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John 5:1

John 5:1
After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

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Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

A feast - Probably the Passover, though it is not certain. There were two other feasts - the Pentecost and the Feast of Tabernacles - at which all the males were required to be present, and it might…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

A feast - This is generally supposed, by the best critics, to have been the feast of the passover, which was the most eminent feast among the Jews. In several excellent MSS. the article is added, ἡ…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

John 5:1-16

This miraculous cure is not recorded by any other of the evangelists, who confine themselves mostly to the miracles wrought in Galilee, but John relates those wrought at Jerusalem. Concerning this…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

John 5:1-47

Joh 2:13 to Joh 11:57. The Work

We here enter on the second portion of the first main division of the Gospel, thus subdivided: The Work (1) among Jews, (2) among Samaritans, (3) among Galileans, (4)…

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