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Jesusὁ Ἰησοῦςsaysλέγειto him,αὐτῷ“Get up,Ἔγειρεpick upἆρονyour mat,τὸν κράβαττόν σουandκαὶwalk.”περιπάτει
John 5:8
Study it in the app“Jesus says to him, “Get up, pick up your mat, and walk.””
With the Greek beneath
John 5:8, 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- saysλέγειlegei
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “legei” appears- “Get upἜγειρεEgeire
get up
To help someone stand, or to stand up.
Where else “Egeire” appears- pick upἆρονaron
pick up
To lift something from the ground or take it in one's hands.
Where else “aron” appears- your matκράβαττόνkrabatton
mat, stretcher
Mat, stretcher, pallet.
Where else “krabatton” appears- walkπεριπάτειperipatei
walk
To move on foot, step by step, from place to place.
Where else “peripatei” appears
The context
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.”
8 · This verse (above)
9And at once the man became well, and he picked up his mat and began to walk. Now it was the Sabbath on that day.
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?