John 5
5
1After these things there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem,
2and there is in Jerusalem by the sheep-[gate] a pool that is called in Hebrew Bethesda, having five porches,
3in these were lying a great multitude of the ailing, blind, lame, withered, waiting for the moving of the water,
4for a messenger at a set time was going down in the pool, and was troubling the water, the first then having gone in after the troubling of the water, became whole of whatever sickness he was held.
5And there was a certain man there being in ailment thirty and eight years,
6him Jesus having seen lying, and having known that he is already a long time, he saith to him, ‘Dost thou wish to become whole?’
7The ailing man answered him, ‘Sir, I have no man, that, when the water may be troubled, he may put me into the pool, and while I am coming, another doth go down before me.’
8Jesus saith to him, ‘Rise, take up thy couch, and be walking;’
9and immediately the man became whole, and he took up his couch, and was walking, and it was a sabbath on that day,
10the Jews then said to him that hath been healed, ‘It is a sabbath; it is not lawful to thee to take up the couch.’
11He answered them, ‘He who made me whole — that one said to me, Take up thy couch, and be walking;’
12they questioned him, then, ‘Who is the man who is saying to thee, Take up thy couch and be walking?’
13But he that was healed had not known who he is, for Jesus did move away, a multitude being in the place.
14After these things, Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said to him, ‘Lo, thou hast become whole; sin no more, lest something worse may happen to thee.’
15The man went away, and told the Jews that it is Jesus who made him whole,
16and because of this were the Jews persecuting Jesus, and seeking to kill him, because these things he was doing on a sabbath.
17And Jesus answered them, ‘My Father till now doth work, and I work;’
18because of this, then, were the Jews seeking the more to kill him, because not only was he breaking the sabbath, but he also called God his own Father, making himself equal to God.
19Jesus therefore responded and said to them, ‘Verily, verily, I say to you, The Son is not able to do anything of himself, if he may not see the Father doing anything; for whatever things He may do, these also the Son in like manner doth;
20for the Father doth love the Son, and doth shew to him all things that He himself doth; and greater works than these He will shew him, that ye may wonder.
21‘For, as the Father doth raise the dead, and doth make alive, so also the Son doth make alive whom he willeth;
22for neither doth the Father judge any one, but all the judgment He hath given to the Son,
23that all may honour the Son according as they honour the Father; he who is not honouring the Son, doth not honour the Father who sent him.
24‘Verily, verily, I say to you — He who is hearing my word, and is believing Him who sent me, hath life age-during, and to judgment he doth not come, but hath passed out of the death to the life.
25‘Verily, verily, I say to you — There cometh an hour, and it now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God, and those having heard shall live;
26for, as the Father hath life in himself, so He gave also to the Son to have life in himself,
27and authority He gave him also to do judgment, because he is Son of Man.
28‘Wonder not at this, because there doth come an hour in which all those in the tombs shall hear his voice,
29and they shall come forth; those who did the good things to a rising again of life, and those who practised the evil things to a rising again of judgment.
30‘I am not able of myself to do anything; according as I hear I judge, and my judgment is righteous, because I seek not my own will, but the will of the Father who sent me.
31‘If I testify concerning myself, my testimony is not true;
32another there is who is testifying concerning me, and I have known that the testimony that he doth testify concerning me is true;
33ye have sent unto John, and he hath testified to the truth.
34‘But I do not receive testimony from man, but these things I say that ye may be saved;
35he was the burning and shining lamp, and ye did will to be glad, for an hour, in his light.
36‘But I have the testimony greater than John's, for the works that the Father gave me, that I might finish them, the works themselves that I do, they testify concerning me, that the Father hath sent me.
37‘And the Father who sent me Himself hath testified concerning me; ye have neither heard His voice at any time, nor His appearance have ye seen;
38and His word ye have not remaining in you, because whom He sent, him ye do not believe.
39‘Ye search the Writings, because ye think in them to have life age-during, and these are they that are testifying concerning me;
40and ye do not will to come unto me, that ye may have life;
41glory from man I do not receive,
42but I have known you, that the love of God ye have not in yourselves.
43‘I have come in the name of my Father, and ye do not receive me; if another may come in his own name, him ye will receive;
44how are ye able — ye — to believe, glory from one another receiving, and the glory that [is] from God alone ye seek not?
45‘Do not think that I will accuse you unto the Father; there is who is accusing you, Moses — in whom ye have hoped;
46for if ye were believing Moses, ye would have been believing me, for he wrote concerning me;
47but if his writings ye believe not, how shall ye believe my sayings?’
