He answered them, He that made me whole, the same said unto me, Take up thy bed, and walk.
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Gill's Exposition
He answered them,.... That is, the impotent man, who was now made whole, replied to the Jews:
he that made me whole, the same said unto me, take up thy bed and walk; intimating, that he that had…
Barnes' Notes
He that made me whole - The man reasoned correctly. If Jesus had power to work so signal a miracle, he had a right to explain the law. If he had conferred so great a favor on him, he had a right to…
Adam Clarke
He that made me whole, etc. - The poor man reasoned conclusively: - He who could work such a miracle must be at least the best of men: now a good man will neither do evil himself, nor command others…
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
He that made me whole The man's defiance of them in the first flush of his recovered health is very natural. He means, -if He could cure me of a sickness of 38 years He had authority to tell me to…