John 5:11

THE MESSAGE

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

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.

American Standard Version
But he answered them, He that made me whole, the same said unto me, Take up thy bed, 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.

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

¹Soon 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?" ⁷ 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." ⁸Jesus 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." But he told them, "The man who made me well told me to. He said, ‘Take your bedroll and start walking.'" 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. A little later Jesus found him in the Temple and said, "You look wonderful! You're well! Don't return to a sinning life or something worse might happen." The man went back and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well. That is why the Jews were out to get Jesus—because he did this kind of thing on the Sabbath. But Jesus defended himself. "My Father is working straight through, even on the Sabbath. So am I." That really set them off. The Jews were now not only out to expose him; they were out to kill him. Not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was calling God his own Father, putting himself on a level with God. So Jesus explained himself at length. "I'm telling you this straight. The Son can't independently do a thing, only what he sees the Father doing. What the Father does, the Son does. The Father loves the Son and includes him in everything he is doing. "But you haven't seen the half of it yet, for in the same way that the Father raises the dead and creates life, so does the Son. The Son gives life to anyone he chooses. Neither he nor the Father shuts anyone out. The Father handed all authority to judge over to the Son so that the Son will be honored equally with the Father. Anyone who dishonors the Son, dishonors the Father, for it was the Father's decision to put the Son in the place of honor. "It's urgent that you listen carefully to this: Anyone here who believes what I am saying right now and aligns himself with the Father, who has in fact put me in charge, has at this very moment the real, lasting life and is no longer condemned to be an outsider. This person has taken a giant step from the world of the dead to the world of the living. "It's urgent that you get this right: The time has arrived—I mean right now!—when dead men and women will hear the voice of the Son of God and, hearing, will come alive. Just as the Father has life in himself, he has conferred on the Son life in himself. And he has given him the authority, simply because he is the Son of Man, to decide and carry out matters of Judgment. "Don't act so surprised at all this. The time is coming when everyone dead and buried will hear his voice. Those who have lived the right way will walk out into a resurrection Life; those who have lived the wrong way, into a resurrection Judgment. "I can't do a solitary thing on my own: I listen, then I decide. You can trust my decision because I'm not out to get my own way but only to carry out orders. If I were simply speaking on my own account, it would be an empty, self-serving witness. But an independent witness confirms me, the most reliable Witness of all. Furthermore, you all saw and heard John, and he gave expert and reliable testimony about me, didn't he? "But my purpose is not to get your vote, and not to appeal to mere human testimony. I'm speaking to you this way so that you will be saved. John was a torch, blazing and bright, and you were glad enough to dance for an hour or so in his bright light. But the witness that really confirms me far exceeds John's witness. It's the work the Father gave me to complete. These very tasks, as I go about completing them, confirm that the Father, in fact, sent me. The Father who sent me, confirmed me. And you missed it. You never heard his voice, you never saw his appearance. There is nothing left in your memory of his Message because you do not take his Messenger seriously. "You have your heads in your Bibles constantly because you think you'll find eternal life there. But you miss the forest for the trees. These Scriptures are all about me! And here I am, standing right before you, and you aren't willing to receive from me the life you say you want. "I'm not interested in crowd approval. And do you know why? Because I know you and your crowds. I know that love, especially God's love, is not on your working agenda. I came with the authority of my Father, and you either dismiss me or avoid me. If another came, acting self-important, you would welcome him with open arms. How do you expect to get anywhere with God when you spend all your time jockeying for position with each other, ranking your rivals and ignoring God? "But don't think I'm going to accuse you before my Father. Moses, in whom you put so much stock, is your accuser. If you believed, really believed, what Moses said, you would believe me. He wrote of me. If you won't take seriously what he wrote, how can I expect you to take seriously what I speak?" ¹⁰Even 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." ¹¹ But he told them, "The man who made me well told me to. He said, ‘Take your bedroll and start walking.'" ¹²They 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. ¹⁴ A little later Jesus found him in the Temple and said, "You look wonderful! You're well! Don't return to a sinning life or something worse might happen." ¹⁵The man went back and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well. That is why the Jews were out to get Jesus—because he did this kind of thing on the Sabbath.

Bible Verse Review
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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.