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Selected Verse: John 5:7 - King James
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Joh 5:7 |
King James |
The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
Sir, I have no man, &c.--Instead of saying he wished to be cured, he just tells with piteous simplicity how fruitless had been all his efforts to obtain it, and how helpless and all but hopeless he was. Yet not quite. For here he is at the pool, waiting on. It seemed of no use; nay, only tantalizing,
while I am coming, another steppeth down before me--the fruit was snatched from his lips. Yet he will not go away. He may get nothing by staying, he may drop into his grave ere he get into the pool; but by going from the appointed, divine way of healing, he can get nothing. Wait therefore he will, wait he does, and when Christ comes to heal him, lo! he is waiting his turn. What an attitude for a sinner at Mercy's gate! The man's hopes seemed low enough ere Christ came to him. He might have said, just before "Jesus passed by that way," "This is no use; I shall never get in; let me die at home." Then all had been lost. But he held on, and his perseverance was rewarded with a glorious cure. Probably some rays of hope darted into his heart as he told his tale before those Eyes whose glance measured his whole case. But the word of command consummates his preparation to receive the cure, and instantaneously works it. |
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Sir, I have no man ... - The answer of the man implied that he did wish it, but, in addition to all his other trials, he had no "friend" to aid him. This is an additional circumstance that heightened his affliction. |
Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Put (βάλῃ)
Literally, cast; indicating the hasty movement required to bring him to the water before its agitation should have ceased. See on Mar 7:30; see on Luk 16:20. |
Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
The sick man answered - Giving the reason why he was not made whole, notwithstanding his desire. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Sir, I have no man - Ναι, Κυριε - "Yes, sir; but I have no man:" - this is the reading of C*GH, fourteen others, both the Syriac, later Persic, Arabic, and Chrysostom. Reader, be thankful to God for health and outward comforts. When long affliction has been allied to deep poverty, how deplorable is the state! |
20 And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,
30 And when she was come to her house, she found the devil gone out, and her daughter laid upon the bed.