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Commentaries on John 5:12

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John Gill - Exposition

John Gill

Then asked they him,.... Suspecting who had made him whole, and gave him this order: what man is that which said unto thee, take up thy bed and walk? they take no notice of the cure, being unwilling to give any glory to Christ, and still less to spread it; but chose rather that it should be obscured, hid, and unobserved; but they laid hold on that, which they thought might be improved to his...

Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary

Matthew Henry

We have in the gospels a faithful record of all that Jesus began both to do and to teach, Acts i. 1. These two are interwoven, because what he taught explained what he did, and what he did confirmed what he taught. Accordingly, we have in this chapter a miracle and a sermon. I. The miracle was the cure of an impotent man that had been diseased thirty-eight years, with the circumstances of that...

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions

Charles H. Spurgeon

Then asked they him, What man is that which saith unto thee, Take up thy bed, and walk? They asked, “What man” had given this command. Why, if it had been a mere man who had said it, the impotent man could not either have taken up his bed, or have walked!