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Afterμετὰthese thingsταῦταJesusὁ Ἰησοῦςfindsεὑρίσκειhimαὐτὸνinἐνthe templeτῷ ἱερῷandκαὶsaidεἶπενto him,αὐτῷ“Look,Ἴδεyou have becomeγέγοναςwell.ὑγιὴςSinἁμάρτανεno more,μηκέτιso thatἵναnothingμὴ τιworseχεῖρόνmay happenγένηταιto you.”σοί
John 5:14
Study it in the app“After these things Jesus finds him in the temple and said to him, “Look, you have become well. Sin no more, so that nothing worse may happen to you.””
With the Greek beneath
John 5:14, word by word
- JesusἸησοῦςIēsous
Jesus
Jesus, the Greek form of the Hebrew Yehoshua (Joshua), which means "YHWH saves". It is the name the angel told Joseph to give him (Matthew 1:21).
Where else “Iēsous” appears- findsεὑρίσκειheuriskei
find
To come upon something or someone, after searching or by surprise.
Where else “heuriskei” appears- the templeἱερῷhierōi
temple
The whole sacred precinct in Jerusalem, with its courts and porches.
Where else “hierōi” appears- saidεἶπενeipen
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipen” appears- “LookἼδεIde
look
Look! See!
Where else “Ide” appears- you have becomeγέγοναςgegonas
become
To turn into something new, different from before.
Where else “gegonas” appears- wellὑγιὴςhygiēs
healed
Well in body, cured of one's illness.
Where else “hygiēs” appears- Sinἁμάρτανεhamartane
sin
Sin: fail God, do what he forbids.
Where else “hamartane” appears- no moreμηκέτιmēketi
no longer
No longer, never again.
Where else “mēketi” appears- worseχεῖρόνcheiron
worse
Worse.
Where else “cheiron” appears
The context
13But the man who had been healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had slipped away, there being a crowd in the place.
14 · This verse (above)
15The man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.
To study John 5 in a group
1. What it says
What does Jesus ask the man who had been ill for thirty-eight years, and what does he tell him to do? What problem do the Jews see? (vv. 5-16)
2. What it means
Jesus says the works he does bear witness about him (v. 36). What other witnesses does he mention in this chapter? (vv. 31-47)
3. How I live it
Jesus asked the sick man, “Do you want to get well?” (v. 6). What change would you like to ask God for in your life today?