John 5
1 Some time later there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
After these things there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem,
2 Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool with five covered colonnades, which in Hebrew is called Bethesda.
and there is in Jerusalem by the sheep -[gate] a pool that is called in Hebrew Bethesda, having five porches,
3 On these walkways lay a great number of the sick, the blind, the lame, and the paralyzed.
in these were lying a great multitude of the ailing, blind, lame, withered, waiting for the moving of the water,
for 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.
5 One man there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years.
and there was a certain man there being in ailment thirty and eight years,
6 When Jesus saw him lying there and realized that he had spent a long time in this condition, He asked him, “Do you want to get well?”
him Jesus having seen lying, and having known that he is already a long time, he saith to him, 'Dost thou wish to become whole?'
7 “Sir,” the invalid replied, “I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am on my way, someone else goes in before me.”
The 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.'
8 Then Jesus told him, “Get up, pick up your mat, and walk.”
Jesus saith to him, 'Rise, take up thy couch, and be walking;'
9 Immediately the man was made well, and he picked up his mat and began to walk. Now this happened on the Sabbath day,
and immediately the man became whole, and he took up his couch, and was walking, and it was a sabbath on that day,
10 so the Jews said to the man who had been healed, “This is the Sabbath! It is unlawful for you to carry your mat.”
the Jews then said to him that hath been healed, 'It is a sabbath; it is not lawful to thee to take up the couch.'
11 But he answered, “The man who made me well told me, ‘Pick up your mat and walk.’”
He answered them, 'He who made me whole — that one said to me, Take up thy couch, and be walking;'
12 “Who is this man who told you to pick it up and walk?” they asked.
they questioned him, then, 'Who is the man who is saying to thee, Take up thy couch and be walking?'
13 But the man who was healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had slipped away while the crowd was there.
But he that was healed had not known who he is, for Jesus did move away, a multitude being in the place.
14 Afterward, Jesus found the man at the temple and said to him, “See, you have been made well. Stop sinning, or something worse may happen to you.”
After 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.'
15 And the man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.
The man went away, and told the Jews that it is Jesus who made him whole,
16 Now because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jews began to persecute Him.
and because of this were the Jews persecuting Jesus, and seeking to kill him, because these things he was doing on a sabbath.
17 But Jesus answered them, “To this very day My Father is at His work, and I too am working.”
And Jesus answered them, 'My Father till now doth work, and I work;'
18 Because of this, the Jews tried all the harder to kill Him. Not only was He breaking the Sabbath, but He was even calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God.
because 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.
19 So Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing by Himself, unless He sees the Father doing it. For whatever the Father does, the Son also does.
Jesus 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;
20 The Father loves the Son and shows Him all He does. And to your amazement, He will show Him even greater works than these.
for 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 just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom He wishes.
'For, as the Father doth raise the dead, and doth make alive, so also the Son doth make alive whom he willeth;
22 Furthermore, the Father judges no one, but has assigned all judgment to the Son,
for neither doth the Father judge any one, but all the judgment He hath given 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.
that 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 Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not come under judgment. Indeed, he has crossed over from death to life. (aiōnios g166)
'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. (aiōnios g166)
25 Truly, truly, I tell you, the hour is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.
'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;
26 For as the Father has life in Himself, so also He has granted the Son to have life in Himself.
for, as the Father hath life in himself, so He gave also to the Son to have life in himself,
27 And He has given Him authority to execute judgment, because He is the Son of Man.
and authority He gave him also to do judgment, because he is Son of Man.
28 Do not be amazed at this, for the hour is coming when all who are in their graves will hear His voice
'Wonder not at this, because there doth come an hour in which all those in the tombs shall hear his voice,
29 and come out—those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.
and 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 can do nothing by Myself; I judge only as I hear. And My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.
'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 about Myself, My testimony is not valid.
'If I testify concerning myself, my testimony is not true;
32 There is another who testifies about Me, and I know that His testimony about Me is valid.
another there is who is testifying concerning me, and I have known that the testimony that he doth testify concerning me is true;
33 You have sent to John, and he has testified to the truth.
ye have sent unto John, and he hath testified to the truth.
34 Even though I do not accept human testimony, I say these things so that you may be saved.
'But I do not receive testimony from man, but these things I say that ye may be saved;
35 John was a lamp that burned and gave light, and you were willing for a season to bask in his light.
he was the burning and shining lamp, and ye did will to be glad, for an hour, in his light.
36 But I have testimony more substantial than that of John. For the works that the Father has given Me to accomplish—the very works I am doing—testify about Me that the Father has sent Me.
'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 has Himself testified about Me. You have never heard His voice nor seen His form,
'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;
38 nor does His word abide in you, because you do not believe the One He sent.
and His word ye have not remaining in you, because whom He sent, him ye do not believe.
39 You pore over the Scriptures because you presume that by them you possess eternal life. These are the very words that testify about Me, (aiōnios g166)
'Ye search the Writings, because ye think in them to have life age-during, and these are they that are testifying concerning me; (aiōnios g166)
40 yet you refuse to come to Me to have life.
and ye do not will to come unto me, that ye may have life;
41 I do not accept glory from men,
glory from man I do not receive,
42 but I know you, that you do not have the love of God within you.
but I have known you, that the love of God ye have not in yourselves.
43 I have come in My Father’s name, and you have not received Me; but if someone else comes in his own name, you will receive him.
'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;
44 How can you believe if you accept glory from one another, yet do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?
how 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 before the Father. Your accuser is Moses, in whom you have put your hope.
'Do not think that I will accuse you unto the Father; there is who is accusing you, Moses — in whom ye have hoped;
46 If you had believed Moses, you would believe Me, because he wrote about Me.
for if ye were believing Moses, ye would have been believing me, for he wrote concerning me;
47 But since you do not believe what he wrote, how will you believe what I say?”
but if his writings ye believe not, how shall ye believe my sayings?'
