THE GOOD NEWS OF JESUS, THE CHRIST AND THE SON OF GOD, ACCORDING TO JOHN. Manfred Diefenbach

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СКАЧАТЬ the allusion to the prophet Isaiah 26:19; 29:18; 35:5–6; 61:1 in Luke 7:22/Matthew 11:5 – who were [“waiting /for/ (moving) of the water ( )”.

      v. 4: “/For an/ angel of the Lord, went down at certain seasons into the pool, and stirred the water: Whoever stepped in first after the stirring of the water was healed of whatever disease s/he had] – note the text-critical remarks by Nestle-Aland, Novum Testamentum Graece.

      - The Healing of a Lame Man at the Pool of Bethesda on the Sabbath (vv. 4–9)

      + The Diagnose (v. 5)

      One “man” was “there” who “had (his) sickness³⁹³ ( )” about “thirty-eight years” (cf. Deuteronomy 2:7, 14).

      + Jesus’ Initiative (vv. 6–7)

      v. 6: Jesus realized/“saw” (in Greek “horáo”) this man “lying” (vv. 3a, 6a) there and “knew” (cf., for example, John 6:15; 13:1) of his 38-year-long (cf. John 9:1; Mark 5:21; 9:21; Luke 8:29; 13:11, 16) suffering, “saying”: “/Do/ you want /to/ (be) healed³⁹⁴ ( )”?

      v. 7: The answer of the “sick” man emphasizes his necessity for help: “Lord, ( ) [ ] I have [no] (person) to “{ } put me into the pool {when / / the water /is stirred up/} and while I am going another /goes/steps down/ before me / /”

      + Jesus’ Healing by Word (v. 8)

      Then Jesus said to this man in the form of an order (cf. Mark 2:9d–f, 11; Matthew 9:6d–f₁; Luke 5:25) – note the three imperatives³⁹⁵:

      “Rise/get up” (in Greek “egeíro” in Mark 2:9d, 11b/Matthew 9:6d/Luke 5:23c₁, 25)

      “pick/take up (your) bed³⁹⁶”/stretcher ( ), “and

      walk away” – note the parallel with verses 9b–c, 10d, 11c–d, 12c–d and Mark 2:9e–f, 11c–d₁/Matthew 9:6e–f₁; Luke 5:23c₂.

      + Note on the Healing (v. 9)

      “Immediately”³⁹⁷ the man was “healed” (vv. 6d, 9a, 11b, 14b, 15c) and

      “picked/took up (his) bed ( )” (vv. 8c, 9b, 10d, 11c and Mark 2:12b; Luke 5:25b) – note the parallel with verses 8b, 11d, 12c – “and

      walked away” – note also the parallel with verses 8c, 11d, 12d.

      The Fourth Evangelist emphasizes that this healing was on “the Sabbath³⁹⁸” (vv. 9d, 10b, 16b, 18b and 7:23; 9:14, 16).

      - The Reaction of “the Jews” as a Dialogue (vv. 10–18)

      + “The Jews” and the Healed Man (vv. 10–13)

      v. 10: Because of “the Sabbath” (vv. 9d, 10b, 16b, 18b and 7:23; 9:14, 16), “the Jews” (vv. 10a, 15a₂, 16a, 18a) as “judges” of the Jewish authority in Jerusalem “said” to the “healed”³⁹⁹ man: “(/It/ is the Sabbath ( ),

      and /it is/ not allowed/lawful⁴⁰⁰ /for/ you” (cf. Exodus 20:8–11; 31:12–17; 35:1–3; Leviticus 23:3; Deuteronomy 5:12–15 and Mark 2:24/Matthew 12:2/Luke 6:2⁴⁰¹)

      “to pick/take up [your] bed [ ]” (vv. 8c, 9b, 10d, 11c).

      v. 11: He answered them that his “Healer” (in Greek “hugɩós” in vv. 6d, 9a, 11b, 14b, 15c) had said to him:

      “Pick/take up (your) bed ( ), and

      walk away” (vv. 8c–d, 12c–d).

      v. 12: “The Jews” (vv. 10a, 15a₂, 16a, 18a) “asked him”:

      “Who is the person

      who said /to/ you:

      ‘Pick/take up” [(your) bed ( )], and

      walk away’”? (vv. 8c–d, 11c–d).

      v. 13: The Fourth Evangelist explains that the “healed”⁴⁰² man did “not know” the identity⁴⁰³ (“who” in vv. 12b, 13a₂ and, for example, 4:10; 18:4, 7–8) of his healer because of the large “crowd”, Jesus “slipped away”⁴⁰⁴ from there.

      + Jesus and the Cured Man (v. 14)

      “Afterward” (in Greek “metà taũta” in vv. 1a, 14a) “(Jesus) found ( )” the cured man “in the Temple and said /to/ him”:

      “See” (in Greek “horáo”), “(you are) well/healed ( ).

      [ ] Sin⁴⁰⁵ [no more]” (cf. John 8:11; Luke 5:21; 7:49) – note the imperatives –,

      “that nothing worse⁴⁰⁶ [/may/ happen] /to/ you …”

      The Cured Man and “the Jews” (v. 15)

      Then the cured man “went away”⁴⁰⁷ and informed/“told” (cf. John 11:46, 57) “the Jews” (vv. 10a, 15a₂, 16a, 18a) that “Jesus” was his “healer” (in Greek “ho poɩésas autòn hugɩē” = who did/made him well in vv. 11b, 15c). In contrast to the man cured blind in Chapter 9, the man healed here is not a witness of Jesus, but an informant for “the Jews”⁴⁰⁸.

      + “The Jews” and Jesus (vv. 16–18)

      v. 16: The phrase “… this was why … ‘the Jews’” (in Greek “… dɩà toũto … ‘hoɩ ’Ioudaῖoɩ’” in vv. 16a, 18a⁴⁰⁹) introduces and concludes the discussion in the form of an inclusion. Because of His breaking of “the Sabbath” (cf. Exodus 20:8–11; 31:12–17; 35:1–3; Leviticus 23:3; Deuteronomy 5:12–15 – note vv. 16b, 18b and 9:16) “the Jews” were “persecuting⁴¹⁰ … Jesus” (cf. John 15:20).

      v. 17: The second reason – blasphemy (cf. Exodus 20:7; 22:27; Leviticus 24:15–16; Numbers 15:30–31; Deuteronomy 5:11; 18:20 – note v. 18c–d and John 10:33; 19:7) – for Jesus’ “persecuting” by the Jewish aristocrats was His answer in the form of a parallelism/climax of their “unity of working”⁴¹¹:

      “(My) Father ( ) [ ] is working⁴¹² [until now]” (cf. 1 John 2:9 and 1 Corinthians 8:7; 15:6),

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