💫WEB · John 5:8
What does John 5:8 mean?
"Jesus said to him, “Arise, take up your mat, and walk.”"
— John 5:8 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
A certain man was there, who had been sick for thirty-eight years.
When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he had been sick for a long time, he asked him, “Do you want to be made well?”
The sick man answered him, “Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, but while I’m coming, another steps down before me.”
Jesus said to him, “Arise, take up your mat, and walk.”
Immediately, the man was made well, and took up his mat and walked. Now it was the Sabbath on that day.
So the Jews said to him who was cured, “It is the Sabbath. It is not lawful for you to carry the mat.”
He answered them, “He who made me well, the same said to me, ‘Take up your mat, and walk.’”
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