John 5:7-9

5:7 The sick man answered him, “Sir, ¹  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, ²  someone else ³  goes down there ⁴  before me.” 5:8 Jesus said to him, “Stand up! Pick up your mat ⁵  and walk.” 5:9 Immediately the man was healed, ⁶  and he picked up his mat ⁷  and started walking. (Now that day was a Sabbath.) ⁸ 

[5:7]  ¹ 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]  ² tn Grk “while I am going.”

[5:7]  ³ tn Grk “another.”

[5:7]  ⁴ tn The word “there” is not in the Greek text but is implied.

[5:8]  ⁵ 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.

[5:9]  ⁹ tn Grk “became well.”

[5:9]  ¹⁰ tn Or “pallet,” “mattress,” “cot,” or “stretcher.” See the note on “mat” in the previous verse.

[5:9]  ¹¹ tn Grk “Now it was Sabbath on that day.”