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**After,** &c. A phrase common in John. See [John 21:1](../../../kjv/john/21/1) . Ten times in the Revelation.
**After** . Greek. *meta.* App-104 .
**this** = these things,
**a feast.** Perhaps Purim, but uncertain.
**the Jews.** See note on [John 2:13](../../../kjv/john/2/13) .
**Jesus.** See App-98 .
**to.** Greek. *eis.* App-104 .

**at** = in. Greek.
**en.** App-104 .
**by** = upon, or at. Greek. *epi.* App-104 .
**market, or gate** . Compare [Nehemiah 3:1](../../../kjv/nehemiah/3/1) , [Nehemiah 3:32](../../../kjv/nehemiah/3/32) ; [Nehemiah 12:39](../../../kjv/nehemiah/12/39) , and App-68 . Joh 15:40 .
**which is called.** Greek. *epilegomai.* Only here and Acts
**Bethesda** . Aramaic. App-93 . Compare Siloam in the sixth sign, App-176 .
**porches** = arches, i, e. a colonnade, or cloister. Greek. stoa. Occurs only here, [John 10:23](../../../kjv/john/10/23) .[Acts 3:11](../../../kjv/acts/3/11) ; [Acts 5:12](../../../kjv/acts/5/12) . The Eng. "porch" is from the French *porche,* Latin. *porticum = a* gallery or door. All from Latin. *portare =* to carry-the wall being *carried over* by an arch.

**In.** Greek. *en.* App-104 .
**halt** = lame. Eng. from Anglo-Saxon *healt = stop,* be-cause of having to stop frequently from lameness.
**waiting** . From this word to the end of [John 5:4](../../../kjv/john/5/4) is omitted by T Tr. A WH R, but not the Syriac (see App-94 . note 3). If it be an addition it must have been a marginal note to explain the "troubling "of [John 5:7](../../../kjv/john/5/7) , which gradually got into the text.

**For an angel.** The water was intermittent from the upper springs of the waters of Gihon (see App-68 , and [2 Chronicles 32:33](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/32/33) , Revised Version) The common belief of the man expressed in [John 5:7](../../../kjv/john/5/7) is hereby described. All will be clear, if we insert a parenthesis, thus: "For [it was said that] an angel", &c.
**at a certain season** = from time to time. Greek. *kata* ( App-104 . *kairon* .
**into.** Greek. *en.* App-104 .
**troubled** . Greek. tarasso. Compare [John 11:33](../../../kjv/john/11/33) ; [John 12:27](../../../kjv/john/12/27) ; [John 13:21](../../../kjv/john/13/21) ; [John 14:1](../../../kjv/john/14/1) , [John 14:27](../../../kjv/john/14/27) .
**whole** = well or sound. Greek. *hugies.* Seven times in John. Compare [John 7:23](../../../kjv/john/7/23) .
**he had** = held him fast. See note on "withholdeth", [2 Thessalonians 2:6](../../../kjv/2-thessalonians/2/6) .

**And,** &c. See App-176 .
**man.** Greek *anthropos.* App-123 .
**thirty and eight years** . The period of the wanderings. Compare "from birth", [John 9:1](../../../kjv/john/9/1) .

**saw** = seeing. App-133 . The Lord, in this and the sixth sign, takes the initiative ([John 9:1](../../../kjv/john/9/1) ).
**knew** = knowing. App-132 . See note on [John 1:10](../../../kjv/john/1/10) . Not the same word as in [John 5:32](../../../kjv/john/5/32) . a long time. Compare [John 9:2](../../../kjv/john/9/2) .
**Wilt thou** = Desirest thou to. Greek. *thelo.* App-102 .

**Sir** . Greek. *kurios* . App-98 . B. b. Supply the *Ellipsis* thus: "Sir [I am indeed willing, but] I have, "&c.
**no.** Greek. *ou.* App-105 .
**to** = in order that (Greek. *hina)* he may.
**time** = when.
**into** . Greek. *eis.* App-104 .
**while** = in (Greek. *en)* the
**another** . App-124 .
**before** . Greek. pro. App-104 .

**Rise** . App-178 .
**The third sign** . See App-176 .
**bed** . A rough cotton wool quilt called to-day khaf, the poor man's bed. The Greek *krabbaton* is a Latin word meaning a "pallet".

**on** . Greek. *en.* App-104 .
**the same day . . . sabbath** = that day a Sabbath. Compare [John 9:14](../../../kjv/john/9/14) and App-176 . This seems to imply that it was not the weekly sabbath, but the same as [John 19:31](../../../kjv/john/19/31) . See App-156 .

