John 5:9

THE MESSAGE

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Instantly the man got well, picked up his mat, and started to walk.

King James Version (1611)
And immediatly the man was made whole, and tooke vp his bed, and walked: And on the same day was the Sabbath.

King James Version
And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked: and on the same day was the sabbath.

English Standard Version
And at once the man was healed, and he took up his bed and walked. Now that day was the Sabbath.

New American Standard Bible
Immediately the man became well, and picked up his pallet and began to walk. Now it was a Sabbath on that day.

New Century Version
And immediately the man was well; he picked up his mat and began to walk. The day this happened was a Sabbath day.

Amplified Bible
Immediately the man was healed and recovered his strength, and picked up his pallet and walked. Now that day was the Sabbath.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Immediately the man became well, and picked up his pallet and began to walk. Now it was the Sabbath on that day.

Legacy Standard Bible
And immediately the man became well, and picked up his mat and began to walk. Now it was the Sabbath on that day.

Berean Standard Bible
Immediately the man was made well, and he picked up his mat and began to walk. Now this happened on the Sabbath day,

Contemporary English Version
Right then the man was healed. He picked up his mat and started walking around. The day on which this happened was a Sabbath.

Complete Jewish Bible
Immediately the man was healed, and he picked up his mat and walked. Now that day was Shabbat,

Darby Translation
And immediately the man became well, and took up his couch and walked: and on that day was sabbath.

Easy-to-Read Version
Immediately the man was well. He picked up his mat and started walking. The day all this happened was a Sabbath day.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And immediatly the man was made whole, and tooke vp his bed, and walked: and the same day was the Sabbath.

George Lamsa Translation
And the man was healed immediately, and he got up and took his quilt-bed and walked. And that day was the sabbath.

Good News Translation
Immediately the man got well; he picked up his mat and started walking. The day this happened was a Sabbath,

Lexham English Bible
And immediately the man became well and picked up his mat and began to walk. (Now it was the Sabbath on that day.)

Literal Translation
And instantly the man became well, and took up his cot and walked. And it was a sabbath that day.

American Standard Version
And straightway the man was made whole, and took up his bed and walked. Now it was the sabbath on that day.

Bible in Basic English
And the man became well straight away, and took up his bed and went. Now that day was the Sabbath.

Hebrew Names Version
Immediately, the man was made well, and took up his mat and walked. Now it was the Shabbat on that day.

International Standard Version
The man immediately became well, and he picked up his mat and started walking. Now that day was a Sabbath.John 9:14;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
And in the instant that man was healed, and, arising, he took up his bed, and walked: and that day was the shabath.

Murdock Translation
And immediately the man was healed; and he arose, took up his bed, and walked; and it was the sabbath day.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And immediatly the man was made whole, and toke vp his bedde, & walked. And the same day was the Sabboth.

English Revised Version
And straightway the man was made whole, and took up his bed and walked. Now it was the sabbath on that day.

World English Bible
Immediately, the man was made well, and took up his mat and walked. Now it was the Sabbath on that day.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed and walked: and the same day was the sabbath.

Weymouth's New Testament
Instantly the man was restored to perfect health, and he took up his mat and began to walk.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And anoon the man was maad hool, and took vp his bed, and wente forth. And it was sabat in that dai.

Update Bible Version
And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed and walked. Now it was the Sabbath on that day.

Webster's Bible Translation
And immediately the man was healed, and took up his bed, and walked: and on the same day was the sabbath.

New English Translation
Immediately the man was healed, and he picked up his mat and started walking. (Now that day was a Sabbath.)

New King James Version
And immediately the man was made well, took up his bed, and walked. And that day was the Sabbath.

New Living Translation
Instantly, the man was healed! He rolled up his sleeping mat and began walking! But this miracle happened on the Sabbath,

New Life Bible
At once the man was healed and picked up his bed and walked. This happened on the Day of Rest.

