Parallel Verses

An Understandable Version

And a certain man was there who had been sick for thirty-eight years [Note: He was probably a crippled person].

New American Standard Bible

A man was there who had been ill for thirty-eight years.

King James Version

And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years.

Holman Bible

One man was there who had been sick for 38 years.

International Standard Version

One particular man was there who had been ill for 38 years.

A Conservative Version

And a certain man was there who was thirty-eight years in the weakness.

American Standard Version

And a certain man was there, who had been thirty and eight years in his infirmity.

Amplified

There was a certain man there who had been ill for thirty-eight years.

Anderson New Testament

And a certain man was there, who had been sick thirty-eight years.

Bible in Basic English

One man was there who had been ill for thirty-eight years.

Common New Testament

One man who was there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years.

Daniel Mace New Testament

now a certain man was there, who had been sick eight and thirty years.

Darby Translation

But there was a certain man there who had been suffering under his infirmity thirty and eight years.

Godbey New Testament

And a certain man was there, being thirty-eight years in his infirmity;

Goodspeed New Testament

There was one man there who had been sick for thirty-eight years.

John Wesley New Testament

And a certain man was there, who had been diseased eight and thirty years.

Julia Smith Translation

And a certain man was there, being in weakness thirty-eight years.

King James 2000

And a certain man was there, who had an infirmity thirty and eight years.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And a certain man was there who had [been] thirty-eight years in his sickness.

Modern King James verseion

And a certain man was there, who had an infirmity thirty-eight years.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And a certain man was there, which had been diseased thirty eight years.

Moffatt New Testament

Now one man was there, whose illness had lasted thirty-eight years.

Montgomery New Testament

And there was one man there for thirty-eight years in his infirmity.

NET Bible

Now a man was there who had been disabled for thirty-eight years.

Noyes New Testament

And a certain man was there, who had had his infirmity thirtyeight years.

Sawyer New Testament

And there was a certain man there who had been sick thirty-eight years.

The Emphasized Bible

And there was a certain man there, who, for thirty-eight years, had continued in his sickness.

Thomas Haweis New Testament

And there was a certain man there, who had a complaint of thirty years standing.

Twentieth Century New Testament

One man who was there had been afflicted for thirty-eight years.

Webster

And a certain man was there, who had an infirmity thirty and eight years.

Weymouth New Testament

And there was one man there who had been an invalid for thirty-eight years.

Williams New Testament

And there was one man there who had been an invalid for thirty-eight years.

World English Bible

A certain man was there, who had been sick for thirty-eight years.

Worrell New Testament

And a certain man was there, who had been for thirty-eight years in his infirmity.

Worsley New Testament

And there was a man who had been under illness thirty eight years.

Youngs Literal Translation

and there was a certain man there being in ailment thirty and eight years,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And
δέ 
De 
but, and, now, then, also, yet, yea, so, moreover, nevertheless, for, even, , not tr
Usage: 2184

τίς 
Tis 
Usage: 373

man
ἄνθρωπος 
Anthropos 
man, not tr,
Usage: 316

was
ἦν 
En 
was, were, had been, had, taught , stood , , vr was
Usage: 410

ἐκεῖ 
Ekei 
there, thither, not tr,
Usage: 65

ἔχω 
Echo 
have, be, need , , vr have
Usage: 479

ἀσθένεια 
Astheneia 
Usage: 21

τριάκοντα 
Triakonta 
Usage: 7

and eight
ὀκτώ 
Okto 
Usage: 7

Devotionals

Devotionals containing John 5:5

References

American

Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Context Readings

A Paralytic Is Healed

4 For an angel of the Lord came down to the pool [from heaven] at certain times and stirred up the water. Then the first person to enter the pool after the water became choppy was healed from whatever disease he had."}} 5 And a certain man was there who had been sick for thirty-eight years [Note: He was probably a crippled person]. 6 When Jesus saw him lying [there by the pool], and knew that he had been [in that condition] a long time, He said to him, "Do you want to get well?"

Cross References

Mark 9:21

Jesus asked the boy's father, "How long has this been happening to him?" And he answered, "Since he was a small child.

Luke 8:43

Then a woman, who had been bleeding for twelve years, and who had spent all her income on doctors without being healed by any of them,

Luke 13:16

So, should not this woman, being a daughter [i.e., descendant] of Abraham, whom Satan has bound [with this disease] for eighteen years, have been released from this bondage on the Sabbath day?"

John 5:14

Later on Jesus found the man in the Temple, and said to him, "Look, you have been made well; stop sinning or else something worse [i.e., than the handicap you had] will happen to you."

John 9:1

As Jesus was walking along He saw a man [who had been] blind from birth.

John 9:21

But as to how it is that he can now see, we do not know; and we do not know who restored his sight [either]. Ask him, for he is old enough and can answer for himself."

Acts 3:2

[On their way] they met a certain man who had been crippled from birth. Every day he had been carried [by friends] and placed at the "Beautiful Gate" [as it was called] of the Temple [enclosure] where he begged for money from those entering the Temple.

Acts 4:22

Now the man who was healed was over forty years old.

Acts 9:33

And there he found a certain man named Aeneas who had been [confined to his] bed, paralyzed for eight years.

Acts 14:8

At Lystra they met a certain man sitting [on the street] who had a crippling handicap in his feet which he had suffered since birth. [It was so severe] he was never able to walk.

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