^5:5Now a man was there who had been disabled for thirty-eight years.¹⁰^5:6When Jesus saw him lying there and when he realized¹¹ that the man¹² had been disabled a long time already, he said to him, “Do you want to become well?” ^5:7The sick man answered him, “Sir,¹³ I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up. While I am trying to get into the water,¹⁴ someone else¹⁵ goes down there¹⁶ before me.” ^5:8Jesus said to him, “Stand up! Pick up your mat¹⁷ and walk.” ^5:9Immediately the man was healed,¹⁸ and he picked up his mat¹⁹ and started walking. (Now that day was a Sabbath.)²⁰

^5:10So the Jewish leaders²¹ said to the man who had been healed, “It is the Sabbath, and you are not permitted to carry your mat.”²²^5:11But he answered them, “The man who made me well said to me, ‘Pick up your mat²³ and walk.’ ” ^5:12They asked him, “Who is the man who said to you, ‘Pick up your mat²⁴ and walk’?”²⁵^5:13But the man who had been healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had slipped out, since there was a crowd in that place.

^5:14After this Jesus found him at the temple and said to him, “Look, you have become well. Don’t sin any more,²⁶ lest anything worse happen to you.” ^5:15The man went away and informed the Jewish leaders²⁷ that Jesus was the one who had made him well.

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Footnotes

10 Grk “who had had thirty-eight years in his disability.”
11 Or “knew.”
12 Grk “he.” The referent (the man) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
13 Or “Lord.” The Greek κύριος (kurios) means both “Sir” and “Lord.” In this passage the paralytic who was healed by Jesus never acknowledges Jesus as Lord—he rather reports Jesus to the authorities.
14 Grk “while I am going.”
15 Grk “another.”
16 The word “there” is not in the Greek text but is implied.
17 Or “pallet,” “mattress,” “cot,” or “stretcher.” Some of these items, however, are rather substantial (e.g., “mattress”) and would probably give the modern English reader a false impression.
18 Grk “became well.”
19 Or “pallet,” “mattress,” “cot,” or “stretcher.” See the note on “mat” in the previous verse.
20 Grk “Now it was Sabbath on that day.” This is a parenthetical note by the author.
21 Or “the Jewish authorities”; Grk “the Jews.” In NT usage the term Ἰουδαῖοι (Ioudaioi) may refer to the entire Jewish people, the residents of Jerusalem and surrounding territory, the authorities in Jerusalem, or merely those who were hostile to Jesus. Here the author refers to the Jewish authorities or leaders in Jerusalem. (For further information see R. G. Bratcher, “ ‘The Jews’ in the Gospel of John,” 26 [1975]: 401–9).
22 Or “pallet,” “mattress,” “cot,” or “stretcher.” See the note on “mat” in v. .
23 Or “pallet,” “mattress,” “cot,” or “stretcher.” See the note on “mat” in v. .
24 While a number of , especially the later ones (Ac C3 D Θ Ψ f1, 13 33 𝔐 latt sy), include the words τον κραβ(β) ατ(τ) ον σου (ton krab(b) at(t) on sou, “your mat”) here, the earliest and best (𝔓66, 75 א B C* L) do not. Nevertheless, in the translation, it is necessary to supply the words due to the demands of English style, which does not typically allow for understood or implied direct objects as Greek does.
25 Grk “Pick up and walk”; the object (the mat) is implied but not repeated.
26 Since this is a prohibition with a present imperative, the translation “stop sinning” is sometimes suggested. This is not likely, however, since the present tense is normally used in prohibitions involving a general condition (as here) while the aorist tense is normally used in specific instances. Only when used opposite the normal usage (the present tense in a specific instance, for example) would the meaning “stop doing what you are doing” be appropriate.
27 Or “the Jewish authorities”; Grk “the Jews.” See the note on the phrase “Jewish leaders” in v. .