Study it in the app“The 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.””
The sick manὁ ἀσθενῶνansweredἀπεκρίθηhim,αὐτῷ“Sir,ΚύριεI haveἔχωnoοὐκoneἄνθρωπονtoἵναputβάλῃmeμεintoεἰςthe poolτὴν κολυμβήθρανwhenὅτανthe waterτὸ ὕδωρis stirred up;ταραχθῇandδὲwhileἐν ᾧIἐγὼam coming,ἔρχομαιanotherἄλλοςgoes downκαταβαίνειbeforeπρὸme.”ἐμοῦ
be sick
To be unwell in body, without health, sometimes to the point of death.
Where else “asthenōn” appearsanswer
To say something back to the one who spoke or asked.
Where else “apekrithē” appearssir
A respectful way to address someone.
Where else “Kyrie” appearshave
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “echō” appearssomeone
Any person, without saying who, as in the parables.
Where else “anthrōpon” appearsput
To place something somewhere.
Where else “balēi” appearspool
Pool; a large basin of water one can go into.
Where else “kolymbēthran” appearswhen, whenever
When, whenever.
Where else “hotan” appearswater
The liquid of rivers, wells and rain, for drinking and washing.
Where else “hydōr” appearsstir
To stir the water.
Where else “tarachthēi” appearsgo
To set out toward a place.
Where else “erchomai” appearsother, another
Other, another.
Where else “allos” appearsgo down, come down
Go down, come down, descend.
Where else “katabainei” appears6When 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?”
7 · This verse (above)
8Jesus says to him, “Get up, pick up your mat, and walk.”
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?
