John 5:6-9

5:6 When Jesus saw him lying there and when he realized ¹  that the man ²  had been disabled a long time already, he said to him, “Do you want to become well?” 5:7 The sick man answered him, “Sir, ³  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, ⁴  someone else ⁵  goes down there ⁶  before me.” 5:8 Jesus said to him, “Stand up! Pick up your mat ⁷  and walk.” 5:9 Immediately the man was healed, ⁸  and he picked up his mat ⁹  and started walking. (Now that day was a Sabbath.) ¹⁰ 

¹ tn Or “knew.”

² tn Grk “he.” The referent (the man) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³ 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.

⁴ tn Grk “while I am going.”

⁵ tn Grk “another.”

⁶ tn The word “there” is not in the Greek text but is implied.

⁷ tn Or “pallet,” “mattress,” “cot,” or “stretcher.” Some of these items, however, are rather substantial (e.g., “mattress”) and would probably give the modern English reader a false impression.

⁸ tn Grk “became well.”

⁹ tn Or “pallet,” “mattress,” “cot,” or “stretcher.” See the note on “mat” in the previous verse.

¹⁰ tn Grk “Now it was Sabbath on that day.”