# John 5.7

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**Book:** [John](/codex/john-the-apostle/) · ASV / WEB / KJV / YLT

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 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, <span class="rl-speech">Wouldest thou be made whole?</span>
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> **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.**
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> 8. Jesus saith unto him, <span class="rl-speech">Arise, take up thy bed, and walk.</span> 9. And straightway the man was made whole, and took up his bed and walked. Now it was the sabbath on that day. (John 5:5-9, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 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, <span class="rl-speech">“Do you want to be made well?”</span>
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> **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.”**
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> 8. Jesus said to him, <span class="rl-speech">“Arise, take up your mat, and walk.”</span> 9. Immediately, the man was made well, and took up his mat and walked. Now it was the Sabbath on that day. (John 5:5-9, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 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, <span class="rl-speech">Wilt thou be made whole?</span>
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> **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.**
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> 8. Jesus saith unto him, <span class="rl-speech">Rise, take up thy bed, and walk.</span> 9. And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked: and on the same day was the sabbath. (John 5:5-9, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 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, <span class="rl-speech">'Dost thou wish to become whole?'</span>
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> **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.'**
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> 8. Jesus saith to him, <span class="rl-speech">'Rise, take up thy couch, and be walking;'</span> 9. and immediately the man became whole, and he took up his couch, and was walking, and it was a sabbath on that day, (John 5:5-9, 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._

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## Quoted in

**Arguments and defeaters:**

- [Christians Not Under Mosaic Law](/codex/christians-not-under-mosaic-law/), via [John 5.1-18](/codex/john-5-1-18/)

**Concepts:**

- [Comma Johanneum](/codex/1-john-5-7/)
- [Jesus Said](/codex/jesus-said/), via [John 5](/codex/john-5/)
- [Pool of Bethesda](/codex/pool-of-bethesda/), via [John 5.1-9](/codex/john-5-1-9/)

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## Notes

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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](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/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.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.