**was cured** = had been healed.
**the sabbath day** = a sabbath.
**it is not lawful** . A forced interpretation of [Jeremiah 17:21](../../../kjv/jeremiah/17/21) , &c., by the Rabbis, made the carrying of anything from a public place into a private place, or vice versa, unlawful (Talmud, *Sabb.* 6. a).
**not.** Greek *ou.* App-105 . Not the same word as in verses: [John 5:23](../../../kjv/john/5/23) , [John 5:28](../../../kjv/john/5/28) , [John 5:45](../../../kjv/john/5/45) .
**carry** = take up, as in [John 5:8](../../../kjv/john/5/8) .

**the same** = that one there. Greek. *ekeinos,* emph.

**asked** . Greek. *erotao.* App-134 .
**What man . . . ?** = Who is the man . . . ?

**And** = But.
**was healed** = had been healed.
**wist** = knew. App-132 . Anglo-Saxon *wit an =* to know.
**conveyed Himself away** = turned aside, as if to avoid a blow. Greek *ekneuo.* Occurs only here.
**multitude** = crowd.
**that** = the.

**Afterward** =
**After these things.** See note on [John 5:1](../../../kjv/john/5/1) .
**findeth** . Compare [John 9:35](../../../kjv/john/9/35) . See App-176 .
**temple** = the temple courts. See note on [Matthew 23:16](../../../kjv/matthew/23/16) .
**Behold.** Figure of speech *Asterismos.* App-6 .
**art made** = hast become.
**sin,** &c. = continue no longer (Greek. *meketi)* in sin.
**sin.** Greek. *hamartano.* App-128 . See [John 9:24](../../../kjv/john/9/24) , [John 9:25](../../../kjv/john/9/25) , [John 9:31](../../../kjv/john/9/31) , [John 9:34](../../../kjv/john/9/34) . App-176 .
**lest** = in order that . . . not Greek.
**me.** App-105 .
**come unto thee** = happen to thee, or befall thee.

**therefore** = on account of (Greek. *dia.* App-104 .[John 5:2](../../../kjv/john/5/2); [John 5:2](../../../kjv/john/5/2) ) this.
**did . . . persecute =** began to persecute. Beginning of open hostility.
**sought** = were seeking. Most texts, not Syriac, omit this clause.

**My Father** . See note on [John 2:16](../../../kjv/john/2/16) .
**worketh** . Compare [John 9:4](../../../kjv/john/9/4) , and see App-176 .
**hitherto until now** ; referring to the O.T. Dispensation. Now Jehovah was speaking "by His Son "([Hebrews 1:2](../../../kjv/hebrews/1/2) ).
**and I work** = I also am working [now].

**to kill Him** . Note three attempts on the Lord's life, all connected with His claim to Deity, here; [John 8:58](../../../kjv/john/8/58) , Joh 8:69 ; [John 10:30](../../../kjv/john/10/30) , [John 10:31](../../../kjv/john/10/31) .
**because He not only.** The 1611 edition of the Authorized Version reads "not only because He".
**had broken** = was breaking.
**said also that God was His Father** = -also called God His own Father.
**God.** App-98 .
**His** = His own.

**Then** = Therefore.
**Verily, verily.** The fifth occurance. See note on [John 1:51](../../../kjv/john/1/51) .
**do** . His works were like His words. See note on [John 7:16](../../../kjv/john/7/16) .
**nothing** . Greek. *ou ouden.* A double negative.
**of** = from. Greek. *apo.* App-104 .
**but** = if not. Greek. *ean me.*
**seeth.** Greek. *blepo.* App-133 .
**the Father** . See note on [John 1:14](../../../kjv/john/1/14) .
**do** = doing.
**these also** . Read "also "after "Son".
**likewise** = in like manner.

**loveth** . Greek *phileo.* One of the characteristic words of this Gospel. See page 1511, and App-135 .
**works** . See note on [John 4:34](../../../kjv/john/4/34) .
**that** = in order that. Greek. *Nina.*

**raiseth** = awaketh. Greek *egeiro.* App-178 .
**the dead** = corpses. See App-139 .
**quickeneth** = giveth life to. Occurs in John only here, twice, and [John 6:63](../../../kjv/john/6/63) . Then universally believed by the Jews.
**them.** Supply the *Ellipsis* (complex, App-6 .), thus: "quickeneth [whom He will]; so the Son also [raiseth the dead, and] quickeneth whom He will. "
**the Son** = the Son also.

