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Text -- John 5:1-44 (NET)
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Healing a Paralytic at the Pool of Bethesda
5:1 After this there was a Jewish feast , and Jesus went up to Jerusalem .
5:2 Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool called Bethzatha in Aramaic , which has five covered walkways .
5:3 A great number of sick , blind , lame , and paralyzed people were lying in these walkways .
5:4 [[EMPTY]]Responding to Jewish Leaders
5:16 Now because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath , the Jewish leaders began persecuting him.
5:17 So he told them , “My Father is working until now , and I too am working .”
5:18 For this reason the Jewish leaders were trying even harder to kill him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath , but he was also calling God his own Father , thus making himself equal with God .
5:19 So Jesus answered them , “I tell you the solemn truth , the Son can do nothing on his own initiative, but only what he sees the Father doing . For whatever the Father does , the Son does likewise .
5:20 For the Father loves the Son and shows him everything he does , and will show him greater deeds than these , so that you will be amazed .
5:21 For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life , so also the Son gives life to whomever he wishes .
5:22 Furthermore , the Father does not judge anyone , but has assigned all judgment to the Son ,
5:23 so that all people will honor the Son just as they honor the Father . The one who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him .
5:24 “I tell you the solemn truth , the one who hears my message and believes the one who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned , condemned , but has crossed over from death to life .
5:25 I tell you the solemn truth , a time is coming – and is now here– when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God , and those who hear will live .
5:26 For just as the Father has life in himself , thus he has granted the Son to have life in himself ,
5:27 and he has granted the Son authority to execute judgment , because he is the Son of Man .
5:28 “Do not be amazed at this , because a time is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice
5:29 and will come out – the ones who have done what is good to the resurrection resulting in life , and the ones who have done what is evil to the resurrection resulting in condemnation .
5:30 I can do nothing on my own initiative . Just as I hear , I judge , and my judgment is just , because I do not seek my own will , but the will of the one who sent me .
More Testimony About Jesus
5:31 “If I testify about myself , my testimony is not true .
5:32 There is another who testifies about me , and I know the testimony he testifies about me is true .
5:33 You have sent to John , and he has testified to the truth .
5:34 (I do not accept human testimony , but I say this so that you may be saved .)
5:35 He was a lamp that was burning and shining , and you wanted to rejoice greatly for a short time in his light .
5:36 “But I have a testimony greater than that from John . For the deeds that the Father has assigned me to complete – the deeds I am now doing – testify about me that the Father has sent me .
5:37 And the Father who sent me has himself testified about me . You people have never heard his voice nor seen his form at any time ,
5:38 nor do you have his word residing in you , because you do not believe the one whom he sent .
5:39 You study the scriptures thoroughly because you think in them you possess eternal life , and it is these same scriptures that testify about me ,
5:40 but you are not willing to come to me so that you may have life .
5:41 “I do not accept praise from people ,
5:42 but I know you , that you do not have the love of God within you .
5:43 I have come in my Father’s name , and you do not accept me . If someone else comes in his own name , you will accept him .
5:44 How can you believe , if you accept praise from one another and don’t seek the praise that comes from the only God ?
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Jesus, The Christ |
Temple |
Sabbath |
JESUS CHRIST, 4C1 |
Miracles |
Life |
God |
JOHANNINE THEOLOGY, 1 |
AUTHORITY IN RELIGION |
Son of God |
Power |
ESCHATOLOGY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, VI-X |
Bethesda |
Resurrection |
SON OF GOD, THE |
IMMORTAL; IMMORTALITY |
BATH; BATHING |
BED; BEDCHAMBER; BEDSTEAD |
CHILDREN OF GOD |
GOD, 3 |
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expand allCommentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes
NET Notes -> Joh 5:1; Joh 5:1; Joh 5:1; Joh 5:1; Joh 5:2; Joh 5:2; Joh 5:2; Joh 5:2; Joh 5:2; Joh 5:2; Joh 5:2; Joh 5:4; Joh 5:5; Joh 5:6; Joh 5:6; Joh 5:7; Joh 5:7; Joh 5:7; Joh 5:7; Joh 5:8; Joh 5:9; Joh 5:9; Joh 5:9; Joh 5:9; Joh 5:10; Joh 5:10; Joh 5:11; Joh 5:12; Joh 5:12; Joh 5:14; Joh 5:15; Joh 5:16; Joh 5:16; Joh 5:16; Joh 5:17; Joh 5:17; Joh 5:17; Joh 5:18; Joh 5:19; Joh 5:19; Joh 5:19; Joh 5:19; Joh 5:19; Joh 5:21; Joh 5:21; Joh 5:22; Joh 5:22; Joh 5:23; Joh 5:24; Joh 5:24; Joh 5:24; Joh 5:24; Joh 5:25; Joh 5:25; Joh 5:27; Joh 5:27; Joh 5:28; Joh 5:29; Joh 5:30; Joh 5:30; Joh 5:30; Joh 5:32; Joh 5:33; Joh 5:34; Joh 5:35; Joh 5:35; Joh 5:36; Joh 5:36; Joh 5:37; Joh 5:37; Joh 5:39; Joh 5:39; Joh 5:39; Joh 5:41; Joh 5:41; Joh 5:41; Joh 5:42; Joh 5:43; Joh 5:43; Joh 5:44; Joh 5:44; Joh 5:44
NET Notes: Joh 5:1 For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
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NET Notes: Joh 5:2 The pool had five porticoes. These were covered walkways formed by rows of columns supporting a roof and open on the side facing the pool. People coul...
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NET Notes: Joh 5:4 The majority of later mss (C3 Θ Ψ 078 Ë1,13 Ï) add the following to 5:3: “waiting for the moving of the water. 5:4 For an an...
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NET Notes: Joh 5:6 Grk “he.” The referent (the man) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
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NET Notes: Joh 5:8 Or “pallet,” “mattress,” “cot,” or “stretcher.” Some of these items, however, are rather substantial (...
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NET Notes: Joh 5:14 Since this is a prohibition with a present imperative, the translation “stop sinning” is sometimes suggested. This is not likely, however,...
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NET Notes: Joh 5:15 Or “the Jewish authorities”; Grk “the Jews.” See the note on the phrase “Jewish leaders” in v. 10.
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NET Notes: Joh 5:17 “My Father is working until now, and I too am working.” What is the significance of Jesus’ claim? A preliminary understanding can be...
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NET Notes: Joh 5:18 Or “the Jewish authorities”; Grk “the Jews.” See the note on the phrase “Jewish leaders” in v. 10.
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NET Notes: Joh 5:19 What works does the Son do likewise? The same that the Father does – and the same that the rabbis recognized as legitimate works of God on the S...
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NET Notes: Joh 5:23 Grk “all.” The word “people” is not in the Greek text but is supplied for stylistic reasons and for clarity (cf. KJV “al...
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NET Notes: Joh 5:32 To whom does another refer? To John the Baptist or to the Father? In the nearer context, v. 33, it would seem to be John the Baptist. But v. 34 seems ...
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NET Notes: Joh 5:36 Grk “complete, which I am now doing”; the referent of the relative pronoun has been specified by repeating “deeds” from the pr...
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NET Notes: Joh 5:37 You people have never heard his voice nor seen his form at any time. Compare Deut 4:12. Also see Deut 5:24 ff., where the Israelites begged to hear th...
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NET Notes: Joh 5:39 The words “same scriptures” are not in the Greek text, but are supplied to clarify the referent (“these”).
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