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The invalid answered, “Sir, I have no one to put me in the pool when the water is stirred up, and while I am coming [to get into it myself], someone else steps down ahead of me.” Jesus said to him, “Get up; pick up your pallet and walk.” Immediately the man was healed and recovered his strength, and [a]picked up his pallet and walked.

Now that day was the Sabbath.

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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.

“Sir,” the invalid replied, “I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am trying to get in, someone else goes down ahead of me.”

Then Jesus said to him, “Get up! Pick up your mat and walk.”(A) At once the man was cured; he picked up his mat and walked.

The day on which this took place was a Sabbath,(B)

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