New Revised Standard
At once the man was made well, and he took up his mat and began to walk. Now that day was a sabbath.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, straightway, the man was made well and took up his couch, and began to walk. Now it was Sabbath, on that day.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And immediately the man was made whole: and he took up his bed and walked. And it was the sabbath that day.

Revised Standard Version
And at once the man was healed, and he took up his pallet and walked. Now that day was the sabbath.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And immediatly the man was made whole and toke vp his beed and went. And the same daye was the Saboth daye

Young's Literal Translation
and immediately the man became whole, and he took up his couch, and was walking, and it was a sabbath on that day,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And immediatly the man was made whole, and toke vp his bed and wente his waye. But vpon the same daye it was the Sabbath.

Mace New Testament (1729)
and immediately the man was healed, and took up his bed, and went his way: but that day being the sabbath,

Simplified Cowboy Version
The man was instantly healed. He rolled up his bedroll and began walking around. This all happened on the day of rest,

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
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

immediately: John 5:14, Mark 1:31, Mark 1:42, Mark 5:29, Mark 5:41, Mark 5:42, Mark 10:52, Acts 3:7, Acts 3:8

and on: John 5:10-12, John 7:23, John 9:14, Matthew 12:10-13, Mark 3:2-4, Luke 13:10-16

Reciprocal: Psalms 68:28 - commanded Isaiah 35:6 - shall the lame Jeremiah 17:21 - bear Matthew 12:2 - Behold Mark 2:28 - General Mark 3:5 - Stretch Luke 6:2 - Why John 7:21 - I have Acts 14:10 - Stand

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And immediately the man was made whole,.... As soon as ever the words were spoken by Christ, such power went with them, as restored the man to perfect health; and he finding himself to be quite well, rose up directly:

and took up his bed and walked; which may be expressive of a sinner's rising from the bed of sin, and taking up the cross, or carrying the body of sin and death with him; and walking by faith in Christ, as he has received him:

and on the same day was the sabbath; which is remarked, for the sake of what follows.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The Sabbath - To carry burdens on the Sabbath was forbidden in the Old Testament, Jeremiah 17:21; Nehemiah 13:15; Exodus 20:8-10. If it be asked, then, why Jesus commanded a man to do on the Sabbath what was understood to be a violation of the day, it may be answered,

1. That the Son of man was Lord of the Sabbath, and had a right to declare what might be done, and even to dispense with a positive law of the Jews, Matthew 12:8; John 5:17.
2. This was a poor man, and Jesus directed him to secure his property.
3. The Jews extended the obligation of the Sabbath beyond what was intended by the appointment. They observed it superstitiously, and Jesus took every opportunity to convince them of their error, and to restore the day to its proper observance, Matthew 12:6-11; Luke 6:9; Luke 13:14; Luke 14:5. This method he took to show them what the law of God really “permitted” on that day, and that works of necessity and mercy were lawful.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse John 5:9. The same day was the sabbath. — Mr. Toynard supposes that this miracle was wrought on the 11th of Nisan, the sabbath before the passover, which was celebrated the 14th of Nisan, or 28th of March. But why did our Lord command this man to carry his bed on the sabbath, as the law prohibited all servile work, and especially the carrying of burthens? See Exodus 20:8; Jeremiah 17:21; Nehemiah 13:15. To this it may be answered,

1. The man was a poor man, and if he had left his bed he might have lost it; and he could not have conveniently watched it till the next morning.

2. Christ showed by this that he was Lord of the sabbath: see Matthew 12:8.

3. This was not contrary to the spirit of the law: the sabbath was made to honour God in, and this was a public monument of his power and goodness.

4. It was consistent with the wisdom of Christ to do his miracles so that they might be seen and known by a multitude of people, and especially in Jerusalem, which was the capital of the country, and the centre of the Jewish religion; and this very circumstance of the healed man carrying his bed on the sabbath day must call the attention of many to this matter, and cause the miracle to be more generally known.