**For . . . no man** = For not even . . . any
**one** . Greek. *oude oudeis.* A double negative.
**judgeth** . One of the characteristic words of this Gospel. See App-122 and the Characteristic Words chart for John book comments.
**committed** = given.
**judgment** . Greek. *krisis.* App-177 .

**even as** . Greek *kathos.*
**not** . Greek one. App-105 .
**sent** . Greek *pempo.* App-174 . One of the characteristic words of this Gospel. See note on [John 1:22](../../../kjv/john/1/22) and the Characteristic Words chart for John book comments.

**word.** Greek. *logos.* See note on [Mark 9:32](../../../kjv/mark/9/32) .
**believeth on** . See App-150 .
**everlasting.** Greek *aionios.* App-161 .
**life** . See note on [John 1:4](../../../kjv/john/1/4) .
**condemnation** = judgment, as in [John 5:22](../../../kjv/john/5/22) .
**is** = has.
**from** = out of. Greek. *ek.* App-104 .
**unto** . Same as "into", above.

**The hour** = An hour. Put by Figure of speech *Synecdoche* (of the Part), App-6 , for a definite and special time. now is. Because, had the nation repented, "all that the prophets had spoken" would have been fulfilled according to [Acts 3:21](../../../kjv/acts/3/21) , including the resurrection foretold in [Ezekiel 37](../../../kjv/ezekiel/37) , and [Isaiah 26:19](../../../kjv/isaiah/26/19) , &c.
**the Son** of God. App-98 . This title is associated with resurrection, as in [John 5:27](../../../kjv/john/5/27) judgment is with the Son of man.
**shall live.** See note on [John 4:50](../../../kjv/john/4/50) .

**as** = even as. Greek. *hosper.*
**hath He given** = He gave (in eternity past).

**authority** . Greek. *exousia.* See App-172 .
**the Son of man** (see App-98 ). The only occurance in John without the Article (except [Revelation 1:13](../../../kjv/revelation/1/13) ; [Revelation 14:14](../../../kjv/revelation/14/14) ). Compare [Daniel 7:13](../../../kjv/daniel/7/13) .

**the graves** = the tombs. Therefore they are not in heaven or hell.

**done** = wrought. Greek. poieo = accomplished (referring to the object, aim or end of the act), and generally associated with *good.*
**good** = good things (Plural)
**the** = a. resurrection. Greek. *anastasis.* App-178 .
**done** (Greek. *prasso.* Compare [John 3:20](../../../kjv/john/3/20) , [John 3:21](../../../kjv/john/3/21) ) = practised (referring to the means by which the object is obtained) and *is* associated with evil, as are four out of six occurrences of the noun *praxis* (= deed), [Matthew 16:27](../../../kjv/matthew/16/27) . [Luke 23:51](../../../kjv/luke/23/51) .[Acts 19:18](../../../kjv/acts/19/18) . [Romans 8:13](../../../kjv/romans/8/13) ; [Romans 12:4](../../../kjv/romans/12/4) .[Colossians 3:9](../../../kjv/colossians/3/9) .
**evil** = evil things (plural) Same word as in [John 3:20](../../../kjv/john/3/20) .
**damnation** = judgment. Greek. *krisis, as* in [John 5:22](../../../kjv/john/5/22) .

**will.** Greek. *thelema.* App-102 .
**the Father** . All the texts read "Him".

**If.** Assuming the condition, where experience will decide. App-118 .
**I.** Emphatic = I alone.
**bear witness** . See note on [John 1:7](../../../kjv/john/1/7) .
**of** = concerning. Greek. *peri.* App-104 . The emphasis being on "Myself". Greek. emautou.
**witness** . See note on [John 1:7](../../../kjv/john/1/7) .
**true** . App-175 . Referring to [Deuteronomy 19:15](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/19/15) . Compare [John 8:14](../../../kjv/john/8/14) . See p. 1511.

**There is** . See [John 5:31](../../../kjv/john/5/31) with [John 7:28](../../../kjv/john/7/28) ; [John 8:26](../../../kjv/john/8/26) .
**know.** Greek. *oida.* App-132 .

**sent** = have sent. Greek. *apostello.* App-174 . unto. Greek. *pros.* App-104 .
**he bare** = he hath borne.
**truth.** See note on [John 1:14](../../../kjv/john/1/14) .

**from** . Greek. *para.* App-104 .

**a . . . light** = the . . . lamp. Greek. *luchnos.* App-130 . A common Rabbinic idiom for a famous man. In contrast with Christ ([John 8:12](../../../kjv/john/8/12) ).
**for.** Greek. *pros.* App-104 .
**season** . Greek. hour, put by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Subject), App-6 , for a brief period. Compare [John 12:23](../../../kjv/john/12/23) .
**light.** Greek. *phos.* App-130 .

