John 5:7
New English Translation
7 The sick man answered him, “Sir,[a] 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,[b] someone else[c] goes down there[d] before me.”
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- John 5:7 tn 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.
- John 5:7 tn Grk “while I am going.”
- John 5:7 tn Grk “another.”
- John 5:7 tn The word “there” is not in the Greek text but is implied.
John 5:7
New King James Version
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.”
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John 5:7
English Standard Version
7 The sick man answered him, “Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, and while I am going another steps down before me.”
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