John 5:9

5:9 Immediately the man was healed, ¹  and he picked up his mat ²  and started walking. (Now that day was a Sabbath.) ³ 

John 5:16

Responding to Jewish Leaders

5:16 Now because Jesus was doing these things ⁴  on the Sabbath, the Jewish leaders ⁵  began persecuting ⁶  him.

¹ tn Grk “became well.”

² tn Or “pallet,” “mattress,” “cot,” or “stretcher.” See the note on “mat” in the previous verse.

³ tn Grk “Now it was Sabbath on that day.”

⁴ sn Note the plural phrase these things which seems to indicate that Jesus healed on the Sabbath more than once (cf. John 20:30). The synoptic gospels show this to be true; the incident in 5:1-15 has thus been chosen by the author as representative.

⁵ tn Or “the Jewish authorities”; Grk “the Jews.” See the note on the phrase “Jewish leaders” in v. 10.

⁶ tn Or “harassing.”