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Afterward Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him, "Behold, you are made well. Sin no more, so that nothing worse happens to you."
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Sin's Tangible Consequences
Commentators unanimously agree that Jesus' command, "Sin no more," directly links the man's 38-year paralysis to his personal sin. While scholars note this isn't a universal rule for all suffering (as seen in John 9), this story is a stark reminder that our actions can have severe, long-term consequences. Jesus addressed not just the symptom (paralysis) but the root cause (sin).
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Findeth him. He fell in with him, or saw him.
In the temple. The man seems to have gone at once to the temple—perhaps a pr…
Findeth him (ευρισκε αυτον). Dramatic present as in 1:45, possibly after search as in 9:35.
Sin no more (μ…
19th Century
Anglican
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…
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Baptist
Probably, this man's illness had been caused by sin. Christ bids him to keep clear of sin from now on, so that a worse calamity would not come upon…
Jesus’ interest in the man is implied in the word “found.” Apparently Jesus searched for him out of a concern for his spiritual state as well as fo…
16th Century
Protestant
After these things Jesus found him. These words show still more clearly that, when Christ concealed himself for a time, it was not so that…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Afterward Jesus finds him in the temple Perhaps on the same day; for as soon as he had been at home, and laid down h…
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. …
