John 5:16

Now because Jesus was doing these things ¹  on the Sabbath, the Jewish leaders ²  began persecuting ³  him.

biblegateway Joh 5:16

So, because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jews persecuted him.

biblegateway Joh 5:16

For this reason the Jews were persecuting Jesus, because He was doing these things on the Sabbath.

biblegateway Joh 5:16

So the Jewish leaders began harassing Jesus for breaking the Sabbath rules.

biblegateway Joh 5:16

That is why the Jews were out to get Jesus--because he did this kind of thing on the Sabbath.

SABDAweb Joh 5:16

And for this reason the Jews were turned against Jesus, because he was doing these things on the Sabbath.

bibleoremus Joh 5:16

Therefore the Jews started persecuting Jesus, because he was doing such things on the sabbath.

biblegateway Joh 5:16

For this reason the Jews persecuted Jesus, and sought to kill Him, because He had done these things on the Sabbath.

biblegateway Joh 5:16

Now because Jesus was doing these things ¹  on the Sabbath, the Jewish leaders ²  began persecuting ³  him.

¹ sn Note the plural phrase these things which seems to indicate that Jesus healed on the Sabbath more than once (cf. John 20:30). The synoptic gospels show this to be true; the incident in 5:1-15 has thus been chosen by the author as representative.

² tn Or “the Jewish authorities”; Grk “the Jews.” See the note on the phrase “Jewish leaders” in v. 10.

³ tn Or “harassing.”