The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath day: it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed.
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Gill's Exposition
The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured,.... When they saw him, either at the place, or as he walked through the streets, with his bed on his back:
it is the sabbath day: do not you know it?…
Barnes' Notes
Not lawful - It was forbidden, they supposed, in the Old Testament. The Jews were very strenuous in the observation of the external duties of religion.
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…
Cambridge Bible
The Sequel of the Sign
10. The Jews The hostile party, as usual: probably members of the Sanhedrin (see on Joh 1:19). They ignore the cure and notice only what can be attacked. They had the letter of…
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