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John 5:10

The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath day: it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed.

KJV

ἔλεγον οὖν οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι τῷ τεθεραπευμένῳ· σάββατόν ἐστιν, καὶ οὐκ ἔξεστίν σοι ἆραι τὸν κράβαττόν.

Greek NT

Dicebant ergo Judæi illi qui sanatus fuerat : Sabbatum est, non licet tibi tollere grabatum tuum.

Vulgate

So the Jews said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath, and it is not lawful for thee to take up thy bed.

ASV

The Jews therefore said to him that was healed: It is the sabbath. It is not lawful for thee to take up thy bed.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αἴρω
airo
verb · 101×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
θεραπεύω
therapeuo
verb · 43×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κράββατος
krabbatos
noun · 11×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
οὖν
oun
conjunction · 489×
σάββατον
sabbaton
noun · 68×
σύ
su
pronoun · 1071×
ἔξεστι
exesti
verb · 32×
Ἰουδαῖος
ioudaios
adjective · 193×
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

trivial
SBLGNT: καὶ | WH/Treg/NIV: καὶ
  • καὶSBLGNT
  • καὶWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
source: sblgnt-apparatus
notable
SBLGNT: κράβαττον | NIV: + σου
  • κράβαττονSBLGNT
  • + σουReader's GNT (NA27)
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§575Many of Jesus' deeds and words constituted a "sign of contradiction",321 but more so for the religious authorities in Jerusalem, whom the Gospel according to John often calls simply "the Jews",322 than for the ordinary People of God.323 To be sure, Christ's relations with the Pharisees were not exclusively polemical. Some Pharisees warn him of the danger he was courting;324 Jes…

Cross-references

  • Jer 17:21 — Thus saith the LORD; Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem;
  • John 5:9 — And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked: and on the same day was the sabbath.
  • John 5:16 — And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day.
  • John 9:16 — Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God, because he keepeth not the sabbath day. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them.
  • Luke 6:2 — And certain of the Pharisees said unto them, Why do ye that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath days?
  • Luke 13:14 — And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, and said unto the people, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore c
  • Mark 2:24 — And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful?
  • Mark 3:4 — And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace.
  • Matt 12:2 — But when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto him, Behold, thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath day.
  • Matt 12:10 — And, behold, there was a man which had his hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days? that they might accuse him.
  • Neh 13:15 — In those days saw I in Judah some treading wine presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought into Je