John 5
5
1After these things there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 2Now there is in Jerusalem by the sheep gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew Bethesda, having five porches. 3In these lay a multitude of them that were sick, blind, halt, withered.#5.3 Many ancient authorities insert, wholly or in part waiting for the moving of the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole, with whatsoever disease he was holden. 5And a certain man was there, which had been thirty and eight years in his infirmity. 6When Jesus saw him lying, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he saith unto him, Wouldest thou be made whole? 7The sick man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me. 8Jesus saith unto him, Arise, take up thy bed, and walk. 9And straightway the man was made whole, and took up his bed and walked. Now it was the sabbath on that day. 10So the Jews said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath, and it is not lawful for thee to take up thy bed. 11But he answered them, He that made me whole, the same said unto me, Take up thy bed, and walk. 12They asked him, Who is the man that said unto thee, Take up thy bed, and walk? 13But he that was healed wist not who it was: for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in the place. 14Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing befall thee. 15The man went away, and told the Jews that it was Jesus which had made him whole. 16And for this cause did the Jews persecute Jesus, because he did these things on the sabbath.
17But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh even until now, and I work. 18For this cause therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only brake the sabbath, but also called God his own Father, making himself equal with God. 19Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father doing: for what things soever he doeth, these the Son also doeth in like manner. 20For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself doeth: and greater works than these will he shew him, that ye may marvel. 21For as the Father raiseth the dead and quickeneth them, even so the Son also quickeneth whom he will. 22For neither doth the Father judge any man, but he hath given all judgement unto the Son; 23that all may honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which sent him. 24Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth him that sent me, hath eternal life, and cometh not into judgement, but hath passed out of death into life. 25Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour cometh, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God; and they that hear shall live. 26For as the Father hath life in himself, even so gave he to the Son also to have life in himself: 27and he gave him authority to execute judgement, because he is the Son of man. 28Marvel not at this: for the hour cometh, in which all that are in the tombs shall hear his voice, 29And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done ill, unto the resurrection of judgement. 30I can of myself do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgement is righteous; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.
31If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true. 32It is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true. 33Ye have sent unto John, and he hath borne witness unto the truth. 34But the witness which I receive is not from man: howbeit I say these things, that ye may be saved. 35He was the lamp that burneth and shineth: and ye were willing to rejoice for a season in his light. 36But the witness which I have is greater than that of John: for the works which the Father hath given me to accomplish, the very works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me. 37And the Father which sent me, he hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his form. 38And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he sent, him ye believe not. 39Ye search the scriptures, because ye think that in them ye have eternal life; and these are they which bear witness of me; 40and ye will not come to me, that ye may have life. 41I receive not glory from men. 42But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in yourselves. 43I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive. 44How can ye believe, which receive glory one of another, and the glory that cometh from the only God ye seek not? 45Think not that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, on whom ye have set your hope. 46For if ye believed Moses, ye would believe me; for he wrote of me. 47But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?
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John 5
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The Third Sign: Healing the Sick
1After this, a Jewish festival took place, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.#Mt 23:37 2By the Sheep Gate#Neh 3:1,32; 12:39 in Jerusalem there is a pool, called Bethesda#5:2 Some mss read Bethzatha; other mss read Bethsaida in Aramaic, which has five colonnades. 3Within these lay a large number of the disabled — blind, lame, and paralyzed.#5:3 Some mss include vv. 3b-4:— waiting for the moving of the water, 4 because an angel would go down into the pool from time to time and stir up the water. Then the first one who got in after the water was stirred up recovered from whatever ailment he had.
5One man was there who had been disabled for thirty-eight years. 6When Jesus saw him lying there and realized he had already been there a long time,#Is 46:10; Zch 14:7; Jn 5:6; 6:6; 8:14; 9:3; 11:11–15; 13:1–3,11 he said to him, “Do you want to get well?”
7“Sir,”#Lk 10:1 the disabled man answered, “I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, but while I’m coming, someone goes down ahead of me.”
8 “Get up,” Jesus told him, “pick up your mat and walk.” 9Instantly the man got well, picked up his mat, and started to walk.
Now that day was the Sabbath,#Mk 2:23 10and so the Jews#Jn 11:36 said to the man who had been healed, “This is the Sabbath.#Lk 14:3 The law prohibits you from picking up your mat.”
11He replied, “The man who made me well#Ti 2:8 told me, ‘Pick up your mat and walk.’”
