Yoḥanan (John) 5
5
1After this there was a festival of the Yehuḏim, and יהושע went up to Yerushalayim.
2And in Yerushalayim at the Sheep Gate there is a pool, which is called in Hebrew, Bĕyth Zatha, having five porches.
3In these were lying a great number of those who were sick, blind, crippled, paralysed, waiting for the stirring of the water.
4For a messenger was going down at a certain time into the pool and was stirring the water. Whoever stepped in first, then, after the stirring of the water, became well of whatever disease he had.
5And a certain man was there who had a sickness thirty-eight years.
6When יהושע saw him lying there, and knowing that he already had been a long time, He said to him, “Do you wish to become well?”
7The sick man answered Him, “Master, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred, but while I am coming, another steps down before me.”
8יהושע said to him, “Rise, take up your bed and walk.”
9And immediately the man became well, and he took up his bed and was walking. Now it was Sabbath on that day.
10The Yehuḏim therefore said to him who had been healed, “It is the Sabbath, it is not right for you to take up the bed.”
11He answered them, “He who made me well said to me, ‘Take up your bed and walk.’ ”
12Therefore they asked him, “Who is the Man who said to you, ‘Take up your bed and walk’?”
13But the one who was healed did not know who it was, for יהושע had moved away, a crowd being in that place.
14Afterward יהושע found him in the Set-apart Place, and said to him, “See, you have been made well. Sin no more, so that no worse matter befalls you.”#See also John 8:11
15The man went away, and told the Yehuḏim that it was יהושע who made him well.
16And because of this the Yehuḏim persecuted יהושע, and were seeking to kill Him, because He was doing these healings on the Sabbath.
17But יהושע answered them, “My Father works until now, and I work.”
18Because of this, then, the Yehuḏim were seeking all the more to kill Him, ‘because not only was He breaking the Sabbath, but He also called Elohim His own Father, making Himself equal with Elohim.’
19Therefore יהושע responded and said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son is able to do none at all by Himself, but only that which He sees the Father doing, because whatever He does, the Son also likewise does.
20“For the Father loves the Son, and shows Him all that He Himself does. And greater works than these He is going to show Him, in order that you marvel.
21“For as the Father raises the dead and makes alive, even so the Son makes alive whom He wishes.
22“For the Father judges no one, but has given all the judgment to the Son,
23that all should value the Son even as they value the Father. He who does not value the Son does not value the Father who sent Him.
24“Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me possesses everlasting life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life.
25“Truly, truly, I say to you, the hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of Elohim. And those having heard shall live.
26For as the Father possesses life in Himself, so He gave also to the Son to possess life in Himself,”
27and He has given Him authority also to do judgment, because He is the Son of Aḏam.
28“Do not marvel at this, because the hour is coming in which all those in the tombs shall hear His voice,
29and shall come forth – those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have practised evil matters, to a resurrection of judgment.
30Of Myself I am unable to do any matter. As I hear, I judge, and My judgment is righteous, because I do not seek My own desire, but the desire of the Father who sent Me.
31“If I bear witness of Myself, My witness is not true.
32“There is another who bears witness of Me, and I know that the witness which He witnesses of Me is true.
33“You have sent to Yoḥanan, and he bore witness to the truth.
34“But I do not receive witness from man, but I say this in order that you might be saved.
35“He was the burning and shining lamp, and for a while you wished to rejoice in his light.
36“But I have a greater witness than that of Yoḥanan, for the works that the Father gave Me to accomplish, the works that I do, bear witness of Me, that the Father has sent Me.
37And the Father who sent Me, He bore witness of Me. You have neither heard His voice at any time, nor seen His form.#See John 1:18
38“And you do not have His Word staying in you, because you do not believe Him whom He sent.
39“You search the Scriptures, because you think you possess everlasting life in them. And these are the ones that bear witness of Me.
40“But you do not desire to come to Me in order to possess life.
41I do not receive esteem from men,”
42but I know you, that you do not have the love of Elohim in you.
43“I have come in My Father’s Name and you do not receive Me, if another comes in his own name, him you would receive.
44How are you able to believe, when you are receiving esteem from one another, and the esteem that is from the only Elohim you do not seek?”
45“Do not think that I shall accuse you to the Father. There is one who accuses you: Mosheh, in whom you have set your expectation.
46“For if you believed Mosheh, you would have believed Me, since he wrote about Me.
