John 5
5
1 After these things, there was a feast day of the Jews, and so Jesus ascended to Jerusalem.
2 Now at Jerusalem is the Pool of Evidence, which in Hebrew is known as the Place of Mercy; it has five porticos.
3 Along these lay a great multitude of the sick, the blind, the lame, and the withered, waiting for the movement of the water.
4 Now at times an Angel of the Lord would descend into the pool, and so the water was moved. And whoever descended first into the pool, after the motion of the water, he was healed of whatever infirmity held him.
5 And there was a certain man in that place, having been in his infirmity for thirty-eight years.
6 Then, when Jesus had seen him reclining, and when he realized that he had been afflicted for a long time, he said to him, "Do you want to be healed?"
7 The invalid answered him: "Lord, I do not have any man to put me in the pool, when the water has been stirred. For as I am going, another descends ahead of me."
8 Jesus said to him, "Rise, take up your stretcher, and walk."
9 And immediately the man was healed. And he took up his stretcher and walked. Now this day was the Sabbath.
10 Therefore, the Jews said to the one who had been healed: "It is the Sabbath. It is not lawful for you to take up your stretcher."
11 He answered them, "The one who healed me, he said to me, 'Take up your stretcher and walk.' "
12 Therefore, they questioned him, "Who is that man, who said to you, 'Take up your bed and walk?' "
13 But the one who had been given health did not know who it was. For Jesus had turned aside from the crowd gathered in that place.
14 Afterwards, Jesus found him in the temple, and he said to him: "Behold, you have been healed. Do not choose to sin further, otherwise something worse may happen to you."
15 This man went away, and he reported to the Jews that it was Jesus who had given him health.
16 Because of this, the Jews were persecuting Jesus, for he was doing these things on the Sabbath.
17 But Jesus answered them, "Even now, my Father is working, and I am working."
18 And so, because of this, the Jews were seeking to kill him even more so. For not only did he break the Sabbath, but he even said that God was his Father, making himself equal to God.
19 Then Jesus responded and said to them: "Amen, amen, I say to you, the Son is not able to do anything of himself, but only what he has seen the Father doing. For whatever he does, even this does the Son do, similarly.
20 For the Father loves the Son, and he shows him all that he himself does. And greater works than these will he show him, so much so that you shall wonder.
21 For just as the Father raises the dead and gives life, so also does the Son give life to whomever he wills.
22 For the Father does not judge anyone. But he has given all judgment to the Son,
23 so that all may honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son, does not honor the Father who sent him.
24 Amen, amen, I say to you, that whoever hears my word, and believes in him who sent me, has eternal life, and he does not go into judgment, but instead he crosses from death into life.
25 Amen, amen, I say to you, that the hour is coming, and it is now, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God; and those who hear it shall live.
26 For just as the Father has life in himself, so also has he granted to the Son to have life in himself.
27 And he has given him the authority to accomplish judgment. For he is the Son of man.
28 Do not be amazed at this. For the hour is coming in which all who are in the grave shall hear the voice of the Son of God.
29 And those who have done good shall go forth to the resurrection of life. Yet truly, those who have done evil shall go to the resurrection of judgment.
30 I am not able to do anything of myself. As I hear, so do I judge. And my judgment is just. For I do not seek my own will, but the will of him who sent me.
31 If I offer testimony about myself, my testimony is not true.
32 There is another who offers testimony about me, and I know that the testimony which he offers about me is true.
33 You sent to John, and he offered testimony to the truth.
34 But I do not accept testimony from man. Instead, I say these things, so that you may be saved.
35 He was a burning and shining light. So you were willing, at the time, to exult in his light.
36 But I hold a greater testimony than that of John. For the works which the Father has given to me, so that I may complete them, these works themselves that I do, offer testimony about me: that the Father has sent me.
37 And the Father who has sent me has himself offered testimony about me. And you have never heard his voice, nor have you beheld his appearance.
