed they him: What man is that, which sayde vnto the: Take vp thy bed, and go yi waye?
Then axed they him: What man is that, which sayde vnto the: Take vp thy bed, and go yi waye?
Mace New Testament (1729)
then they asked him, who is he that said to you take up your bed and walk?
then they asked him, who is he that said to you take up your bed and walk?
THE MESSAGE
They asked, "Who gave you the order to take it up and start walking?" But the healed man didn't know, for Jesus had slipped away into the crowd.
They asked, "Who gave you the order to take it up and start walking?" But the healed man didn't know, for Jesus had slipped away into the crowd.
Simplified Cowboy Version
"What fellow told you that?" they shouted.
"What fellow told you that?" they shouted.
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 near the Sheep Gate a pool called in Aramaic Bethzatha, which has five porticoes. 3 In these were lying a large number of those who were sick, blind, lame, paralyzed. And a certain man was there who had been thirty-eight years in his sickness. 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?" The one who was sick answered him, "Sir, I do not have anyone that, whenever the water is stirred up, could put me into the pool. But while I am coming, another goes down before me." Jesus said to him, "Get up! Pick up your mat and walk!" And immediately the man became well and picked up his mat and began to walk. (Now it was the Sabbath on that day.) 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!" But he answered them, "The one who made me well—that one said to me, ‘Pick up your mat and walk!'" So they asked him, "Who is the man who said to you, ‘Pick up your mat and walk?'" But the one who was healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn while a crowd was in the place. After these things Jesus found him at the temple and said to him, "Look, you have become well! Sin no longer, lest something worse happen to you." The man went and reported to the Jews that Jesus was the one who made him well. And on account of this the Jews began to persecute Jesus, because he was doing these things on the Sabbath. But he answered them, "My Father is working until now, and I am working." So on account of this the Jews were seeking even more to kill him, because he not only was breaking the Sabbath, but also was calling God his own Father, thus making himself equal with God. So Jesus answered and said to them, "Truly, truly I say to you, the Son can do nothing from himself except what he sees the Father doing. For whatever that one does, these things also the Son does likewise. For the Father loves the Son and shows him everything that he himself is doing. And greater works than these he will show him, so that you will be astonished. For just as the Father raises the dead and makes them alive, thus also the Son makes alive whomever he wishes. For the Father does not judge anyone, but he has given all judgment to the Son, in order that all people will honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. The one who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him. Truly, truly I say to you that the one who hears my word and who believes the one who sent me has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life. "Truly, truly I say to you, that an hour is coming—and now is here—when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and the ones who hear will live. For just as the Father has life in himself, thus also he has granted to the Son to have life in himself. And he has granted him authority to carry out judgment, because he is the Son of Man. "Do not be astonished at this, because an hour is coming in which all those in the tombs will hear his voice and they will come out—those who have done good things to a resurrection of life, but those who have practiced evil things to a resurrection of judgment. I am able to do nothing from myself. Just as I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I do not seek my own will, but the will of the one who sent me. "If I testify about myself, my testimony is not true. There is another who testifies about me, and I know that the testimony which he testifies about me is true. You have sent to John and he has testified to the truth. (And I do not receive testimony from people, but I say these things in order that you may be saved.) That one was the lamp which was burning and shining, and you wanted to rejoice for an hour in his light. "But I have a testimony greater than John's, for the works which the Father has given to me that I should complete them—the very works which I am doing—these testify about me, that the Father has sent me. And the Father who sent me, that one has testified about me. You have neither heard his voice at any time nor seen his form. And you do not have his word residing in yourselves, because the one whom that one sent, in this one you do not believe. You search the scriptures because you think that you have eternal life in them, and it is these that testify about me. 4 And you are not willing to come to me so that you may have life. "I do not accept glory from people, but I know you, that you do not have the love of God in yourselves. I have come in my Father's name, and you do not accept me. If another should come in his own name, you would accept that one! How are you able to believe, if you accept glory from one another, and do not seek the glory which is from the only God? Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father! The one who accuses you is Moses, in whom you have put your hope! For if you had believed Moses, you would believe me, for that one wrote about me. But if you do not believe that one's writings, how will you believe my words?" 5 And a certain man was there who had been thirty-eight years in his sickness. 6 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?" 7 The one who was sick answered him, "Sir, I do not have anyone that, whenever the water is stirred up, could put me into the pool. But while I am coming, another goes down before me." 8 Jesus said to him, "Get up! Pick up your mat and walk!" 9 And immediately the man became well and picked up his mat and began to walk. (Now it was the Sabbath on that day.) 10 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!"
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
What: Judges 6:29, 1 Samuel 14:38, Matthew 21:23, Romans 10:2
Reciprocal: Luke 5:24 - power John 5:15 - which
Cross-References
Luke 3:37
the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalaleel, the son of Cainan,
the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalaleel, the son of Cainan,
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Then asked they him,.... Suspecting who had made him whole, and gave him this order:
what man is that which said unto thee, take up thy bed and walk? they take no notice of the cure, being unwilling to give any glory to Christ, and still less to spread it; but chose rather that it should be obscured, hid, and unobserved; but they laid hold on that, which they thought might be improved to his reproach and scandal; and they call him a man, as supposing him to be a mere man, and a wicked man too, for giving orders to transgress a tradition of the elders, though no mere man could work such a cure as this was. And so the Jews since, though they cannot find fault with the cure, which they put an "if" upon, yet are highly displeased with the order, to take up his bed and carry it:
"if (say they a) he wrought a cure, lo, that is good, but why did he bid him take up his bed?''
the answer may be, to show that he was cured.
a Vet. Nizzachon, p. 207.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
What man is he ... - In this verse there is a remarkable instance of the âperversenessâ of men, of their want of candor, and of the manner in which they often look at a subject. Instead of looking at the miracle, and at the manâs statement of the manner in which he was healed, they look only at what they thought to be a violation of the law. They assumed it as certain that nothing could make his conduct, in carrying his bed on the Sabbath day, proper; and they meditated vengeance, not only on the man who was carrying his bed, but on him, also, who had told him to do it. Thus men often assume that a certain course or opinion is proper, and when anyone differs from them they look only at the difference, but not at the reasons for it. One great source of dispute among men is that they look only at the points in which they differ, but are unwilling to listen to the reasons why others do not believe as they do. It is always enough to condemn one in the eyes of a bigot that he differs from âhim,â and he looks upon him who holds a different opinion, as the Jews did at this man, âas certainly wrong;â and such a bigot looks at the reasons why others differ from him just as the Jews did at the reason why this man bore his bed on the Sabbath - as not worth regarding or hearing, or as if they could not possibly be right.
