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So the Jews said to him who was cured, "It is the Sabbath. It is not lawful for you to carry your mat."
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Blinded by the Rules
Commentators highlight that the religious leaders were so focused on their strict Sabbath rules that they completely ignored the miraculous healing of a man who had been sick for 38 years. Their legalism, which scholars note was even more rigid than the Law itself, blinded them to the compassionate work of God happening right in front of them.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Not lawful. It was forbidden, they supposed, in the Old Testament. The Jews were very strenuous in the observation of the external duties …
Unto him that was cured (τω τεθεραπευμενω). Perfect passive articular participle of θεραπευω (only example in John), "to the heale…
19th Century
Anglican
The Jews therefore said unto him.—But what they cannot deny, they can quibble about. One might have expected from human hearts won…
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Baptist
The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath day: it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed, He answered them,
The outcome of the miracle was twofold: the paralytic was healed and a controversy broke out. Since the healing took place on the Sabbath, it broug…
16th Century
Protestant
It is the Sabbath. It was the duty of all to maintain the sanctity of the Sabbath, and, therefore, they justly and properly accuse the man…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured When they saw him, either at the place, or as he walked through the …
Those relieved from the punishment of sin are in danger of returning to sin when the terror and restraint are over, unless Divine grace dries up th…
13th Century
Catholic
Having seen a visible miracle that shows the power of Christ to restore spiritual life, we now see an opportunity given to him to teach. …
