John 5
1 Sometime after this there was a Jewish Festival; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
After these things there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
2 There is in Jerusalem, near the sheep-gate, a bath with five colonnades round it. It is called in Hebrew “Bethesda.”
Now there is in Jerusalem by the place pertaining to sheep, a pool, which is called in Hebrew Bethesda, having five porches.
3 In these colonnades a large number of sick people were lying – blind, lame, and crippled.
In these lay a great multitude of those who are feeble, blind, lame, withered, waiting for the movement of the water.
For an agent went down at a certain time into the pool, and agitated the water. Therefore the first man who stepped in after the agitation of the water became well from whatever affliction he had.
5 One man who was there had been crippled for thirty-eight years.
And a certain man was there who was thirty-eight years in the weakness.
6 Jesus saw the man lying there, and, finding that he had been in this state a long time, said to him, ‘Do you wish to be cured?’
When Jesus saw this man lying down, and knew that he fares now a long time, he says to him, Do thou desire to become well?
7 ‘I have no one, Sir,’ the sick man answered, ‘to put me into the bath when there is a troubling of the water, and, while I am getting to it, someone else steps down before me.’
The infirmed man answered him, Sir, I have no man so that when the water is agitated he might put me into the pool, but while I am coming another steps down before me.
8 ‘Stand up,’ said Jesus, ‘take up your mat, and walk.’
Jesus says to him, Arise, take up thy bed and walk.
9 The man was cured immediately, and took up his mat and began walking.
And straightaway the man became well, and took up his bed and walked. Now it was sabbath on that day.
10 Now it was the Sabbath. So the religious authorities said to the man who had been cured, ‘This is the Sabbath; you must not carry your mat.’
The Jews therefore said to the man who was cured, It is sabbath. It is not permitted for thee to take up the bed.
11 ‘The man who cured me,’ he answered, ‘said to me “Take up your mat and walk.”’
He answered them, The man who made me well, that man said to me, Take up thy bed and walk.
12 ‘Who was it,’ they asked, ‘that said to you “Take up your mat and walk”?’
Therefore they asked him, Who is the man who said to thee, Take up thy bed and walk?
13 But the man who had been restored did not know who it was; for Jesus had moved away, because there was a crowd there.
But the man who was healed had not known who he is, for Jesus withdrew, a multitude being in the place.
14 Afterwards Jesus found the man in the Temple Courts, and said to him, ‘You are cured now; do not sin again, or something worse may happen to you.’
After these things Jesus finds him in the temple, and said to him, Behold, thou have become well. Sin no more, lest something worse may happen to thee.
15 The man went away, and told the authorities that it was Jesus who had cured him.
The man departed and reported to the Jews that Jesus is the man who made him well.
16 And that was why they began to persecute Jesus – because he did things of this kind on the Sabbath.
And because of this the Jews persecuted Jesus, and sought to kill him, because he did these things on a sabbath.
17 But Jesus replied, ‘My Father works to this very hour, and I work also.’
But Jesus answered them, My Father works until now and I work.
18 This made the authorities all the more eager to kill him, because not only was he doing away with the Sabbath, but he actually called God his own Father – putting himself on an equality with God.
Because of this therefore the Jews sought even more to kill him, because not only did he relax the sabbath, but also he called God his own Father, making himself equal to God.
19 So Jesus made this further reply, ‘In truth I tell you, the Son can do nothing of himself; he does only what he sees the Father doing; whatever the Father does, the Son does also.
Jesus therefore answered and said to them, Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of himself, except what he sees the Father doing. For whatever he may do, the Son also does these things in like manner.
20 For the Father loves his Son, and shows him everything that he is doing; and he will show him still greater things – so that you will be filled with wonder.
For the Father loves the Son, and shows him all things that he himself does. And he will show him works greater than these, so that ye may marvel.
21 For, just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom he pleases.
For as the Father raises up the dead and makes alive, so also the Son makes alive whom he will.
22 The Father himself does not judge any one, but has entrusted the work of judging entirely to his Son,
For neither does the Father judge any man, but he has given all judgment to the Son,
23 so that everyone may honour the Son, just as they honour the Father. The person who does not honour the Son fails to honour the Father who sent him.
so that all would honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. The man not honoring the Son, does not honor the Father who sent him.
