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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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Footnotes

  1. 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.
  2. John 5:7 tn Grk “while I am going.”
  3. John 5:7 tn Grk “another.”
  4. John 5:7 tn The word “there” is not in the Greek text but is implied.

“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.”

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