John 5 · Verse 6

John 5:6

When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he saith unto him, Wilt thou be made whole?
John 5:6, King James Version

John 5:6 in other translations

BSBWhen Jesus saw him lying there and realized that he had spent a long time in this condition, He asked him, “Do you want to get well?”
WEBWhen Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he had been sick for a long time, he asked him, “Do you want to be made well?”
ASVWhen Jesus saw him lying, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he saith unto him, Wouldest thou be made whole?
YLThim Jesus having seen lying, and having known that he is already a long time, he saith to him, ‘Dost thou wish to become whole?'
DARBYJesus seeing this man lying there, and knowing that he was in that state now a great length of time, says to him, Wouldest thou become well?
BBEWhen Jesus saw him there on the floor it was clear to him that he had been now a long time in that condition, and so he said to the man, Is it your desire to get well?
WebsterWhen Jesus saw him lying, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he saith to him, Wilt thou be healed?

What does John 5:6 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 5:5-9

5-9. thirty and eight years--but not all that time at the pool. This was probably the most pitiable of all the cases, and therefore selected.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 6 Wilt thou be made whole? - Christ, by asking this question, designed to excite in this person faith, hope, and a greater desire of being healed. He wished him to reflect on his miserable state, that he might be the better prepared to receive a cure, and to value it when it came. Addresses of this kind are always proper from the preachers of the Gospel, that the hearts, as well of hardened as of desponding sinners, may be stirred up to desire and expect salvation. Do you wish to be healed? Do you know that you are under the power of a most inveterate and dangerous disease? If so, there is a remedy - have immediate recourse to the physician. Questions of this kind are frequently asked in the secret of our souls, by the inspirations of God's Spirit. Happy those who pay attention to them, and give right answers.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on John 5:1-9

We are all by nature impotent folk in spiritual things, blind, halt, and withered; but full provision is made for our cure, if we attend to it. An angel went down, and troubled the water; and what disease soever it was, this water cured it, but only he that first stepped in had benefit. This teaches us to be careful, that we let not a season slip which may never return. The man had lost the use of his limbs…

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John 5:6 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

τοῦτονtoutonHimG3778
ἰδὼνidōnhaving seenG1492
ὁho<the>G3588
ἸησοῦςIēsousJesusG2424
κατακείμενον,katakeimenonlying,G2621
καὶkaiandG2532
γνοὺςgnoushaving knownG1097
ὅτιhotithatG3754
πολὺνpoluna longG4183
ἤδηēdēalreadyG2235
χρόνονchronontimeG5550
ἔχει,echeihe has been,G2192
λέγειlegeiHe saysG3004
αὐτῷ·autōto him;G846
θέλειςtheleisDesire youG2309
ὑγιὴςhugiēswellG5199
γενέσθαι;genesthaito become?G1096

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for John 5:6

  • Luke 18:41

    Saying, What wilt thou that I shall do unto thee? And he said, Lord, that I may receive my sight.

  • Hebrews 4:15

    For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.

  • Hebrews 4:13

    Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.

  • Isaiah 65:1

    I am sought of them that asked not for me; I am found of them that sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that was not called by my name.

  • John 21:17

    He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.

  • Psalms 142:3

    When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me.

  • Jeremiah 13:27

    I have seen thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy whoredom, and thine abominations on the hills in the fields. Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem! wilt thou not be made clean? when shall it once be?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
and knew.
21:17; Ps 142:3; Heb 4:13,15
Wilt.
Isa 65:1; Jer 13:27; Lu 18:41

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • John 5:5

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

  • John 5:6

    When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he saith unto him, Wilt thou be made whole?

  • John 5:7

    The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me.

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John 5:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Como Jesús vió á éste echado, y entendió que ya había mucho tiempo, dícele: ¿Quieres ser sano?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Jésus, le voyant couché là, et sachant qu’il était dans cet état déjà depuis longtemps, lui dit: Veux-tu être guéri?
German
Elberfelder 1871		Als Jesus diesen daliegen sah und wußte, daß es schon lange Zeit also mit ihm war, spricht er zu ihm: Willst du gesund werden?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Hunc autem cum vidisset Jesus jacentem, et cognovisset quia jam multum tempus haberet, dicit ei: Vis sanus fieri?