John 5:6 - Forerunner Commentary

John 5:6

4 For an angel went down at a certain time into the pool and stirred up the water; then whoever stepped in first, after the stirring of the water, was made well of whatever disease he had.

5 Now a certain man was there who had an infirmity thirty-eight years.

6 When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he already had been in that condition a long time, He said to him, “Do you want to be made well?”

7 The sick man answered Him, “Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up; but while I am coming, another steps down before me.”

8 Jesus said to him, ^a“Rise, take up your bed and walk.”

9 And immediately the man was made well, took up his bed, and walked. And ^athat day was the Sabbath.

10 The Jews therefore said to him who was cured, “It is the Sabbath; ^ait is not lawful for you to carry your bed.”

11 He answered them, “He who made me well said to me, ‘Take up your bed and walk.’ ”

Verse Comparison: John 5:6

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American Standard Version
When Jesus saw him lying, and knew that he had been now a long time `in that case', he saith unto him, Wouldest thou be made whole?

Amplified® Bible
When Jesus noticed him lying there [helpless], knowing that he had already been a long time in that condition, He said to him, Do you want to become well? [Are you really in earnest about getting well?]

Contemporary English Version
When Jesus saw the man and realized that he had been crippled for a long time, he asked him, "Do you want to be healed?"

Darby English Version
Jesus seeing this [man] lying [there], and knowing that he was [in that state] now a great length of time, says to him, Wouldest thou become well?

Good News Bible
Jesus saw him lying there, and he knew that the man had been sick for such a long time; so he asked him, "Do you want to get well?"

International Standard Version
When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had already been there a long time, he said to him, "Do you want to get well?"

King James Version
When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he saith unto him, Wilt thou be made whole?

New American Standard Bible
When Jesus saw him lying {there,} and knew that he had already been a long time {in that condition,} He *said to him, "Do you wish to get well?"

New International Version
When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in this condition for a long time, he asked him, "Do you want to get well?"

New King James Version
When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he already had been in that condition a long time, He said to him, “Do you want to be made well?”

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he had already suffered a long time in that condition, He said to him, "Do you wish to get well?"

Young's Literal Translation
him Jesus having seen lying, and having known that he is already a long time, he saith to him, `Dost thou wish to become whole?'

New English Translation
When Jesus saw him lying there and when he realized¹ that the man² had been disabled a long time already, he said to him, “Do you want to become well?”

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