John 5:8
5:8 Jesus said to him, “Stand up! Pick up your mat 1 and walk.”
John 5:11-12
5:11 But he answered them, “The man who made me well said to me, ‘Pick up your mat 2 and walk.’”
5:12 They asked him, “Who is the man who said to you, ‘Pick up your mat 3 and walk’?” 4
1 tn Or “pallet,” “mattress,” “cot,” or “stretcher.” Some of these items, however, are rather substantial (e.g., “mattress”) and would probably give the modern English reader a false impression.
2 tn Or “pallet,” “mattress,” “cot,” or “stretcher.” See the note on “mat” in v. 8.
3 tc While a number of mss, especially the later ones (Ac C3 D Θ Ψ Ë1,13 33 Ï latt sy), include the words τον κραβ(β)ατ(τ)ον σου (ton krab(b)at(t)on sou, “your mat”) here, the earliest and best (Ì66,75 א B C* L) do not. Nevertheless, in the translation, it is necessary to supply the words due to the demands of English style, which does not typically allow for understood or implied direct objects as Greek does.
4 tn Grk “Pick up and walk”; the object (the mat) is implied but not repeated.