A worse thing; a worse evil than that from which Jesus had delivered him. All diseases are consequences of sin. Both the sufferings resulting from them, and the experience of relief, should therefore lead us to abhor and forsake it, that we may thus, through faith in the Redeemer, escape its endless consequences.
Verse John 5:14. _JESUS FINDETH HIM IN THE TEMPLE_] The man being conscious that it was through the mercy of God that he was restored, (though he did not as yet know distinctly who Christ was,) went...
FINDETH HIM - Fell in with him, or saw him. IN THE TEMPLE - The man seems to have gone at once to the temple - perhaps a privilege of which he had been long deprived. They who are healed from sickness...
CHAPTER 5 _ 1. The Healing of the Impotent Man. (John 5:1 .)_ 2. The Opposition of the Jews. (John 5:10 .) 3. His Unity with the Father. (John 5:19 .) 4. The Present Hour. Believers Delivered from...
JOHN 5:9 _B_ - JOHN 5:15. THE CONFLICT WITH THE AUTHORITIES. With the man himself the Jews raise the question of bearing burdens on the Sabbath (_cf._ Jeremiah 17:21). The man's ignorance of who had h...
AFTERWARD JESUS FINDETH HIM IN THE TEMPLE. The man probably went there, moved with gratitude, to give thanks for the great mercy he had received. Still the temple was the great place of public resort...
MAN'S HELPLESSNESS AND CHRIST'S POWER (John 5:1-9)...
It was Sabbath on that day. So the Jews said to the man who had been cured: "It is Sabbath and you have no right to lift your bed." He answered them: "He who made me well, it was he who said to me: 'L...
AFTERWARD = AFTER THESE THINGS. See note on John 5:1. FINDETH. Compare John 9:35. See App-176. TEMPLE. the temple courts. See note on Matthew 23:16. BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ Ap
_Afterward_ Literally, _after_ THESE THINGS, as in John 5:1. Probably the same day; we may suppose that one of his first acts after his cure would be to offer his thanks in the Temple. On John 5:13 Au...
John 2:13 TO JOHN 11:57. The Work We here enter on the second portion of the first main division of the Gospel, thus subdivided: The Work (1) among _Jews_, (2) among _Samaritans_, (3) among _Galilean...
ΜΕΤᾺ ΤΑΥ͂ΤΑ. see on John 3:22; John 9:35. Probably the same day; we may suppose that one of his first acts after his cure would be to offer his thanks in the Temple. On John 5:13-14 S. Augustine write...
THE SEQUEL OF THE SIGN ἮΝ ΔῈ ΣΆΒΒΑΤΟΝ. NOW ON THAT DAY WAS A SABBATH. This is the text for what follows. Jesus had proclaimed Himself Lord of the Temple (see on John 2:17); He now proclaims Himself Lo...
Ver 14. Afterward Jesus finds him in the temple, and said to him, Behold, you are made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come to you. 15. The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus, wh...
_JESUS IS EQUAL WITH GOD -- JOHN 5:14-18:_ After Jesus healed the man He went into the Temple and found the man. He told him, "You are now well. But do not sin anymore or something worse might happen...
ΜΕΤΆ ΤΑΫ́ΤΑ после этого; после того как иудейские вожди задавали человеку вопросы; нет указания на конкретный промежуток времени, ΪΔ (G2396) _aor. imper. act. от_ ΌΡΆΩ видеть, ΓΈΓΟΝΑΣ _perf. ind. a...
DISCOURSE: 1624 THE MAN HEALED AT THE POOL OF BETHESDA John 5:14. _Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto...
JESUS FINDETH HIM IN THE TEMPLE,— Jesus found the man in the temple, whither probably he repaired, to return thanks to God for his signal recovery; when, to render the mercy that he had bestowed upon...
SABBATH CONTROVERSY _Text 5:10-18_ 10 So the Jews said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath, and it is not lawful for thee to take up thy bed. 11 But he answered them, He that made me whole...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 5:1-15 We begin with the usual Analysis:— "After this there was a feast of the Jews" (John 5:1). "After this" or, as it should be. "After these things," is an e...
Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee. AFTERWARD JESUS FINDETH HIM IN THE TEMPLE - saying, perhap...
10 The day on which the cure was effected indicates that its fulfillment will find place in that great sabbatism that remains for God's people of the Circumcision (Heb_4:9). As a pallet was a mere bun...
