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(Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/john/5.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />One who was there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/john/5.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />One of the men lying there had been sick for thirty-eight years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/john/5.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />One man was there who had been an invalid for thirty-eight years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/john/5.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />One man there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/john/5.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />And a certain man was there, himself being thirty and eight years in infirmity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/john/5.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/john/5.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Now a certain man was there who had an infirmity thirty-eight years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/john/5.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now a man was there who had been ill for thirty-eight years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/john/5.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />A man was there who had been ill for thirty-eight years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/john/5.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And a certain man was there, who had been thirty-eight years in his sickness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/john/5.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And a man was there who had been sick for thirty-eight years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/john/5.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />There was a certain man there who had been ill for thirty-eight years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/john/5.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />One man was there who had been disabled for thirty-eight years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/john/5.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />One man was there who had been sick for 38 years. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/john/5.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And a certain man was there, who had been thirty and eight years in his infirmity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/john/5.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Beside the pool was a man who had been sick for 38 years. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/john/5.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And a certain man was there, which had been thirty and eight years in his infirmity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/john/5.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />One man, who had been sick for 38 years, was lying there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/john/5.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />A man was there who had been sick for thirty-eight years. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/john/5.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />One particular man was there who had been ill for 38 years. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/john/5.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />One man there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/john/5.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Now a man was there who had been disabled for thirty-eight years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/john/5.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />A certain man was there, who had been sick for thirty-eight years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/john/5.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And a certain man was there, who had an infirmity thirty and eight years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/john/5.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />And there was one man there who had been an invalid for thirty-eight years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/john/5.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />A certain man was there who had been sick for thirty-eight years. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/john/5.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And there was a certain man there being in ailment thirty-eight years,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/john/5.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />And a certain man was there, himself being thirty and eight years in infirmity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/john/5.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and there was a certain man there being in ailment thirty and eight years,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/john/5.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And a certain man was there, being in weakness thirty-eight years.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/john/5.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And there was a certain man there, that had been eight and thirty years under his infirmity. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/john/5.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And there was a certain man in that place, having been in his infirmity for thirty-eight years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/john/5.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />One man was there who had been ill for thirty-eight years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/john/5.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />One man was there who had been ill for thirty-eight years.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/john/5.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />A man was there who had been sick for thirty-eight years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/john/5.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />But a certain man was there who had been diseased for thirty eight years.<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/john/5.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />And a certain man was there, who had been sick thirty-eight years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/john/5.