11He answered them, He that made me whole, the same said unto me, Take up thy bed, and walk.
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Whether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk? …
Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God, because he keepeth not the sabbath day. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-16)This miraculous cure is not recorded by any other of the evangelists, who confine themselves mostly to the miracles wrought in Galilee, but John relates those wrought at Jerusalem. Concerning this observe, I. The time when this cure was wrought: it was at a feast of the Jews , that is, the passover, for that was the most celebrated feast. Christ, though residing in Galilee, yet went up to Jerusale…
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