John 5:10
8 Then Jesus told him, “Get up, pick up your mat, and walk.”
9 Immediately the man was made well, and he picked up his mat and began to walk. Now this happened on the Sabbath day,
so the Jews said to the man who had been healed, “This is the Sabbath! It is unlawful for you to carry your mat.”
11 But he answered, “The man who made me well told me, ‘Pick up your mat and walk.’”
12 “Who is this man who told you to pick it up and walk?” they asked.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- so the Jews said to the man who had been healed, “This is the Sabbath! It is unlawful for you to carry your mat.”
- KJV
- The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath day: it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed.
- WEB
- So the Jews said to him who was cured, “It is the Sabbath. It is not lawful for you to carry the mat.”
- ASV
- So the Jews said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath, and it is not lawful for thee to take up thy bed.
- DARBY
- The Jews therefore said to the healed [man], It is sabbath, it is not permitted thee to take up thy couch.
- BLB
- Therefore the Jews were saying to the one having been healed, “It is the Sabbath, and it is not lawful for you to take up your mat.”
- ÅB
- Jødene sa da til ham som var blitt helbredet: Det er sabbat, og det er deg ikke tillatt å bære sengen.
- OTB
- Så de jødiske lederne sa til mannen som hadde blitt helbredet: "Det er sabbat; det er ikke lovlig for deg å bære matten din."
- B1930
- Jødene sa da til ham som var blitt helbredet: Det er sabbat, og det er dig ikke tillatt å bære sengen.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 17:21
This is what the LORD says: Take heed for yourselves; do not carry a load or bring it through the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day.
Read in contextLuke 6:2
But some of the Pharisees asked, “Why are you doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?”
Read in contextJohn 9:16
Because of this, some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, for He does not keep the Sabbath.” But others said, “How can a sinful man perform such signs?” And there was division among them.
Read in contextMark 3:4
And He asked them, “Which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it?” But they were silent.
Read in contextLuke 13:14
But the synagogue leader was indignant that Jesus had healed on the Sabbath. “There are six days for work,” he told the crowd. “So come and be healed on those days and not on the Sabbath.”
Read in contextMark 2:24
So the Pharisees said to Him, “Look, why are they doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?”
Read in contextNehemiah 13:15–21
In those days I saw people in Judah treading winepresses on the Sabbath and bringing in grain and loading it on donkeys, along with wine, grapes, and figs. All kinds of goods were being brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. So I warned them against selling food on that day.
Read in contextJohn 5:16
Now because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jews began to persecute Him.
Read in context