24 In truth I tell you that the person who listens to my message and believes him who sent me, has eternal life, and does not come under condemnation, but has already passed out of death into life. (aiōnios g166)
Truly, truly, I say to you, that he who hears my word, and believes him who sent me, has eternal life. And he does not come into condemnation, but has passed from death into life. (aiōnios g166)
25 In truth I tell you that a time is coming, indeed it is already here, when the dead will listen to the voice of the Son of God, and when those who listen will live.
Truly, truly, I say to you, that an hour comes, and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.
26 For, just as the Father has inherent life within him, so also he has granted to the Son to have inherent life within him;
For as the Father has life in himself, so also he gave to the Son to have life in himself.
27 and, because he is Son of Man, he has also given him authority to act as judge.
And he also gave him authority to execute judgment because he is a son of man.
28 Do not wonder at this; for the time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice,
Marvel not at this, because an hour comes in which all those in the sepulchers will hear his voice,
29 and will come out – those who have done good rising to life, and those who have lived evil lives rising for condemnation.
and will come forth, those who have done right to a resurrection of life, and those who have practiced wrong to a resurrection of judgment.
30 I can do nothing of myself; I judge as I am taught; and the judgment that I give is just, because my aim is not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.
I can from myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge. And my judgment is righteous because I seek not my will, but the will of the Father who sent me.
31 ‘If I bear testimony to myself, my testimony is not trustworthy;
If I testify about myself, my witness is not valid.
32 it is another who bears testimony to me, and I know that the testimony which he bears to me is trustworthy.
There is another who testifies about me, and I know that the testimony that he testifies about me is valid.
33 You have yourselves sent to John, and he has testified to the truth.
Ye have sent to John, and he has testified to the truth.
34 But the testimony which I receive is not from people; I am saying this for your salvation.
But I do not take the testimony from man. However, I say these things, so that ye may be saved.
35 He was the Lamp that was burning and shining, and you were ready to rejoice, for a time, in his light.
That man was the lamp that burns and shines, and ye were willing to rejoice for an hour in his light.
36 But the testimony which I have is of greater weight than John’s; for the work that the Father has given me to carry out – the work that I am doing – is in itself proof that the Father has sent me as his messenger.
But I have testimony greater than of John, for the works that the Father has given me so that I might complete them, the same works that I do, they testify about me that the Father has sent me.
37 The Father who has sent me has himself borne testimony to me. You have neither listened to his voice, not seen his form;
And the Father, he who sent me, has testified about me. Ye have neither heard his voice, nor have ever seen his appearance.
38 and you have not taken his message home to your hearts, because you do not believe him whom he sent as his messenger.
And ye have not his word dwelling in you, because ye do not believe that man whom he sent for this.
39 You search the scriptures, because you think that you find in them immortal life; and, though it is those scriptures that bear testimony to me, (aiōnios g166)
Ye search the scriptures, because ye think to have eternal life in them, and those are testifying about me. (aiōnios g166)
40 you refuse to come to me to have life.
And ye will not come to me, so that ye may have life.
41 ‘I do not receive honour from people,
I do not receive glory from men.
42 but I know this of you, that you have not the love of God in your hearts.
But I know you, that ye have not the love of God within yourselves.
43 I have come in my Father’s name, and you do not receive me; if another comes in his own name, you will receive him.
I have come in my Father's name, and ye do not accept me. If another man should come in his own name, ye will accept that man.
44 How can you believe in me, when you receive honour from one another and do not desire the honour which comes from the only God?
How can ye believe, who receive glory from each other, and seek not the glory from the only God?
45 Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father; your accuser is Moses, on whom you have been resting your hopes.
Think not that I will accuse you to the Father. The man who accuses you is Moses, in whom ye have hoped.
46 For, had you believed Moses, you would have believed me, for it was of me that Moses wrote;
For if ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me, for that man wrote about me.
47 but, if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe my teaching?’
But if ye believe not the writings of that man, how will ye believe my sayings?
