“What do you want me to do for you?” And he replied, “Lord, I want to receive my sight.”
John 5:6 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) When Jesus saw him lying [there by the pool], and knew that he had been [in that condition] a long time, He said to him, “Do you want to get well?” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he saith unto him, Wilt thou be made whole? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition When Jesus noticed him lying there [helpless], knowing that he had already been a long time in that condition, He said to him, Do you want to become well? [Are you really in earnest about getting well?] American Standard Version (1901) When Jesus saw him lying, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he saith unto him, Wouldest thou be made whole? Common English Bible When Jesus saw him lying there, knowing that he had already been there a long time, he asked him, “Do you want to get well?” Catholic Public Domain Version Then, when Jesus had seen him reclining, and when he realized that he had been afflicted for a long time, he said to him, "Do you want to be healed?" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Him when Jesus had seen lying, and knew that he had been now a long time, he saith to him: Wilt thou be made whole? |
“What do you want me to do for you?” And he replied, “Lord, I want to receive my sight.”
Then Jesus asked him a third time, “Simon, son of John, do you [truly] love me?” Peter was sad because Jesus had asked him a third time, “Do you [even] love me?” So, he said to Jesus, “Lord, you know all things. You [surely] know that I love you.” Jesus replied to him, “[Then] feed my sheep.
And a certain man was there who had been sick for thirty-eight years [Note: He was probably a crippled person].
The sick man answered Him, “Sir, I do not have anyone to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, but [just] when I am about to enter [it] someone else goes down [into the water] before me.”
And no created being is hidden from God’s sight, but everything is laid bare and is openly visible to the eyes of God, to whom we must give account.
For we do not have a head priest who is incapable of sympathizing with our weaknesses, but One [i.e., Jesus] who has been tempted in every way that we have, and yet without sinning.