John 5:9
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Immediately the man was made well, and he picked up his mat and began to walk. Now this happened on the Sabbath day,
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the same day was the sabbath--Beyond all doubt this was intentional, as in so many other healings, in order that when opposition arose on this account men might be compelled to listen to His claims and His teaching.
Open source ↗We have in the gospels a faithful record of all that Jesus began both to do and to teach, Act 1:1. These two are interwoven, because what he taught explained what he did, and what he did confirmed what he taught. Accordingly, we have in this chapter a miracle and a sermon. I. The miracle was the cure of an impotent man that had been diseased thirty-eight years, with the circumstances of that cure (v. 1-16). II. The sermon was Christ's vindication of himself before the sanhedrim, when he was prosecuted as a criminal for healing the man on the sabbath day, in which, 1. He asserts his authority as Messiah, and Mediator between God and man (Joh 5:17-29). 2. He proves it by the testimony of his Father, of John Baptist, of his miracles, and of the scriptures of the Old Testament, and condemns the Jews for their unbelief (v. 30-47).
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Now the day on which Jesus had made the mud and opened his eyes was a Sabbath.
Immediately her bleeding stopped, and she sensed in her body that she was healed of her affliction.
And immediately the leprosy left him, and the man was cleansed.
“Go,” said Jesus, “your faith has healed you.” And immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus along the road.
So He went to her, took her by the hand, and helped her up. The fever left her, and she began to serve them.
If a boy can be circumcised on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses will not be broken, why are you angry with Me for making the whole man well on the Sabbath?
Afterward, Jesus found the man at the temple and said to him, “See, you have been made well. Stop sinning, or something worse may happen to you.”