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Immediately the man was healed and recovered his strength, and [a]picked up his pallet and walked.

Now that day was the Sabbath. 10 So the Jews kept saying to the man who had been healed, “It is the Sabbath, and you are not [b]permitted to pick up your pallet [because it is unlawful].” 11 He answered them, “The Man who healed me and gave me back my strength was the One who said to me, ‘Pick up your pallet and walk.’”

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Footnotes

  1. John 5:9 Under Jewish tradition regarding the Sabbath, the man could have been stoned to death for this act.
  2. John 5:10 The complex Jewish restrictions regarding work on the Sabbath were man-made rules and most were not supported by OT Scripture.

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