Jesus, when he[a] saw this one lying there and knew that he had been sick[b] a long time already, said to him, “Do you want to become well?” The one who was sick answered him, “Sir, I do not have anyone that, whenever the water is stirred up, could put me into the pool. But while[c] I am coming, another goes down before me.” Jesus said to him, “Get up! Pick up your mat and walk!”

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Footnotes

  1. John 5:6 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“saw”) which is understood as temporal
  2. John 5:6 The phrase “been sick” is not in the Greek text, but is supplied from the context
  3. John 5:7 Literally “during which time

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?”

“Sir,” the invalid replied, “I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am trying to get in, someone else goes down ahead of me.”

Then Jesus said to him, “Get up! Pick up your mat and walk.”(A)

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