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br />And a certain man was there, being thirty-eight years in his infirmity;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/john/5.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />And there was a certain man there, who had a complaint of thirty years standing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/john/5.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />now a certain man was there, who had been sick eight and thirty years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/john/5.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />And there was one man there who had been an invalid for thirty-eight years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/john/5.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br />And a certain man was there, who had been for thirty-eight years in his infirmity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/john/5.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br />And there was a man who had been under illness thirty eight years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/john/5-5.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ixy2bchmXZ0?start=1357" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/john/5.htm">The Pool of Bethesda</a></span><br>… <span class="reftext">5</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/1161.htm" title="1161: de (Conj) -- A primary particle; but, and, etc."></a> <a href="/greek/5100.htm" title="5100: tis (IPro-NMS) -- Any one, some one, a certain one or thing. An enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object.">One</a> <a href="/greek/444.htm" title="444: anthrōpos (N-NMS) -- A man, one of the human race. From aner and ops; man-faced, i.e. A human being.">man</a> <a href="/greek/1510.htm" title="1510: Ēn (V-IIA-3S) -- I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist."></a> <a href="/greek/1563.htm" title="1563: ekei (Adv) -- (a) there, yonder, in that place, (b) thither, there. Of uncertain affinity; there; by extension, thither.">there</a> <a href="/greek/2192.htm" title="2192: echōn (V-PPA-NMS) -- To have, hold, possess. Including an alternate form scheo skheh'-o; a primary verb; to hold.">had been</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc."></a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autou (PPro-GM3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons."></a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tē (Art-DFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/769.htm" title="769: astheneia (N-DFS) -- From asthenes; feebleness; by implication, malady; morally, frailty.">an invalid</a> <a href="/greek/5144.htm" title="5144: triakonta (Adj-ANP) -- Thirty. The decade of treis; thirty.">for thirty-eight</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. "></a> <a href="/greek/3638.htm" title="3638: oktō (Adj-ANP) -- Eight. A primary numeral; eight."></a> <a href="/greek/2094.htm" title="2094: etē (N-ANP) -- A year. Apparently a primary word; a year.">years.</a> </span> <span class="reftext">6</span>When Jesus saw him lying there and realized that he had spent a long time in this condition, He asked him, “Do you want to get well?”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/9-1.htm">John 9:1-7</a></span><br />Now as Jesus was passing by, He saw a man blind from birth, / and His disciples asked Him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” / Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but this happened so that the works of God would be displayed in him. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/2-3.htm">Mark 2:3-12</a></span><br />Then a paralytic was brought to Him, carried by four men. / Since they were unable to get to Jesus through the crowd, they uncovered the roof above Him, made an opening, and lowered the paralytic on his mat. / When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/13-11.htm">Luke 13:11-13</a></span><br />and a woman there had been disabled by a spirit for eighteen years. She was hunched over and could not stand up straight. / When Jesus saw her, He called her over and said, “Woman, you are set free from your disability.” / Then He placed His hands on her, and immediately she straightened up and began to glorify God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/9-20.htm">Matthew 9:20-22</a></span><br />Suddenly a woman who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years came up behind Him and touched the fringe of His cloak. / She said to herself, “If only I touch His cloak, I will be healed.” / Jesus turned and saw her. “Take courage, daughter,” He said, “your faith has healed you.” And the woman was healed from that very hour.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/3-2.htm">Acts 3:2-8</a></span><br />And a man who was lame from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those entering the temple courts. / When he saw Peter and John about to enter, he asked them for money. / Peter looked directly at him, as did John. “Look at us!” said Peter. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/5-18.htm">Luke 5:18-25</a></span><br />Just then some men came carrying a paralyzed man on a mat. They tried to bring him inside to set him before Jesus, / but they could not find a way through the crowd. So they went up on the roof and lowered him on his mat through the tiles into the middle of the crowd, right in front of Jesus. / When Jesus saw their faith, He said, “Friend, your sins are forgiven.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/12-10.htm">Matthew 12:10-13</a></span><br />and a man with a withered hand was there. In order to accuse Jesus, they asked Him, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?” / He replied, “If one of you has a sheep and it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will he not take hold of it and lift it out? / How much more valuable is a man than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/9-33.htm">Acts 9:33-34</a></span><br />There he found a man named Aeneas who had been paralyzed and bedridden for eight years. / “Aeneas,” Peter said to him, “Jesus Christ heals you! Get up and put away your mat.” Immediately Aeneas got up,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/35-5.htm">Isaiah 35:5-6</a></span><br />Then the eyes of the blind will be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped. / Then the lame will leap like a deer and the mute tongue will shout for joy. For waters will gush forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/53-4.htm">Isaiah 53:4-5</a></span><br />Surely He took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted. / But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/103-2.htm">Psalm 103:2-3</a></span><br />Bless the LORD, O my soul, and do not forget all His kind deeds— / He who forgives all your iniquities and heals all your diseases,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/17-14.htm">Jeremiah 17:14</a></span><br />Heal me, O LORD, and I will be healed; save me, and I will be saved, for You are my praise.