John 5:14 (WEB)
Afterward Jesus found him in the temple and said to him, “Behold, you are made well. Sin no more, so that nothing worse happens to you.”
Catechism · 1
“His public ministry itself was patterned by his pilgrimages to Jerusalem for the great Jewish feasts.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Jn 2 13-14; 5:1, 14; 7:1, 10, 14; 8 2; 10:22-23.
Fathers and councils · 38
Gregory of Nyssa
“…Gospel of S. John, by liberating the soul also from its own malady after He had given health to the body, where He saith, “Thou art made whole, sin no more,” thou, that is, who hast been cured in both, I mean in soul and in body.” — editor's note: S. John v. 14
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Irenaeus of Lyons
“This is in accordance with what the Lord said to the man who had been healed: “Behold, thou art made whole; sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.”” — editor's note: John v. 14.
Read the whole comment“And thus also He healed by a word all the others who were in a weakly condition because of sin; to whom also He said, “Behold, thou art made whole, sin no more, lest a worse thing come upon thee:” pointing out by this, that, because of the sin of disobedience, infirmities have come upon men.” — editor's note: John v. 14.
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Jerome
“And when we have been baptized we are told,“Behold thou art made whole; sin no more lest a worse thing happen unto thee.”” — editor's note: John v. 14.
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“…minds into light, healing the visibly lame, and guiding sinners’ steps to repentance, saying to the palsied, Sin no more, and, Take up thy bed and walk.” — editor's note: John v. 14, 8.
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John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences I–X VI.11Conference VI
“In the Psalms also: “Many are the scourges of the sinners:” and in the gospel: “Behold thou art made whole: now sin no more, lest a worse thing happen unto thee.”” — editor's note: S. John v. 14.
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Augustine of Hippo
“For good it is to confess unto Thee, and to say, “Be merciful unto me, heal my soul, for I have sinned against Thee;” and not to abuse Thy goodness for a license to sin, but to remember the words of the Lord, “Behold, thou art made whole; sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.”” — editor's note: John v. 14.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“The Lord taught this in His instruction when He said, “Behold, thou art made whole; sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.”” — editor's note: John v. 14.
Read the whole comment“And as he knows that it is written, “Behold, thou art made whole; sin no more, lest a worse thing happen unto thee,” let him separate the fraudulent and adulterers from his side and from his company, since the case of an adulterer is by far both graver and worse than that of…” — editor's note: John v. 14.
Read the whole comment“The words of the Lord giving health and teaching, as well curing as warning, are: “Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.”” — editor's note: John v. 14.
Read the whole comment“In the Gospel according to John: “Lo, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing happen unto thee.”” — editor's note: John v. 14.
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John Chrysostom
“In that case there was remission of sins, (for He saith, “Thy sins be forgiven thee,”) but in this, warning and threats to strengthen the man for the future; “Sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.” ( Ver.” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“John v. 14” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“Before, when He healed the paralytic, He said, “Behold, thou art made whole, sin no more.” ( c. v. 14.)” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“Therefore to the sick of the palsy also Christ said, “Behold, thou art made whole; sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee;”and this to a man who was thirty-eight years in his infirmity.” — editor's note: John v. 14.
Read the whole comment“To the one then He saith, “Behold, thou art made whole, sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee;”but to these, “Wilt thou be made whole?” — editor's note: John v. 14.
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Matthew
“If after being enlightened and delivered from our former evils, we are again possessed by the same wickedness, the punishment of these latter sins will be greater than of the first; as Christ spake to the paralytic, “Behold, thou art made whole, sin not, lest a worse thing come upon thee.” [John 5:14]” — the author cites it
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“But as you now are, so walk, mindful of the command, Behold thou art made whole; sin no more lest a worse thing happen unto thee if thou prove thyself bad after the blessing thou hast received.” — editor's note: Ib. v. 14.
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Catena Aurea on John
- John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on John
The man, when healed, did not proceed to the market place, or give himself up to pleasure or vain glory, but, which was a great mark of religion, went to the temple: Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple.
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The Lord Jesus saw him both in the crowd, and in the temple. The impotent man does not recognise Jesus in the crowd; but in the temple, being a sacred place, he does.
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c. For if we would know our Maker’s grace, and attain to the sight of Him, we must avoid the crowd of evil thoughts and affections, convey ourselves out of the congregation of the wicked, and flee to the temple; in…
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Here we learn in the first place, that his disease was the consequence of his sins. We are apt to bear with great indifference the diseases of our souls; but, should the body suffer ever so little hurt, we have…
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Now that the man had seen Jesus, and knew Him to be the author of his recovery, he was not slow in preaching Him to others: The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus which had made him whole.
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He was not so insensible to the benefit, and the advice he had received, as to have any malignant aim in speaking this news. Had it been done to disparage Christ, he could have concealed the cure, and put forward the…
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This announcement enraged them, And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, because He had done these things on the sabbath day. A plain bodily work had been done before their eyes, distinct from the healing of the…
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It may be said then, that the observance of the sabbath was imposed on the Jews, as the shadow of something to come; viz. that spiritual rest, which God, by the figure of His own rest promised to all who should…
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There will be a sabbath of the world, when the six ages, i. e. the six days, as it were, of the world, have passed: then will come that rest which is promised to the saints.
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The mystery of which rest the Lord Jesus Himself scaled by His burial: for He rested in His sepulchre on the sabbath, having on the sixth day finished all His work, inasmuch as He said, It is finished. (c. 19) What…
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He says then, as it were, to the Jews, Why think ye that I should not work on the sabbath? The sabbath day was instituted as a typed of Me. Ye observe the works of God: by Me all things were made. The Father made…
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Christ defended His disciples, by putting forward the example of their fellow-servant David: but He defends Himself by a reference to the Father. We may observe too that He does not defend Himself as man, nor yet…
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i. e. not in the secondary sense in which it is true of all of us, but as implying equality. For we all of us say to God, Our Father, Which art in heaven. (Matt. 6) And the Jews say, Thou art our Father. (Isaiah…
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The words, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work, suppose Him to be equal to the Father. This being understood, it followed from the Father’s working, that the Son worked: inasmuch as the Father cloth nothing…
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Were He not the Son by nature, and of the same substance, this defence would be worse than the former accusation made. For no prefect could clear Himself from a transgression of the king’s law, by urging that the…
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So, the Jews understood what the Arians do not. For the Arians say that the Son is not equal to the Father, and hence sprang up that heresy which afflicts the Church.
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Those however who are not well-disposed to this doctrine, do not admit that Christ made Himself equal to the Father, but only that the Jews thought He did. But let us consider what has gone before. That the Jews…
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The Evangelist here explains why the Jews wished to kill Him.
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And again, had it been that our Lord Himself did not mean this, but that the Jews misunderstood Him, He would not have overlooked their mistake. Nor would the Evangelist have omitted to remark upon it, as he does…
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The Jews however did not understand from our Lord that He was the Son of God, but only that He was equal with God; though Christ gave this as the result of His being the Son of God. It is from not seeing this, while…
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Cross-references · 19
Cited together in Against Heresies V.15.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.15.
Cited together in Confessions IV.3.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.15.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.15.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.15.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.15.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.28.
Cited together in Confessions IV.3.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.15.
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 5:14–18 (8) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Against Heresies V.15.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.15.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.15.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.15.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.15.
Cited together in John Chrysostom on Matthew 12:43–45 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in John Chrysostom on Matthew 12:43–45 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Confessions IV.3.