Passage

John 5.1-9

Book: John · NASB95

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV (ASV)

"1. After these things there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 2. Now there is in Jerusalem by the sheep gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew Bethesda, having five porches. 3. In these lay a multitude of them that were sick, blind, halt, withered, 5. And a certain man was there, who had been thirty and eight years in his infirmity. 6. 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? 7. The sick man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me. 8. Jesus saith unto him, Arise, take up thy bed, and walk. 9. And straightway the man was made whole, and took up his bed and walked. Now it was the sabbath on that day."

"10. 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. 11. But he answered them, He that made me whole, the same said unto me, Take up thy bed, and walk." (John 5:1-11, ASV)

WEB (WEB)

"1. After these things, there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 2. Now in Jerusalem by the sheep gate, there is a pool, which is called in Hebrew, “Bethesda”, having five porches. 3. In these lay a great multitude of those who were sick, blind, lame, or paralyzed, waiting for the moving of the water; 4. for an angel went down at certain times into the pool, and stirred up the water. Whoever stepped in first after the stirring of the water was healed of whatever disease he had. 5. A certain man was there, who had been sick for thirty-eight years. 6. When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he had been sick for a long time, he asked 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, but while I’m coming, another steps down before me.” 8. Jesus said to him, “Arise, take up your mat, and walk.” 9. Immediately, the man was made well, and took up his mat and walked. Now it was the Sabbath on that day."

"10. So the Jews said to him who was cured, “It is the Sabbath. It is not lawful for you to carry the mat.” 11. He answered them, “He who made me well, the same said to me, ‘Take up your mat, and walk.’”" (John 5:1-11, WEB)

KJV (KJV)

"1. After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 2. Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches. ^{market: or, gate} 3. In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water. 4. For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had. 5. And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years. 6. 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? 7. The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me. 8. Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk. 9. And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked: and on the same day was the sabbath."

"10. The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath day: it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed. 11. He answered them, He that made me whole, the same said unto me, Take up thy bed, and walk." (John 5:1-11, KJV)

YLT (YLT)

"1. After these things there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem, 2. and there is in Jerusalem by the sheep -[gate] a pool that is called in Hebrew Bethesda, having five porches, 3. in these were lying a great multitude of the ailing, blind, lame, withered, waiting for the moving of the water, 4. for a messenger at a set time was going down in the pool, and was troubling the water, the first then having gone in after the troubling of the water, became whole of whatever sickness he was held. 5. and there was a certain man there being in ailment thirty and eight years, 6. 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?' 7. The ailing man answered him, 'Sir, I have no man, that, when the water may be troubled, he may put me into the pool, and while I am coming, another doth go down before me.' 8. Jesus saith to him, 'Rise, take up thy couch, and be walking;' 9. and immediately the man became whole, and he took up his couch, and was walking, and it was a sabbath on that day,"

"10. the Jews then said to him that hath been healed, 'It is a sabbath; it is not lawful to thee to take up the couch.' 11. He answered them, 'He who made me whole, that one said to me, Take up thy couch, and be walking;'" (John 5:1-11, YLT)

Setting

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Theological reading

Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added.

Key words

Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap.

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Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

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