John 5:8

8 Yeshua said to him, "Get up, pick up your mat and walk!"

John 5:8 Meaning and Commentary

John 5:8

Jesus saith to him, rise
From thy bed, or couch, on which he lay in one of the porches: and

take up thy bed and walk;
these words were spoken by the same power, as those to Lazarus, which called him out of his grave; as appears from the effect they had upon the man, who was in himself impotent, weak, and helpless.

John 5:8 In-Context

6 Yeshua, seeing this man and knowing that he had been there a long time, said to him, "Do you want to be healed?"

7 The sick man answered, "I have no one to put me in the pool when the water is disturbed; and while I'm trying to get there, someone goes in ahead of me."

8 Yeshua said to him, "Get up, pick up your mat and walk!"

9 Immediately the man was healed, and he picked up his mat and walked. Now that day was Shabbat,

10 so the Judeans said to the man who had been healed, "It's Shabbat! It's against Torah for you to carry your mat!"