What Does John 5:9 Mean?

“And”

and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words

“immediately”

directly, i.e., at once or soon

“was made”

to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e., (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)

“whole”

healthy, i.e., well (in body); figuratively, true (in doctrine)

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“the man”

man-faced, i.e., a human being

“And”

and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words

“took up”

to lift up; by implication, to take up or away; figuratively, to raise (the voice), keep in suspense (the mind), specially, to sail away (i.e., weigh

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“bed”

a mattress

the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons

“And”

and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words

“walked”

to tread all around, i.e., walk at large (especially as proof of ability); figuratively, to live, deport oneself, follow (as a companion or votary)

“was”

i (thou, etc.) was (wast or were)

“and”

but, and, etc

“the sabbath”

the sabbath (i.e., shabbath), or day of weekly repose from secular avocations (also the observance or institution itself); by extension, a se'nnight,

“on”

"in," at, (up-)on, by, etc

“the same”

that one (or (neuter) thing); often intensified by the article prefixed

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“day”

day, i.e., (literally) the time space between dawn and dark, or the whole 24 hours (but several days were usually reckoned by the jews as inclusive of