He that made me whole The man's defiance of them in the first flush of his recovered health is very natural. He means, -if He could cure me of a sickness of 38 years He had authority to tell me to take up my bed." They will not mention the cure; he flings it in their face. There is a higher law than that of the Sabbath, and higher authority than theirs. Comp. the conduct of the blind man, chap. 9.

the same said unto me Better, -He said to me," -He" being emphatic: see on John 10:1.

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