38 And you do not have his word abiding in you. For the one whom he sent, the same you would not believe.
39 Study the Scriptures. For you think that in them you have eternal life. And yet they also offer testimony about me.
40 And you are not willing to come to me, so that you may have life.
41 I do not accept glory from men.
42 But I know you, that you do not have the love of God within you.
43 I have come in the name of my Father, and you do not accept me. If another will arrive in his own name, him you will accept.
44 How are you able to believe, you who accept glory from one another and yet do not seek the glory that is from God alone?
45 Do not consider that I might accuse you with the Father. There is one who accuses you, Moses, in whom you hope.
46 For if you were believing in Moses, perhaps you would believe in me also. For he wrote about me.
47 But if you do not believe by his writings, how will you believe by my words?"
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John 5
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The Healing at the Pool on the Sabbath
1After this there was a #See ch. 6:4feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
2Now there is in Jerusalem by #Neh. 3:1, 32; 12:39the Sheep Gate a pool, in Aramaic#5:2 Or Hebrew called Bethesda,#5:2 Some manuscripts Bethsaida which has five roofed colonnades. 3In these lay a multitude of invalids—blind, lame, and #Matt. 12:10paralyzed.#5:3 Some manuscripts insert, wholly or in part, waiting for the moving of the water; 4 for an angel of the Lord went down at certain seasons into the pool, and stirred the water: whoever stepped in first after the stirring of the water was healed of whatever disease he had 5One man was there who had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. 6When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had already been there a long time, he said to him, “Do you want to be healed?” 7The sick man answered him, “Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, and while I am going another steps down before me.” 8Jesus said to him, #Matt. 9:6, 7; Mark 2:9, 11, 12; Luke 5:24, 25“Get up, take up your bed, and walk.” 9#[See ver. 8 above] And at once the man was healed, and he took up his bed and walked.
# ch. 9:14 Now that day was the Sabbath. 10So the Jews#5:10 The Greek word Ioudaioi refers specifically here to Jewish religious leaders, and others under their influence, who opposed Jesus in that time; also verses 15, 16, 18 said to the man who had been healed, “It is the Sabbath, and #Ex. 20:10; Neh. 13:19; Jer. 17:21, 22; [ch. 7:23; 9:16; Matt. 12:2; Mark 2:24; 3:4; Luke 6:2; 13:14]it is not lawful for you to take up your bed.” 11But he answered them, “The man who healed me, that man said to me, ‘Take up your bed, and walk.’” 12They asked him, “Who is the man who said to you, ‘Take up your bed and walk’?” 13Now the man who had been healed did not know who it was, for #[ch. 6:15]Jesus had withdrawn, as there was a crowd in the place. 14Afterward Jesus found him in the temple and said to him, “See, you are well! #[ch. 8:11] Sin no more, #[Ezra 9:14]that nothing worse may happen to you.” 15The man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had healed him. 16And this was why the Jews #ch. 15:20; [Acts 9:4, 5] were persecuting Jesus, #ch. 7:23; 9:16because he was doing these things on the Sabbath. 17But Jesus answered them, “My Father is working until now, and I am working.”
Jesus Is Equal with God
18This was why the Jews #See ch. 7:1 were seeking all the more to kill him, #See ch. 10:33 because not only was he #ver. 16 breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God #[Rom. 8:32] his own Father, #Phil. 2:6making himself equal with God.