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/15-26.htm">Exodus 15:26</a></span><br />saying, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God, and do what is right in His eyes, and pay attention to His commands, and keep all His statutes, then I will not bring on you any of the diseases I inflicted on the Egyptians. For I am the LORD who heals you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/5-1.htm">2 Kings 5:1-14</a></span><br />Now Naaman, the commander of the army of the king of Aram, was a great man in his master’s sight and highly regarded, for through him the LORD had given victory to Aram. And he was a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper. / At this time the Arameans had gone out in bands and had taken a young girl from the land of Israel, and she was serving Naaman’s wife. / She said to her mistress, “If only my master would go to the prophet who is in Samaria, he would cure him of his leprosy.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/15-30.htm">Matthew 15:30-31</a></span><br />Large crowds came to Him, bringing the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute, and many others, and laid them at His feet, and He healed them. / The crowd was amazed when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled restored, the lame walking, and the blind seeing. And they glorified the God of Israel.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years.</p><p class="hdg">thirty.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/john/5-14.htm">John 5:14</a></b></br> Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/john/9-1.htm">John 9:1,21</a></b></br> And as <i>Jesus</i> passed by, he saw a man which was blind from <i>his</i> birth… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/mark/9-21.htm">Mark 9:21</a></b></br> And he asked his father, How long is it ago since this came unto him? And he said, Of a child.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/galatians/4-13.htm">Ailment</a> <a href="/luke/24-13.htm">Eight</a> <a href="/john/4-46.htm">Ill</a> <a href="/luke/13-12.htm">Infirmity</a> <a href="/luke/13-11.htm">Invalid</a> <a href="/john/5-3.htm">Sick</a> <a href="/luke/23-41.htm">Suffering</a> <a href="/john/2-6.htm">Thirty</a> <a href="/nehemiah/7-45.htm">Thirty-Eight</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/john/11-4.htm">Ailment</a> <a href="/john/6-7.htm">Eight</a> <a href="/john/5-7.htm">Ill</a> <a href="/romans/6-19.htm">Infirmity</a> <a href="/john/5-7.htm">Invalid</a> <a href="/john/5-6.htm">Sick</a> <a href="/john/15-21.htm">Suffering</a> <a href="/john/6-19.htm">Thirty</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/2-14.htm">Thirty-Eight</a><div class="vheading2">John 5</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/john/5-1.htm">Jesus on the Sabbath day cures him who was diseased thirty-eight years.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/john/5-10.htm">The Jews therefore object, and persecute him for it.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/john/5-17.htm">He answers for himself, and reproves them, showing by the testimony of his Father,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">31. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/john/5-31.htm">of John,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">36. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/john/5-36.htm">of his works,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">39. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/john/5-39.htm">and of the Scriptures, who he is.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/john/5.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/john/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/john/5.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>One man there</b><br>This phrase introduces a specific individual among the multitude of sick people at the Pool of Bethesda. The focus on one man highlights the personal nature of Jesus' ministry, emphasizing His compassion and attention to individual needs. This setting is significant as it reflects the broader theme of Jesus' ministry to the marginalized and suffering.<p><b>had been an invalid</b><br>The term "invalid" indicates a severe physical disability, suggesting that the man was unable to walk or care for himself. This condition would have rendered him dependent on others for survival, highlighting the desperation and hopelessness of his situation. In the cultural context of the time, physical ailments were often seen as a result of sin, adding a layer of social stigma to his condition.<p><b>for thirty-eight years</b><br>The duration of thirty-eight years underscores the chronic nature of the man's condition, emphasizing the depth of his suffering and the seeming impossibility of his healing. This long period of illness can be seen as a parallel to the Israelites' 38 years of wandering in the wilderness (<a href="/deuteronomy/2-14.htm">Deuteronomy 2:14</a>), symbolizing a time of waiting and testing. The number also signifies completeness in suffering, setting the stage for a miraculous intervention by Jesus, who often healed those who had long been afflicted, demonstrating His power over time and human limitations.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_invalid_man.htm">The Invalid Man</a></b><br>A man who had been suffering from a debilitating condition for thirty-eight years. His long-term illness symbolizes human suffering and the need for divine intervention.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/b/bethesda_pool.htm">Bethesda Pool</a></b><br>Located in Jerusalem, this pool was believed to have healing properties when its waters were stirred. It represents a place of hope and desperation for many seeking healing.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/jesus.htm">Jesus</a></b><br>The central figure in this account, who later heals the man, demonstrating His divine authority and compassion.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a></b><br>The city where this event takes place, significant as a religious and cultural center for the Jewish people.