John 5:3
“In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk,.... Sick and weak persons; who were an emblem of men under the law of…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Impotent folk - Sick people; or people who were weak and feeble by long disease. The word means those who were “feeble”…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
Blind, halt, withered - To these the Codex Bezae, three copies of the Itala, and both the Persic, add παραλυτικων,…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714John 5:1-16
This miraculous cure is not recorded by any other of the evangelists, who confine themselves mostly to the miracles…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
lay a great multitude Better, were lying a multitude.
blind, halt, withered These are the special kinds of -impotent…
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