12“Who is this man who told you, ‘Pick up your mat and walk’?” they asked. 13But the man who was healed did not know who it was,#Jn 7:28 because Jesus had slipped away into the crowd that was there.#5:13 Lit slipped away, there being a crowd in that place
14After this, Jesus found him in the temple#Ac 21:26 and said to him, “See, you are well. Do not sin anymore, so that something worse doesn’t happen to you.” 15The man went and reported to the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.#Ti 2:8 16Therefore, the Jews began persecuting#Lk 6:28; 2Tm 3:12 Jesus#5:16 Other mss add and trying to kill him because he was doing these things on the Sabbath.#Lk 13:10
Honoring the Father and the Son
17Jesus responded to them, “My Father#Mt 5:16; 11:27; Jn 8:42 is still working, and I am working also.” 18This is why the Jews began trying all the more to kill him:#Mt 12:14; 26:4; 27:1; Mk 3:6; 14:1; Lk 6:11; Jn 7:1,19; 10:33; 11:53 Not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal to God.
19Jesus replied, “Truly I tell you, the Son is not able to do anything on his own, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father#5:19 Lit whatever that one does, the Son likewise does these things.#Jn 3:35; 6:38; 7:16,28; 8:26–42; 10:18,30,36–38; 12:49–50; 14:9,24,31; 15:9–10; 16:15; 17:9–10 20For the Father loves the Son and shows him everything he is doing, and he will show him greater works#Heb 3:9; Rv 15:3 than these so that you will be amazed. 21And just as the Father raises#Mk 9:27; Jn 2:19 the dead and gives them life, so the Son also gives life to whom he wants.#Jn 11:25–26 22The Father,#Mt 11:27 in fact, judges no one but has given all judgment to the Son, 23so that all people may honor the Son just as they honor the Father.#Jn 15:23 Anyone who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.#Lk 10:16
Life and Judgment
24 “Truly I tell you, anyone who hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life #
Jn 6:53; 12:25; Ac 13:48; 1Jn 2:25 and will not come under judgment but has passed from death to life.
25 “Truly I tell you, an hour is coming, and is now here, #
Jn 4:23
when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.#Php 1:21 26For just as the Father has life in himself, so also he has granted to the Son#Jn 5:19; Col 1:19 to have life in himself. 27And he has granted him the right to pass judgment,#2Th 1:5 because he is the Son of Man.#Mk 2:10; Heb 2:6; Rv 1:13; 14:14 28Do not be amazed at this, because a time is coming when all who are in the graves will hear his voice 29and come out — those who have done good things, to the resurrection of life, but those who have done wicked things, to the resurrection of condemnation.
30 “I can do nothing on my own. I judge only as I hear, and my judgment #
Mt 12:41; 2Th 1:5 is just,#Mt 6:33; Jn 8:16 because I do not seek my own will, but the will of him who sent me.#Mt 26:39; Jn 4:34; 6:38; 7:16–18; 8:28; 14:10; Rm 8:27; Eph 1:9
Witnesses to Jesus
31 “If I testify about myself, my testimony is not true. 32There is another who testifies about me, and I know that the testimony he gives about me is true.#1Jn 5:20 33You sent messengers to John, and he testified to the truth.#Ps 119:142; Jn 14:6 34I don’t receive human testimony, but I say these things so that you may be saved. 35John#5:35 Lit That man#Mk 1:4 was a burning and shining lamp,#2Sm 21:17; Mt 5:14–15; Lk 12:35; 2Pt 1:19; Rv 21:23 and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.#Ps 36:9; Jn 12:46
36 “But I have a greater testimony than John’s because of the works that the Father has given me to accomplish. #
Jn 15:24
These very works I am doing testify about me that the Father has sent#Mk 9:37; Jn 1:6,33 me. 37The Father who sent me has himself testified#1Jn 5:9 about me. You have not heard his voice at any time, and you haven’t seen his form.#Ex 33:11; Dt 4:12; Is 6:1; Lk 3:22; Jn 1:18; 6:46–47; 14:9; 1Tm 1:17 38You don’t have his word residing in you, because you don’t believe the one he sent. 39You pore over the Scriptures#Mt 26:54; 2Pt 1:20 because you think you have eternal life in them, and yet they testify about me.#Lk 24:27,44; Ac 13:27 40But you are not willing#Lk 13:34 to come to me#Lk 14:26 so that you may have life.
41 “I do not accept glory #
Jn 17:24; Php 3:19; 1Pt 5:4 from people, 42but I know you — that you have no love for God#Lk 10:27; 11:42; 1Jn 4:20 within you. 43I have come in my Father’s name,#Jn 10:25; 14:13; Ac 15:14; Rv 14:1 and yet you don’t accept me.#Mk 4:16; Jn 1:12; 12:48; 13:20; 17:8 If someone else comes in his own name, you will accept him. 44How can you believe, since you accept glory from one another but don’t seek the glory that comes from the only#Dt 6:4; Jn 17:3; Rm 3:30; 16:27; 1Tm 1:17; 6:15–16; Jd 25; Rv 15:4 God?#1Th 2:4 45Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father. Your accuser is Moses,#Ps 77:20; Mt 8:4; Heb 3:2 on whom you have set your hope. 46For if you believed Moses, you would believe me, because he wrote about me. 47But if you don’t believe what he wrote,#Mt 26:54; Rm 1:2 how will you believe my words?” #Lk 16:29–31
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