47“But if you do not believe his writings,#See Luke 16:31 how shall you believe My words?”
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John 5
5
Jesus Heals a Man at the Pool
1Some time later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem for one of the Jewish feasts. 2In Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate is a pool. In the Aramaic language it is called Bethesda. It is surrounded by five rows of columns with a roof over them. 3-4Here a great number of disabled people used to lie down. Among them were those who were blind, those who could not walk, and those who could hardly move. 5One person was there who had not been able to walk for 38 years. 6Jesus saw him lying there. He knew that the man had been in that condition for a long time. So he asked him, “Do you want to get well?”
7“Sir,” the disabled man replied, “I have no one to help me into the pool when an angel stirs up the water. I try to get in, but someone else always goes down ahead of me.”
8Then Jesus said to him, “Get up! Pick up your mat and walk.” 9The man was healed right away. He picked up his mat and walked.
This happened on a Sabbath day. 10So the Jewish leaders said to the man who had been healed, “It is the Sabbath day. The law does not allow you to carry your mat.”
11But he replied, “The one who made me well said to me, ‘Pick up your mat and walk.’ ”
12They asked him, “Who is this fellow? Who told you to pick it up and walk?”
13The one who was healed had no idea who it was. Jesus had slipped away into the crowd that was there.
14Later Jesus found him at the temple. Jesus said to him, “See, you are well again. Stop sinning, or something worse may happen to you.” 15The man went away. He told the Jewish leaders it was Jesus who had made him well.
The Authority of the Son
16Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath day. So the Jewish leaders began to oppose him. 17Jesus defended himself. He said to them, “My Father is always doing his work. He is working right up to this day. I am working too.” 18For this reason the Jewish leaders tried even harder to kill him. According to them, Jesus was not only breaking the law of the Sabbath day. He was even calling God his own Father. He was making himself equal with God.
19Jesus answered, “What I’m about to tell you is true. The Son can do nothing by himself. He can do only what he sees his Father doing. What the Father does, the Son also does. 20This is because the Father loves the Son. The Father shows him everything he does. Yes, and the Father will show the Son even greater works than these. And you will be amazed. 21The Father raises the dead and gives them life. In the same way, the Son gives life to anyone he wants to. 22Also, the Father does not judge anyone. He has given the Son the task of judging. 23Then all people will honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father, who sent him.
24“What I’m about to tell you is true. Anyone who hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. They will not be judged. They have crossed over from death to life. 25What I’m about to tell you is true. A time is coming for me to give life. In fact, it has already begun. The dead will hear the voice of the Son of God. Those who hear it will live. 26The Father has life in himself. He has allowed the Son also to have life in himself. 27And the Father has given him the authority to judge. This is because he is the Son of Man.
28“Do not be amazed at this. A time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice. 29They will all come out of their graves. People who have done what is good will rise and live again. People who have done what is evil will rise and be found guilty. 30I can do nothing by myself. I judge only as I hear. And my judging is fair. I do not try to please myself. I try to please the one who sent me.
Being a Witness About Jesus
31“If I am a witness about myself, what I say is not true. 32There is someone else who is a witness in my favor. And I know that what he says about me is true.
33“You have sent people to John the Baptist. He has been a witness to the truth. 34I do not accept what a person says. I only talk about what John says so that you can be saved. 35John was like a lamp that burned and gave light. For a while you chose to enjoy his light.
36“What I say about myself is more important than what John says about me. I am doing the works the Father gave me to finish. These works are a witness that the Father has sent me. 37The Father who sent me is himself a witness about me. You have never heard his voice. You have never seen what he really looks like. 38And his word does not live in you. That’s because you do not believe the one he sent. 39You study the Scriptures carefully. You study them because you think they will give you eternal life. The Scriptures you study are a witness about me. 40But you refuse to come to me and receive life.
41“I do not accept praise from human beings. 42But I know you. I know that you do not have love for God in your hearts. 43I have come in my Father’s name, and you do not accept me. But if someone else comes in his own name, you will accept him. 44You accept praise from one another. But you do not seek the praise that comes from the only God. So how can you believe?
45“Do not think I will bring charges against you in front of the Father. Moses is the one who does that. And he is the one you build your hopes on. 46Do you believe Moses? Then you should believe me. He wrote about me. 47But you do not believe what he wrote. So how are you going to believe what I say?”
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