BETHESDA. CHRIST AND THE SABBATH 1-47. A miracle at the Pool of Bethesda on the Sabbath Day, and a controversy arising therefrom. This miracle may be regarded as a parable illustrating the deadly effe...
JOHN TELLS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS GOSPEL OF JOHN _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 5 JESUS CURES A SICK MAN 5:1-15 V1 After this, Jesus went to *Jerusalem for another *Jewish *festival. V2 There was a p...
AFTERWARD. — There is no mark of time. Probably it was on the same day. Perhaps the first use of his restored power was to go to the Temple and pay his thank-offering to God. SIN NO MORE. — These word...
CHAPTER 12 SABBATH CURE AT BETHESDA. “After these things there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now there is in Jerusalem by the sheep gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew B...
Though the healed man had failed to keep hold of Jesus, Jesus does not lose hold of him, but εὑρίσκει αὐτὸν ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ, “finds him,” as if He had been looking out for him, _cf._ John 1:44; John 1:46,...
SABBATH WORK THAT PLEASES THE FATHER John 5:10-18 In the foregoing incident our Lord not only healed the sufferer after thirty-eight years of deferred hope, but did so on the Sabbath, and bade him ca...
It was at this time that the conflict between Christ and His enemies, which culminated in His Cross began. A miracle wrought on the Sabbath gave rise to this first outbreak. Throughout this chapter we...
Sin no more, &c. By these words our Saviour shews, that his infirmity was sent in punishment of his sins. When our souls are covered with the leprosy of sin, we are frequently insensible of our misfor...
CHAPTER 13 THE POOL OF BETHESDA John 5:1-47. _“After these things there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.”_ You always find the phraseology in the Bible, _“Go up to Jerusalem.”...
SECOND PART: THE DEVELOPMENT OF UNBELIEF IN ISRAEL. 5:1- 12:50. UP to this point, decided faith and unbelief have been only exceptional phenomena; the masses have remained in a state of passive indiff...
FIRST SECTION: 5:1-47. FIRST OUTBREAK OF HATRED IN JUDEA. 1. The miracle, occasion of the conflict: John 5:1-16; John 2. The discourse of Jesus, commentary and defense of the miracle: John 5:17-47....
“ _Afterward, Jesus finds him in the temple and said to him: Behold, thou art made whole; sin no more, lest a worse thing befall thee._ 15. _The man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who h...
Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep-market, a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue, Bethesda, having five porches. (3) In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withere...
The opening verses (John 1:1-18) introduce the most glorious subject which God Himself ever gave in employing the pen of man; not only the most glorious in point of theme, but in the profoundest point...
_THE PARDON OF SIN_ ‘Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.’ John 5:14 The pardon of sin is a part—a very important part—of the expulsion of sin. The power of...
14._After these things Jesus found him. _These words show still more clearly that, when Christ concealed himself for a time, it was not in order that the remembrance of the kindness which he had confe...
chapter 5 contrasts the quickening power of Christ, the power and the right of giving life to the dead, with the powerlessness of legal ordinances. They required strength in the person that was to pro...
AFTERWARD JESUS FINDETH HIM IN THE TEMPLE,.... Perhaps on the same day; for as soon as he had been at home, and laid down his bed, it is very likely he went directly to the temple, there to show himse...
Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee. Ver. 14. _Findeth him in the temple_] Praising God, likely,...
_Afterward, Jesus findeth him in the temple_ The same day, probably, in which he was healed, whither, it is likely, he had repaired to return thanks to God for his signal recovery. Thus, when God has,...
The objections of the Jews:...
AFTERWARD JESUS FINDETH HIM IN THE TEMPLE, AND SAID UNTO HIM, BEHOLD, THOU ART MADE WHOLE; SIN NO MORE, LEST A WORSE THING COME UNTO THEE....
AGAIN IN JERUSALEM: THE POOL OF BETHESDA (vs.1-15) Once more we find the Lord Jesus visiting Jerusalem, and as in Chapter 2:13 the feast is called "the Jews' Passover" rather than the Passover of Jeh...
10-16 Those eased of the punishment of sin, are in danger of returning to sin, when the terror and restraint are over, unless Divine grace dries up the fountain. The misery believers are made whole f...
JESUS FINDETH HIM IN THE TEMPLE; walking in the outward court of the temple, or some part of it, where people ordinarily walked. He charges him to SIN NO MORE, LEST A WORSE THING betided him; hereby l...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV This is in accordance with what the Lord said to the man who had been healed: "Behold, thou art made whole; sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee."[584] Ir...