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John 5
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1After this there was a Jewish festival, so Jesus went to Jerusalem. 2Now near the Sheep Gate in Jerusalem is a pool called Bethzatha in Hebrew, with five porches beside it. 3Crowds of sick people were lying in these porches—those who were blind, lame, or paralyzed. 4#5:4. This text is not in the earliest manuscripts and appears to have been added to explain verse 7. It is added here for information: “There they waited for the water to move, for an angel of the Lord would come down to the pool every so often and stir the water. Whoever got into the pool first after the water was stirred was healed of whatever disease they had.” It seems that this idea was what was believed by some at the time. 5One man who was there had been sick for thirty-eight years. Jesus looked at him, knowing he had been lying there for a long time, and asked him, 6“Do you want to be healed?”
7“Sir,” the sick man answered, “I don't have anyone to help me get into the pool when the water is stirred. While I'm trying to get there, someone always gets in before me.”
8“Stand up, pick up your mat, and start walking!” Jesus told him. 9Immediately the man was healed. He picked up his mat and started walking.
Now the day that this happened was the Sabbath. 10So the Jews said to the man who'd been healed, “This is the Sabbath! It's against the law to carry a mat!”
11“The man who healed me told me to pick up my mat and start walking,” he replied.
12“Who's this person who told you to carry your mat and walk?” they asked.
13However, the man who'd been healed didn't know who it was, for Jesus had slipped away into the surrounding crowd. 14Later on Jesus found the man in the Temple, and told him, “Look, now you've been healed. So stop sinning or something worse may happen to you.”
15The man went and told the Jews it was Jesus who had healed him. 16So the Jews started to harass Jesus because he was doing things on the Sabbath. 17But Jesus told them, “My Father is still working, and so am I.”#5:17. Or “My Father is always working, and I am working too.” 18This was why the Jews tried even harder to kill him, for not only did he break the Sabbath but also called God his Father, making himself equal with God.
19So Jesus explained to them, “I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can only do what he sees the Father doing. Whatever the Father does the Son does as well. 20For the Father loves the Son, and reveals to him everything he does; and the Father will show to him even more incredible things that will completely amaze you. 21For just as the Father gives life to those he resurrects from the dead, in the same way the Son also gives life to those that he wants. 22The Father judges no one. He has given to the Son all the authority to judge, 23so that everyone may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Anyone who doesn't honor the Son doesn't honor the Father who sent him. 24I tell you the truth: those who follow#5:24. Literally, “hear.” what I say and trust the one who sent me have eternal life. They won't be condemned, but have gone from death to life.
25I tell you the truth: The time is coming—in fact it's here already—when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live! 26Just as the Father has life-giving power in himself, so has he given the Son the same life-giving power in himself. 27The Father also granted the authority for judgment to him, for he is the Son of man. 28Don't be surprised at this, for the time is coming when all those in the grave will hear his voice 29and will rise again: those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of condemnation.#5:29. See Daniel 12:2. 30I can do nothing by myself. I judge based on what I'm told,#5:30. Implying “told by God the Father.”, and my decision is right, for I'm not doing my own will but the will of the one who sent me. 31If I were to make claims about myself, such claims wouldn't be valid; 32but someone else gives evidence about me, and I know what he says about me is true. 33You asked John about me, and he told the truth, 34but I don't need any human endorsement. I'm explaining this to you so you can be saved. 35John was like a brightly-burning light, and you were willing to enjoy his light for a while. 36But the evidence I'm giving is greater than John's. For I am doing the work that the Father gave me to do, 37and this is the proof that the Father sent me. The Father who sent me, he himself speaks on my behalf. You've never heard his voice, and you've never seen what he looks like, 38and you don't accept what he says, because you don't trust in the one he sent.
39You search the Scriptures because you think that through them you'll gain eternal life. But the evidence they give is in support of me! 40And yet you don't want to come to me so that you might live. 41I'm not looking for human approval 42—I know you, and that you don't have God's love in you. 43For I've come to represent#5:43. Literally, “in the name of.” my Father, and you won't accept me; but if someone comes representing themselves, then you accept them! 44How can you trust in me when you look for praise from one another and yet you don't look for praise from the one true God? 45But don't think I will be making accusations about you to the Father. It's Moses who is accusing you, the one in whom you place such confidence. 46For if you really trusted Moses you would trust in me, because he wrote about me. 47But since you don't trust what he said, why would you trust what I say?”
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