The Authority of the Son
19So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, #See ver. 30 the Son #[ch. 16:13]can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father#5:19 Greek he does, that the Son does likewise. 20For #ch. 3:35; 10:17; 15:9, 10; 17:23-26; [Matt. 3:17] the Father loves the Son and shows him all that he himself is doing. And #[ch. 14:12] greater works than these will he show him, so that #ch. 7:21you may marvel. 21For as the Father #[Deut. 32:39; 2 Cor. 1:9] raises the dead and #Rom. 4:17; 8:11 gives them life, so #[ch. 6:33; 11:25]; See 1 Cor. 15:45 also the Son gives life #[Rom. 9:18]to whom he will. 22#[Acts 17:31] For the Father judges no one, but #ver. 27; ch. 9:39; Acts 10:42; [ch. 3:17]; See ch. 17:2has given all judgment to the Son, 23that all may honor the Son, just as they #ch. 8:49 honor the Father. #Luke 10:16; [ch. 15:23; 1 John 2:23]Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him. 24Truly, truly, I say to you, #[ch. 8:51] whoever hears my word and #ch. 20:31; 1 John 5:9-13; [ch. 3:15, 36; 12:44] believes him who sent me has eternal life. He #ch. 3:18; [ver. 29] does not come into judgment, but #1 John 3:14has passed from death to life.
25 “Truly, truly, I say to you, # See ch. 4:21, 23 an hour is coming, and is now here, when # See Eph. 2:1, 5 the dead will hear # [ch. 11:43] the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear # See Eph. 2:1, 5 will live. 26#[ch. 6:57] For as the Father has life in himself, #See ch. 1:4; 17:2so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself. 27And he #ver. 22has given him authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of Man. 28Do not marvel at this, for #[See ver. 25 above] an hour is coming when #ch. 11:24; 1 Cor. 15:52; [ch. 11:44, 45]all who are in the tombs will hear his voice 29and come out, #See Dan. 12:2those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.
Witnesses to Jesus
30 # ver. 19; ch. 8:28; 14:10 “I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge, and # ch. 8:16 my judgment is just, because # ch. 4:34; 6:38; [ch. 7:18; Rom. 15:3] I seek not my own will # See Matt. 26:39 but the will of him who sent me. 31#[ch. 8:13, 14, 18, 54; 18:21]If I alone bear witness about myself, my testimony is not true. 32There is #ver. 37 another who bears witness about me, and #ch. 7:28, 29I know that the testimony that he bears about me is true. 33#See ch. 1:7, 19You sent to John, and he has borne witness to the truth. 34Not that #1 John 5:9the testimony that I receive is from man, but I say these things so that you may be saved. 35He was a burning and #2 Pet. 1:19 shining lamp, and #[Matt. 13:20; 21:26]you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light. 36But #[See ver. 34 above] the testimony that I have is greater than that of John. For #ch. 10:25, 38; 14:11; 15:24; [ch. 2:23; Matt. 11:4] the works that the Father has given me #See ch. 4:34 to accomplish, the very works that I am doing, #[ch. 3:2] bear witness about me that #See ch. 3:17the Father has sent me. 37And the Father who sent me #ch. 8:18; [Matt. 3:17] has himself borne witness about me. His voice you have never heard, #See ch. 1:18his form you have never seen, 38and #[1 John 2:14; 4:13, 14; 5:10]you do not have his word abiding in you, for you do not believe the one whom he has sent. 39#[Acts 17:11; 2 Tim. 3:15] You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and #See Luke 24:27it is they that bear witness about me, 40yet #ver. 43; ch. 3:19; 7:17; [Matt. 23:37; Luke 13:34]you refuse to come to me that you may have life. 41#ver. 34; [Matt. 6:1, 2; 1 Thess. 2:6]I do not receive glory from people. 42But #See ch. 2:24, 25 I know that you do not have #Luke 11:42; See Jude 21the love of God within you. 43I have come #ch. 10:25; 12:13; 17:12 in my Father’s name, and #ch. 1:11; 3:11, 32 you do not receive me. #[Matt. 24:5]If another comes in his own name, you will receive him. 44How can you believe, when you receive glory from one another and #Rom. 2:29 do not seek the glory that comes from #ch. 17:3the only God? 45Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father. There is one who accuses you: Moses, #[ch. 9:28, 29; Rom. 2:17]on whom you have set your hope. 46For if you believed Moses, you would believe me; for #ver. 47; Num. 21:9; Deut. 18:15; Luke 24:27; [ch. 12:41]he wrote of me. 47But #[Luke 16:31]if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe my words?”
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