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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - John 5:6

(6) And now Jesus sees him lying there among the throng of sufferers, and every ache of every limb, and. every sorrow of every heart told of the perfection of life marred by the curse of sin; but this man’s own sin had left its mark upon him, which men may read and condemn, though within the whited fairness of their own outer deeds, the soul’s life was by sin palsied to its very core. But he hears, in tones that went to the heart as he listened to them, the strange question, stranger indeed... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - John 5:7

(7) What does the question mean? Will this Stranger, whom he has never seen before, do for him what none of those who often saw him had ever done? Will he watch for the bubbling water, and place him first in it? Is there one being in all the world who regards his state as calling for loving pity, rather than scornful loathing?I have no man.—There is an eloquence of helplessness more powerful than that of words. Day by day he has watched, listened for the first sound, caught the first movement... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - John 5:8

(8) Jesus saith unto him.—There is no formal demand, or formal statement of faith as preceding the healing. (Comp., e.g., Notes on Matthew 13:58; Mark 9:24.) Men have often wondered at this. If faith is an expression in words or anything outside man, then there is room for wonder; but if it be a living principle, the “seeing Him who is invisible” (Hebrews 11:27), then surely we may seek in vain for a more striking instance of its power than in this man; who in all, and through all, and in spite... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - John 5:9

(9) The man was made whole.—The sufferer was known; the healing is in the striking form that none could gainsay. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - John 5:10

(10) The Jews therefore said unto him.—But what they cannot deny they can cavil at. One might have expected from human hearts wonder and thankfulness that the man could walk at all. We find from the formalism which had bound the letter round men until it had well nigh crushed all heart out of them, the murmur that the carrying of his bed was not lawful on the Sabbath. This is not the only place in this Gospel where the words and works of Christ clashed with the current views of the sanctity of... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - John 5:11

(11) He that made me whole.—The man bases the use of his power upon the will of Him who had given it. That has been the one divine voice he has heard, and it cannot be wrong for him to obey it. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - John 5:12

(12) What man is that which said unto thee . . .?—They pass over the giving of the power, and quote only the command which comes under their technical prohibition. The life and strength of once-palsied limb is as nothing; the fact that this man was breaking their tradition is secondary. The real motive is a charge against Him whose power the body of the Jewish people was feeling as a life-current, quickening deadened energies, and rousing men to a sense of God’s presence in their midst. Aye,... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - John 5:13

(13) For Jesus had conveyed himself away.—The second clause of this verse, as is shown by the marginal rendering, was not intended by our translators to convey the impression that a crowd had assembled round the scene of the miracle, and that to avoid this Jesus passed away from the place. In that case the man must have known who He was. Still the English does probably convey this meaning to most readers, and it would be better to give a freer rendering—For Jesus disappeared among the multitude... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - John 5:14

(14) Afterward.—There is no mark of time. Probably it was on the same day. Perhaps the first use of his restored power was to go to the Temple and pay his thank-offering to God.Sin no more.—These words connect his past sufferings with individual sin. He has been freed from the effects, but if they have been truly remedial he has been freed from the cause too. He is in God’s house. Let him accept restored powers as God’s gift, and let their devotion be the true thank-offering. The imperative is... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - John 5:15

(15) The man departed, and told the Jews.—We are not told what reason underlay his report to the Jews. It is natural that he should give the answer which he could not give before (John 5:13), and that he should wish to secure himself from the charge of Sabbath-breaking by supplying his authority. The narrative does not suggest that he did this in a tone of defiance, which has been found here from a remembrance of John 9:0, still less that he used his new strength immediately to bring a charge... read more

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - John 5:6

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - John 5:7

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - John 5:8

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - John 5:9

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - John 5:10

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - John 5:11

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - John 5:12

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - John 5:13

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - John 5:14

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - John 5:15

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