**greater witness** = the witness, greater.
**to finish** = in order that I should complete them.

**hath sent** = sent (at a definite time).
**hath borne** . And still bears.
**neither . . . nor.** Greek. *oute . . . oute.*
**seen.** Greek. *horao.* App-133 .
**shape** = form. Greek. *eidos.* Compare [Luke 3:22](../../../kjv/luke/3/22) ; [Luke 9:39](../../../kjv/luke/9/39) .

**abiding** . See note on [John 1:32](../../../kjv/john/1/32) .
**hath sent** = sent.

**Search** . Greek. *ereunao =* to search as a lion or hound tracks by the scent. Not the same word as in [Acts 17:11](../../../kjv/acts/17/11) . Here the Verb may be the imperative or indicative mood; but the indicative never commences a sentence without the pronoun or some other word, while the imperative is so used. See [John 7:52](../../../kjv/john/7/52) ; [John 14:11](../../../kjv/john/14/11) (Believe); [John 15:20](../../../kjv/john/15/20) (Remember).
**the scriptures** = the (sacred) writings.
**eternal.** App-151 . as in [John 5:24](../../../kjv/john/5/24) .
**testify** . See note on [John 1:7](../../../kjv/john/1/7) .

**will not come** = do not will ([John 5:6](../../../kjv/john/5/6) ) to come.
**to.** Greek. *pros.* App-104 .
**might** = may.

**honour** . Greek. *doxa* = approval, here, as in [John 5:44](../../../kjv/john/5/44) ; or "praise", as in [John 9:21](../../../kjv/john/9/21) ; [John 12:43](../../../kjv/john/12/43) . [1 Peter 4:11](../../../kjv/1-peter/4/11) . See p. 1511.

**love of God** = love toward God. Genitive of Relation. App-17 . Occurs in the Gospels elsewhere only in [Luke 11:42](../../../kjv/luke/11/42) .
**you** = yourselves, as in [John 6:53](../../../kjv/john/6/53) .[Mark 4:17](../../../kjv/mark/4/17) . [1 John 5:10](../../../kjv/1-john/5/10) .

**him** , &c. Compare [2 Thessalonians 2:4](../../../kjv/2-thessalonians/2/4) .

**believe** . App-150 .
**one of another** = from (Greek. *para.* App-104 ) one another.
**the.** Note the Art. here, and not in the preceding clause.
**God only** = the only God ( App-98 .) Compare [1 Timothy 1:17](../../../kjv/1-timothy/1/17) .

**Moses.** See note on [John 1:17](../../../kjv/john/1/17) .
**in** = on. Greek. *eis.* App-104 .
**ye trust** = ye have set your hope.

**had ye** = if ( App-118 . a) ye had.
**wrote** . See App-47 .
**Me** . See note on [Luke 24:27](../../../kjv/luke/24/27) .

**if** . App-118 .
**writings.** Greek. Plural of gramma = letters, used of *written characters,* or of a *document.* For the former, see [Luke 23:38](../../../kjv/luke/23/38) . [2 Corinthians 3:7](../../../kjv/2-corinthians/3/7) ; or the *letter* of Scripture contrasted with its *spirit* ([Romans 2:27](../../../kjv/romans/2/27) , [Romans 2:29](../../../kjv/romans/2/29) ; [Romans 7:6](../../../kjv/romans/7/6) . [2 Corinthians 3:6](../../../kjv/2-corinthians/3/6) ). For the latter see [Luke 16:6](../../../kjv/luke/16/6) , [Luke 16:7](../../../kjv/luke/16/7) (where it is a debtor's account), and [Acts 28:21](../../../kjv/acts/28/21) (where it is an ordinary letter). in [John 7:15](../../../kjv/john/7/15) and [Acts 26:24](../../../kjv/acts/26/24) , it is used for learning (compare [Isaiah 29:11](../../../kjv/isaiah/29/11) , [Isaiah 29:12](../../../kjv/isaiah/29/12) .[Acts 4:13](../../../kjv/acts/4/13); [Acts 4:13](../../../kjv/acts/4/13) ). In [2 Timothy 3:15](../../../kjv/2-timothy/3/15) it is used for the sacred writings as a whole. Hence the Scribes were called *grammateis.*
**words** . Greek. *rhema (plural)* See note on [Mark 9:32](../../../kjv/mark/9/32) .

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