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_sabbath.htm">The Sabbath</a></b><br>The healing occurs on the Sabbath, which later becomes a point of contention with the Jewish leaders, highlighting the tension between Jesus' ministry and traditional Jewish law.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_perseverance.htm">The Power of Perseverance</a></b><br>The invalid man's long-term suffering teaches us about enduring faith and the hope that God can intervene at any moment.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/j/jesus'_compassion.htm">Jesus' Compassion</a></b><br>Jesus' willingness to heal the man shows His deep compassion and readiness to meet us in our suffering.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/divine_timing.htm">Divine Timing</a></b><br>God's timing is perfect. The man's healing after thirty-eight years reminds us that God's plans unfold according to His divine schedule, not ours.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/challenge_of_tradition.htm">Challenge of Tradition</a></b><br>Jesus' actions on the Sabbath challenge us to consider how traditions and rules should not hinder acts of love and mercy.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_and_obedience.htm">Faith and Obedience</a></b><br>The man's response to Jesus' command to "Get up, pick up your mat, and walk" (<a href="/john/5-8.htm">John 5:8</a>) illustrates the importance of faith and obedience in experiencing God's power.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_john_5.htm">Top 10 Lessons from John 5</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/insights_from_day_38_on_spiritual_growth.htm">What insights does Day 38 offer on spiritual growth?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_sunday_1_significant.htm">What insights does Day 38 offer on spiritual growth?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_the_gift_of_healing.htm">What is the Gift of Healing?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_can_jesus_share_glory_pre-universe.htm">In John 17:5, how can Jesus claim to share glory 'before the world existed' if science shows the universe had a singular origin billions of years ago?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/john/5.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(5) <span class= "bld">Thirty and eight years.</span>--The period expresses, not his age on the one hand, nor the time of his being at Bethesda on the other, but the time during which he had suffered from the infirmity. Helpless and friendless, having spent half the lot of human life in that condition, he appeals without an uttered word to the Mercy which is present in the House of Mercy; and to him alone of those He healed does Christ of His own accord address the first question. The infirmity was in some way connected with youthful sin (<a href="/john/5-14.htm" title="Afterward Jesus finds him in the temple, and said to him, Behold, you are made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come to you.">John 5:14</a>), and the sufferer and his history would be well known to those at Jerusalem. The exact knowledge of the writer tells us that for thirty-eight years he had paid sin's. penalty.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/john/5.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 5.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And a certain man was there, who had been thirty and eight years in his infirmity.</span> He had not lost all his powers - he crawled probably from some near home to the healing well; but for thirty-eight years be had been dragging out his impotent existence. The length implies the inveteracy of the disease. Hengstenberg, Wordsworth, Westcott (in part), imply a marked correspondence between these thirty-eight years and the similar period of time during which Israel was compelled to wander in the wilderness. It is not said how long the man had lain in the five porches waiting listlessly for healing, but that the malady was of old standing, and to all human appearance incurable. Thoma finds allegorical meaning in "Bethesda" - a synonym of the metropolls, and keeps up a series of comparisons with <a href="/acts/3.htm">Acts 3</a>. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/john/5-5.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">One</span><br /><span class="grk">τις</span> <span class="translit">(tis)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_5100.htm">Strong's 5100: </a> </span><span class="str2">Any one, some one, a certain one or thing. An enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">man</span><br /><span class="grk">ἄνθρωπος</span> <span class="translit">(anthrōpos)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_444.htm">Strong's 444: </a> </span><span class="str2">A man, one of the human race. From aner and ops; man-faced, i.e. A human being.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">there</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐκεῖ</span> <span class="translit">(ekei)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1563.htm">Strong's 1563: </a> </span><span class="str2">(a) there, yonder, in that place, (b) thither, there. Of uncertain affinity; there; by extension, thither.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">had been</span><br /><span class="grk">ἔχων</span> <span class="translit">(echōn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2192.htm">Strong's 2192: </a> </span><span class="str2">To have, hold, possess. Including an alternate form scheo skheh'-o; a primary verb; to hold.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[an] invalid</span><br /><span class="grk">ἀσθενείᾳ</span> <span class="translit">(astheneia)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Dative Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_769.htm">Strong's 769: </a> </span><span class="str2">From asthenes; feebleness; by implication, malady; morally, frailty.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[for] thirty-eight</span><br /><span class="grk">τριάκοντα</span> <span class="translit">(triakonta)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_5144.htm">Strong's 5144: </a> </span><span class="str2">Thirty. The decade of treis; thirty.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">years.</span><br /><span class="grk">ἔτη</span> <span class="translit">(etē)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2094.htm">Strong's 2094: </a> </span><span class="str2">A year. 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