And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, 'Stretch forth thine hand.' And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other. And the Pharisees went forth straightway with the Herodians, and took counsel against him, how they might destroy him... [until his saying:] and he straitly charged them that they should not make him known."

And similar to it is what was mentioned in the fifth chapter of the Gospel of John, reporting about him by his saying: "Jesus saith unto him, 'Rise, take up thy bed, and walk.' And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked: and on the same day was the sabbath. The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured, 'It is the sabbath day: it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed.' He answered them, 'He that made me whole, the same said unto me, Take up thy bed, and walk.' Then asked they him, 'What man is that which said unto thee, Take up thy bed, and walk?' And he that was healed wist not who it was: for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in that place. Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, 'Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.' The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus, which had made him whole.

And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day. But Jesus