John 5:11

New Revised Standard

But he answered them, "The man who made me well said to me, ‘Take up your mat and walk.'"

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.'

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.

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

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

¹ After this there was a festival of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. ² Now in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate there is a pool, called in Hebrew Beth-zatha, which has five porticoes. ³ In these lay many invalids—blind, lame, and paralyzed. One man was there who had been ill for thirty-eight years. 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?" 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 making my way, someone else steps down ahead of me." Jesus said to him, "Stand up, take your mat and walk." At once the man was made well, and he took up his mat and began to walk. Now that day was a sabbath. 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." But he answered them, "The man who made me well said to me, ‘Take up your mat and walk.'" They asked him, "Who is the man who said to you, ‘Take it up and walk'?" Now the man who had been healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had disappeared in the crowd that was there. Later Jesus found him in the temple and said to him, "See, you have been made well! Do not sin any more, so that nothing worse happens to you." The man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well. Therefore the Jews started persecuting Jesus, because he was doing such things on the sabbath. But Jesus answered them, "My Father is still working, and I also am working." For this reason the Jews were seeking all the more to kill him, because he was not only breaking the sabbath, but was also calling God his own Father, thereby making himself equal to God. Jesus said to them, "Very truly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing on his own, but only what he sees the Father doing; for whatever the Father does, the Son does likewise. The Father loves the Son and shows him all that he himself is doing; and he will show him greater works than these, so that you will be astonished. Indeed, just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whomever he wishes. The Father judges no one but has given all judgment to the Son, so that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Anyone who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him. Very truly, I tell you, anyone who hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life, and does not come under judgment, but has passed from death to life. "Very truly, I tell you, the 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 just 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 be astonished at this; for the hour is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice and will come out—those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation. "I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge; and my judgment is just, because I seek to do not my own will but the will of him who sent me. "If I testify about myself, my testimony is not true. There is another who testifies on my behalf, and I know that his testimony to me is true. You sent messengers to John, and he testified to the truth. Not that I accept such human testimony, 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 I have a testimony greater than John's. The works that the Father has given me to complete, the very works that I am doing, testify on my behalf that the Father has sent me. And the Father who sent me has himself testified on my behalf. You have never heard his voice or seen his form, and you do not have his word abiding in you, because you do not believe him whom he has sent. "You search the scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that testify on my behalf. ⁴ Yet you refuse to come to me to have life. I do not accept glory from human beings. But I know that you do not have the love of God in you. I have come in my Father's name, and you do not accept me; if another comes in his own name, you will accept him. How can you believe when you accept glory from one another and do not seek the glory that comes from the one who alone is God? Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father; your accuser is Moses, on whom you have set your hope. If you believed Moses, you would believe me, for he wrote about me. But if you do not believe what he wrote, how will you believe what I say?" ⁵ One man was there who had been ill for thirty-eight years. ⁶ 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?" 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 making my way, someone else steps down ahead of me." ⁸ Jesus said to him, "Stand up, take your mat and walk." ⁹ At once the man was made well, and he took up his mat and began to walk. Now that day was a sabbath. ¹⁰ 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."

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.