10 So the Jews were saying to the man who was cured , "It is the Sabbath , and it is not permissible for you to carry your pallet ." 11 But he answered them, "He who made me well was the one who said to me, 'Pick up your pallet and walk .'" 12 They asked him, "Who is the man who said to you, 'Pick up your pallet and walk '?" 13 But the man who was healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had slipped away while there was a crowd in that place . 14 Afterward e Jesus found him in the temple and said to him, "Behold , you have become well ; do not sin anymore , so that nothing e worse happens to you." 15 The man went away , and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well . 16 For this reason the Jews were persecuting Jesus , because He was doing these things on the Sabbath .
Matthew Henry's Commentary on John 5:10-16
Commentary on John 5:10-16
(Read John 5:10-16)
Those eased of the punishment of sin, are in danger of returning to sin, when the terror and restraint are over, unless Divine grace dries up the fountain. The misery believers are made whole from, warns us to sin no more, having felt the smart of sin. This is the voice of every providence, Go, and sin no more. Christ saw it necessary to give this caution; for it is common for people, when sick, to promise much; when newly recovered, to perform only something; but after awhile to forget all. Christ spoke of the wrath to come, which is beyond compare worse than the many hours, nay, weeks and years of pain, some wicked men have to suffer in consequence of their unlawful indulgences. And if such afflictions are severe, how dreadful will be the everlasting punishment of the wicked!