John 5:14 Afterward G3326 G5023 Jesus G2424 found G2147 (G5719) him G846 in G1722 temple G2411 and...
THE HEALING OF THE DISABLED MAN AT THE POOL (JOHN 5:1). When John recounts an incident in the life of Jesus we must always ask what it is intended to illustrate, for he always has a purpose in mind. H...
‘Afterward Jesus finds him in the Temple and said to him, “Look, you are made whole, sin no more, lest a worse thing befall you”.' Jesus later sought the man out in the Temple area. He did not just wa...
‘When therefore the people saw the sign which he did, they said, “This is truly the prophet who is to come into the world.”. Jesus, perceiving then that they were about to come and take him by force t...
John 5:14. AFTER THESE THINGS JESUS FINDETH HIM IN THE TEMPLE COURTS. Some time afterwards, probably not on the same day, the man is found in the temple courts. There is no reason to doubt that he had...
With the beginning of this chapter we enter upon the fourth and leading division of the Gospel, extending to the close of chap. 12. Its object is to set Jesus forth in the height of His conflict with...
FINDETH HIM (ευρισκε αυτον). Dramatic present as in John 1:45, possibly after search as in John 9:35.SIN NO MORE (μηκετ αμαρτανε). "No longer go on sinning." Present active imperative with μηκετ,...
SIN SIN (_ See Scofield) - (Romans 3:23). _...
John 5:14 I. We feel interested in hearing that the impotent man was restored to health, and yet, what was the benefit he received? He lived a few years, and then he died. What is life? Holy Scripture...
John 5:1. _After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem._ For he had respect to the Law. As long as the Law lasted, Christ observed it. Oh, that we were as careful to obey...
CONTENTS: Healing of the man at the pool of Bethesda. Jesus answers the Jews. The four-fold witness to Jesus. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, infirm man, John the Baptist, Moses. CONCLUSION: Jesus Christ, th...
John 5:2. _Now there is at Jerusalem a pool, called Bethesda,_ which signifies a house of mercy, beneficence, or alms. The pool was situate at too great a distance from the temple to be a place for wa...
QUIT YOUR SINS. This implies the man's sickness was caused by his own sins (compare Mark 2:5-10). (1) Jesus sets men free from the wrath of the Law; (2) being set free is a command to repudiate sin....
_After this there was a feast of the Jews_ THE POOL OF BETHESDA, A TYPE OF FAVOURED LOCALITIES IN A RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY IN WHICH THE HIGHEST MIRACULOUS AID HAS NOT YET APPEARED The miraculous aid is...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 5:1 Chapters John 5:1 tell of escalating conflict between Jesus and the Jewish authorities. As Jesus defends his ministry, he cites several major witnesses on his behalf....
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 5:14 TEMPLE. That is, the larger temple complex rather than the actual building (see note on 2:14). SIN NO MORE may imply that the man’s suffering was due to sin, though not
1-47 CHAPTER 5 _After these things,_ &c. Observe, John here omits many things which Christ did in Galilee, but which Matthew records from the 4th to the 12th chapter of his Gospel. For what Matthew...
_Afterwards Jesus_, &c. The Arabic is, _Now thou art healed, return not to sin, less a worse evil be done thee. _ In the Temple. From this it appears that this man who was healed by Christ, as soon as...
_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ “Up to the present time our Lord has offered Himself to typical representatives of the whole Jewish race at Jerusalem, in Judæa, in Samaria, and in Galilee, in such a...
EXPOSITION Here commences the second division of the Gospel (John 5:1) II. THE CONFLICT WITH THE CHOSEN PEOPLE IN JERUSALEM, GALILEE, AND JERUSALEM, TO THE
Shall we turn in our Bibles to the fifth chapter of the gospel of John. John has just recorded in the fourth chapter the ministry of Jesus in the Galilee when He was at the city of Cana and the noblem...
1 Peter 4:3; 2 Chronicles 28:22; Ezra 9:13; Ezra 9:14; Isaiah 38:20;...
Findeth - said. Note the lively interchange of the tenses, as in ver. 13. Sin no more [μ η κ ε τ ι α μ α ρ τ α ν ε]. No longer continue to sin. See on Matthew 1:21. Jesus thus shows His knowledge tha...
Sin no more — It seems his former illness was the effect or punishment of sin....
These words are our Saviour's seasonable advice and counsel to the poor impotent cripple, whom he had miraculously restored to health and soundness. Whence observe, 1. The person admonishing, Jesus; h...