John 5:6

When Jesus saw him lie,.... In such a helpless condition:

and knew that he had been now a long time, in that case, or "in his disease", as the Ethiopic version supplies; even seven years before…

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…

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…

knew Or, perceived, perhaps supernaturally (see on Joh 16:19), but He might learn it from the bystanders: the fact was very likely notorious.

Wilt thou? Or, more strongly, Dost thou will? Note that…