約翰福音 5:6

6 耶 穌 看 見 他 躺 著 ， 知 道 他 病 了 許 久 ， 就 問 他 說 ： 你 要 痊 瘉 麼 ？

約翰福音 5:6 Meaning and Commentary

John 5:6

When Jesus saw him lie
In such a helpless condition:

and knew that he had been now a long time, [in that case],
or "in his disease", as the Ethiopic version supplies; even seven years before Christ was born; which is a proof of his omniscience: the words may be literally rendered, as they are in the Vulgate Latin and Syriac versions, "that he had had much time"; or as the Arabic version, "that he had had many years"; that is had lived many years, and was now an old man; he had his disorder eight and thirty years, and which seems from ( John 5:14 ) to have arisen from some sin of his, from a vicious course of living, perhaps intemperance; so that he might be a middle aged man, when this distemper first seized him, and therefore must be now stricken in years:

he saith unto him, wilt thou be made whole?
which question is put, not as if it was a doubt, whether he was desirous of it, or not; for to what purpose did he lie and wait there else? but partly to raise in the man an expectation of a cure, and attention in the people to it: and it may be his sense and meaning is, wilt thou be made whole on this day, which was the sabbath; or hast thou faith that thou shall be made whole in this way, or by me?

約翰福音 5:6 In-Context

4 因 為 有 天 使 按 時 下 池 子 攪 動 那 水 ， 水 動 之 後 ， 誰 先 下 去 ， 無 論 害 甚 麼 病 就 痊 愈 了 。 ）

5 在 那 裡 有 一 個 人 ， 病 了 三 十 八 年 。

6 耶 穌 看 見 他 躺 著 ， 知 道 他 病 了 許 久 ， 就 問 他 說 ： 你 要 痊 瘉 麼 ？

7 病 人 回 答 說 ： 先 生 ， 水 動 的 時 候 ， 沒 有 人 把 我 放 在 池 子 裡 ； 我 正 去 的 時 候 ， 就 有 別 人 比 我 先 下 去 。

8 耶 穌 對 他 說 ： 起 來 ， 拿 你 的 褥 子 走 罷 ！