John 5:5-7

5:5 Now a man was there who had been disabled for thirty-eight years. ¹  5:6 When Jesus saw him lying there and when he realized ²  that the man ³  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, ⁴  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, ⁵  someone else ⁶  goes down there ⁷  before me.”

[5:5]  ¹ tn Grk “who had had thirty-eight years in his disability.”

[5:6]  ² tn Or “knew.”

[5:6]  ³ tn Grk “he.” The referent (the man) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[5:7]  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.

[5:7]  ⁴ tn Grk “while I am going.”

[5:7]  ⁵ tn Grk “another.”

[5:7]  ⁶ tn The word “there” is not in the Greek text but is implied.