John 5:11

11. He that made me whole A most sensible answer. He who possesses divine power, possesses also divine authority. The man wisely thought that he who could cure him could sustain the responsibility for obedience to his command. Besides, the man uttered sound rabbinical doctrine. The Jews held that even the Sabbath might be broken at a prophet’s command, adducing the Sabbatical overthrow of Jericho by Joshua’s order: “If a prophet shall say unto thee, transgress the words of the law, hear him except to commit idolatry.”