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Andκαὶat onceεὐθέωςthe manὁ ἄνθρωποςbecameἐγένετοwell,ὑγιὴςandκαὶhe picked upἦρεhis matτὸν κράβαττον αὐτοῦandκαὶbegan to walk.περιεπάτειNowδὲit wasἮνthe Sabbathσάββατονonἐνthat day.ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ
John 5:9
Study it in the app“And at once the man became well, and he picked up his mat and began to walk. Now it was the Sabbath on that day.”
With the Greek beneath
John 5:9, word by word
- at onceεὐθέωςeutheōs
immediately
Immediately, at once.
Where else “eutheōs” appears- the manἄνθρωποςanthrōpos
person
A person, man or woman.
Where else “anthrōpos” appears- becameἐγένετοegeneto
become
To turn into something new, different from before.
Where else “egeneto” appears- wellὑγιὴςhygiēs
healed
Well in body, cured of one's illness.
Where else “hygiēs” appears- he picked upἦρεēre
pick up
To lift something from the ground or take it in one's hands.
Where else “ēre” appears- his matκράβαττονkrabatton
mat, stretcher
Mat, stretcher, pallet.
Where else “krabatton” appears- began to walkπεριεπάτειperiepatei
walk
To move on foot, step by step, from place to place.
Where else “periepatei” appears- it wasἮνĒn
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “Ēn” appears- the Sabbathσάββατονsabbaton
Sabbath
The seventh day, a rest for God.
Where else “sabbaton” appears- that dayἡμέρᾳhēmerai
day
A span counted on the calendar: “on the third day,” “forty days.”
Where else “hēmerai” appears
The context
8Jesus says to him, “Get up, pick up your mat, and walk.”
9 · This verse (above)
10So the Jews were saying to the man who had been healed, “It is the Sabbath, and it is not lawful for you to pick up your mat.”
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?