Juan 5:12

12 Y le preguntaron entonces: ¿Quién es el hombre que te dijo: Toma tu lecho y anda

Juan 5:12 Meaning and Commentary

John 5:12

Then asked they him
Suspecting who had made him whole, and gave him this order:

what man is that which said unto thee, take up thy bed and walk?
they take no notice of the cure, being unwilling to give any glory to Christ, and still less to spread it; but chose rather that it should be obscured, hid, and unobserved; but they laid hold on that, which they thought might be improved to his reproach and scandal; and they call him a man, as supposing him to be a mere man, and a wicked man too, for giving orders to transgress a tradition of the elders, though no mere man could work such a cure as this was. And so the Jews since, though they cannot find fault with the cure, which they put an "if" upon, yet are highly displeased with the order, to take up his bed and carry it:

``if (say they ^F1) he wrought a cure, lo, that is good, but why did he bid him take up his bed?''

the answer may be, to show that he was cured.

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FOOTNOTES:

F1 Vet. Nizzachon, p. 207.

Juan 5:12 In-Context

10 Entonces los judíos decían a aquel que había sido sanado: Sábado es; no te es lícito llevar tu lecho

11 Les respondió: El que me sanó, él mismo me dijo: Toma tu lecho y anda

12 Y le preguntaron entonces: ¿Quién es el hombre que te dijo: Toma tu lecho y anda

13 Y el que había sido sanado, no sabía quién era; porque Jesús se había apartado de la multitud que estaba en aquel lugar

14 Después le halló Jesús en el Templo, y le dijo: He aquí, eres ya sano; no peques más, para que no te venga alguna cosa peor