John 5:10

According to the prevailing Jewish interpretation of the law, it was not legitimate to carry anything from one place to another on the Sabbath (cf. Nehemiah 13:15; Jeremiah 17:21-27). Doing so constituted a capital offense that could result in stoning. The rabbis allowed for exceptional cases such as moving a lame person for compassionate reasons. [Note: Mishnah Sabbath 7:2; 10:5.] God’s intent in the fourth commandment was to free people from having to work to earn a living for one day out of seven (Exodus 20:9-11; Deuteronomy 5:12-15). Therefore this healed paralytic was not breaking the intent of the law, but he was violating the rabbinic interpretation of it.