Yohanes 5:5-9

5:5 Now a man was there who had been disabled for thirty-eight years. ¹  5:6 When Jesus saw him lying there and when he realized ²  that the man ³  had been disabled a long time already, he said to him, “Do you want to become well?” 5:7 The sick man answered him, “Sir, ⁴  I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up. While I am trying to get into the water, ⁵  someone else ⁶  goes down there ⁷  before me.” 5:8 Jesus said to him, “Stand up! Pick up your mat ⁸  and walk.” 5:9 Immediately the man was healed, ⁹  and he picked up his mat ¹⁰  and started walking. (Now that day was a Sabbath.) ¹¹ 

[5:5]  ¹ tn Grk “who had had thirty-eight years in his disability.”

[5:6]  ² tn Or “knew.”

[5:6]  ³ tn Grk “he.” The referent (the man) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[5:7]  ⁴ tn Or “Lord.” The Greek κύριος (kurios) means both “Sir” and “Lord.” In this passage the paralytic who was healed by Jesus never acknowledges Jesus as Lord – he rather reports Jesus to the authorities.

[5:7]  ⁵ tn Grk “while I am going.”

[5:7]  ⁶ tn Grk “another.”

[5:7]  ⁷ tn The word “there” is not in the Greek text but is implied.

[5:8]  ⁸ tn Or “pallet,” “mattress,” “cot,” or “stretcher.” Some of these items, however, are rather substantial (e.g., “mattress”) and would probably give the modern English reader a false impression.

[5:9]  ⁹ tn Grk “became well.”

[5:9]  ¹⁰ tn Or “pallet,” “mattress,” “cot,” or “stretcher.” See the note on “mat” in the previous verse.

[5:9]  ¹¹ tn Grk “Now it was Sabbath on that day.”

[5:9]  sn This is a parenthetical note by the author.