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When Jesusὁ Ἰησοῦςsawἰδὼνhimτοῦτονlying thereκατακείμενονandκαὶknewγνοὺςthatὅτιhe had alreadyἤδηbeen in that conditionἔχειa longπολὺνtime,χρόνονhe saysλέγειto him,αὐτῷ“Do you wantΘέλειςto becomeγενέσθαιwell?”ὑγιὴς
John 5:6
Study it in the app“When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had already been in that condition a long time, he says to him, “Do you want to become well?””
With the Greek beneath
John 5:6, word by word
- When 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- sawἰδὼνidōn
see
To perceive with sight, to look and notice what is in front.
Where else “idōn” appears- lying thereκατακείμενονkatakeimenon
lie
To be laid up, like a sick person in bed.
Where else “katakeimenon” appears- knewγνοὺςgnous
find out
To find out something, to realize.
Where else “gnous” appears- he had alreadyἤδηēdē
already
Already, by now.
Where else “ēdē” appears- been in that conditionἔχειechei
be in state
To be in some state: "those who were sick".
Where else “echei” appears- a longπολὺνpolyn
more
Abundantly, often, or to a still higher degree.
Where else “polyn” appears- timeχρόνονchronon
time
Time; a span of time.
Where else “chronon” appears- he saysλέγειlegei
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “legei” appears- “Do you wantΘέλειςTheleis
want
To have the desire or the resolve for something.
Where else “Theleis” appears- to becomeγενέσθαιgenesthai
become
To turn into something new, different from before.
Where else “genesthai” appears- wellὑγιὴςhygiēs
healed
Well in body, cured of one's illness.
Where else “hygiēs” appears
The context
5A certain man was there who had been in his illness thirty-eight years.
6 · This verse (above)
7The sick man answered him, “Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up; and while I am coming, another goes down before me.”
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?