John 5:5

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years.

Complete Jewish Bible:

One man was there who had been ill for thirty-eight years.

Berean Standard Bible:

One man there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years.

American Standard Version:

And a certain man was there, who had been thirty and eight years in his infirmity.

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

And{G1161} a certain{G5100} man{G444} was{G2258} there{G1563}, which had{G2192} an infirmity{G1722}{G769} thirty{G5144} and eight{G3638} years{G2094}.

Cross-References (KJV):

Acts 3:2

  • And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple;

Luke 8:43

  • And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any,

Mark 9:21

  • And he asked his father, How long is it ago since this came unto him? And he said, Of a child.

Acts 14:8

  • ¶ And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a cripple from his mother's womb, who never had walked:

Luke 13:16

  • And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?

Acts 9:33

  • And there he found a certain man named Aeneas, which had kept his bed eight years, and was sick of the palsy.

John 5:14

  • Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.

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Commentary for John 5:5

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

  1. Strong's Number: G1161
    There are 2556 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: δέ
    Transliteration:
    Pronunciation: deh
    Description: a primary particle (adversative or continuative); but, and, etc.:--also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).
  2. Strong's Number: G5100
    There are 419 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: τὶς
    Transliteration: tìs
    Pronunciation: tis
    Description: an enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object:--a (kind of), any (man, thing, thing at all), certain (thing), divers, he (every) man, one (X thing), ought, + partly, some (man, -body, - thing, -what), (+ that no-)thing, what(-soever), X wherewith, whom(-soever), whose(-soever).
  3. Strong's Number: G444
    There are 614 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: ἄνθρωπος
    Transliteration: ánthrōpos
    Pronunciation: anth'-ro-pos
    Description: from ἀνήρ and (the countenance; from ὀπτάνομαι); man-faced, i.e. a human being:--certain, man.
  4. Strong's Number: G2258
    There are 416 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: ἦν
    Transliteration: ēn
    Pronunciation: ane
    Description: imperfect of εἰμί; I (thou, etc.) was (wast or were):--+ agree, be, X have (+ charge of), hold, use, was(-t), were.
  5. Strong's Number: G1563
    There are 98 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: ἐκεῖ
    Transliteration: ekeî
    Pronunciation: ek-i'
    Description: of uncertain affinity; there; by extension, thither:--there, thither(-ward), (to) yonder (place).
  6. Strong's Number: G2192
    There are 628 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: ἔχω
    Transliteration: échō
    Pronunciation: skheh'-o
    Description: a primary verb; to hold (used in very various applications, literally or figuratively, direct or remote; such as possession; ability, contiuity, relation, or condition):--be (able, X hold, possessed with), accompany, + begin to amend, can(+ -not), X conceive, count, diseased, do + eat, + enjoy, + fear, following, have, hold, keep, + lack, + go to law, lie, + must needs, + of necessity, + need, next, + recover, + reign, + rest, + return, X sick, take for, + tremble, + uncircumcised, use.
  7. Strong's Number: G1722
    There are 2129 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: ἐν
    Transliteration: en
    Pronunciation: en
    Description: a primary preposition denoting (fixed) position (in place, time or state), and (by implication) instrumentality (medially or constructively), i.e. a relation of rest (intermediate between εἰς and ἐκ); "in," at, (up-)on, by, etc.:--about, after, against, + almost, X altogether, among, X as, at, before, between, (here-)by (+ all means), for (… sake of), + give self wholly to, (here-)in(-to, -wardly), X mightily, (because) of, (up-)on, (open-)ly, X outwardly, one, X quickly, X shortly, (speedi-)ly, X that, X there(-in, -on), through(-out), (un-)to(-ward), under, when, where(-with), while, with(-in). Often used in compounds, with substantially the same import; rarely with verbs of motion, and then not to indicate direction, except (elliptically) by a separate (and different) preposition.
  8. Strong's Number: G769
    There are 23 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: ἀσθένεια
    Transliteration: asthéneia
    Pronunciation: as-then'-i-ah
    Description: from ἀσθενής; feebleness (of mind or body); by implication, malady; morally, frailty:--disease, infirmity, sickness, weakness.
  9. Strong's Number: G5144
    There are 11 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: τριάκοντα
    Transliteration: triákonta
    Pronunciation: tree-ak'-on-tah
    Description: the decade of τρεῖς; thirty:--thirty.
  10. Strong's Number: G3638
    There are 9 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: ὀκτώ
    Transliteration: oktṓ
    Pronunciation: ok-to'
    Description: a primary numeral; "eight":--eight.
  11. Strong's Number: G2094
    There are 48 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: ἔτος
    Transliteration: étos
    Pronunciation: et'-os
    Description: apparently a primary word; a year:--year.