John 5
1 After this there was a Festival of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
Sometime after this there was a Jewish Festival; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
2 Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool, called in Hebrew 'Bethesda.' It has five arcades.
There is in Jerusalem, near the sheep-gate, a bath with five colonnades around it. It is called in Hebrew ‘Bethesda.’
3 In these there used to lie a great number of sick persons, and of people who were blind or lame or paralyzed.
In these colonnades a large number of sick people were lying – blind, lame, and crippled.
5 And there was one man there who had been an invalid for thirty-eight years.
One man who was there had been crippled for thirty-eight years.
6 Jesus saw him lying there, and knowing that he had been a long time in that condition, He asked him, "Do you wish to have health and strength?"
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?”
7 "Sir," replied the sufferer, "I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is moved; but while I am coming some one else steps down before me."
“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.”
8 "Rise," said Jesus, "take up your mat and walk."
“Stand up,” said Jesus, “take up your mat, and walk.”
9 Instantly the man was restored to perfect health, and he took up his mat and began to walk.
The man was cured immediately, and took up his mat and began walking.
10 That day was a Sabbath. So the Jews said to the man who had been cured, "It is the Sabbath: you must not carry your mat."
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.”
11 "He who cured me," he replied, "said to me, 'Take up your mat and walk.'"
“The man who cured me,” he answered, “said to me ‘Take up your mat and walk.’”
12 "Who is it," they asked, "that said to you, 'Take up your mat and walk'?"
“Who was it,” they asked, “that said to you ‘Take up your mat and walk’?”
13 But the man who had been cured did not know who it was; for Jesus had passed out unnoticed, there being a crowd in the place.
But the man who had been restored did not know who it was; for Jesus had moved away, because there was a crowd there.
14 Afterwards Jesus found him in the Temple and said to him, "You are now restored to health. Do not sin any more, or a worse thing may befall you."
Afterward 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.”
15 The man went and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had restored him to health;
The man went away, and told the authorities that it was Jesus who had cured him.
16 and on this account the Jews began to persecute Jesus--because He did these things on the Sabbath.
And that was why they began to persecute Jesus – because he did things of this kind on the Sabbath.
17 His reply to their accusation was, "My Father works unceasingly, and so do I."
But Jesus replied, “My Father works to this very hour, and I work also.”
18 On this account then the Jews were all the more eager to put Him to death--because He not only broke the Sabbath, but also spoke of God as being in a special sense His Father, thus putting Himself on a level with God.
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.
19 "In most solemn truth I tell you," replied Jesus, "that the Son can do nothing of Himself--He can only do what He sees the Father doing; for whatever He does, that the Son does in like manner.
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.
20 For the Father loves the Son and reveals to Him all that He Himself is doing. And greater deeds than these will He reveal to Him, in order that you may wonder.
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.
21 For just as the Father awakens the dead and gives them life, so the Son also gives life to whom He wills.
For, just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom he pleases.
22 The Father indeed does not judge any one, but He has entrusted all judgement to the Son,
The Father himself does not judge any one, but has entrusted the work of judging entirely to his Son,
23 that all may honour the Son even as they honour the Father. The man who withholds honour from the Son withholds honour from the Father who sent Him.
so that everyone may honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. The person who does not honour the Son fails to honour the Father who sent him.
24 "In most solemn truth I tell you that he who listens to my teaching and believes Him who sent me, has the Life of the Ages, and does not come under judgement, but has passed over out of death into Life. (aiōnios g166)
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)
25 "In most solemn truth I tell you that a time is coming--nay, has already come--when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear it will live.
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.
26 For just as the Father has life in Himself, so He has also given to the Son to have life in Himself.
For, just as the Father has inherent life within him, so also he has granted to the Son to have inherent life within him;
27 And He has conferred on Him authority to act as Judge, because He is the Son of Man.
and, because he is Son of Man, he has also given him authority to act as judge.
28 Wonder not at this. For a time is coming when all who are in the graves will hear His voice and will come forth--
Do not wonder at this; for the time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice,
29 they who have done what is right to the resurrection of Life, and they whose actions have been evil to the resurrection of judgement.
and will come out – those who have done good rising to life, and those who have lived evil lives rising for condemnation.
30 "I can of my own self do nothing. As I am bidden, so I judge; and mine is a just judgement, because it is not my own will that guides me, but the will of Him who sent me.
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.
31 "If I give testimony concerning myself, my testimony cannot be accepted.
“If I bear testimony to myself, my testimony is not trustworthy;
32 There is Another who gives testimony concerning me, and I know that the testimony is true which He offers concerning me.
it is another who bears testimony to me, and I know that the testimony which he bears to me is trustworthy.
33 "You sent to John, and he both was and still is a witness to the truth.
You have yourselves sent to John, and he has testified to the truth.
34 But the testimony on my behalf which I accept is not from man; though I say all this in order that you may be saved.
But the testimony which I receive is not from people; I am saying this for your salvation.
35 He was the lamp that burned and shone, and for a time you were willing to be gladdened by his light.
He was the Lamp that was burning and shining, and you were ready to rejoice, for a time, in his light.
36 "But the testimony which I have is weightier than that of John; for the work the Father has assigned to me for me to bring it to completion--the very work which I am doing--affords testimony concerning me that the Father has sent me.
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.
37 And the Father who sent me, He has given testimony concerning me. None of you have ever either heard His voice or seen what He is like.
The Father who has sent me has himself borne testimony to me. You have neither listened to his voice, not seen his form;
38 Nor have you His word dwelling within you, for you refuse to believe Him whom He has sent.
and you have not taken his message home to your hearts, because you do not believe him whom he sent as his messenger.
39 "You search the Scriptures, because you suppose that in them you will find the Life of the Ages; and it is those Scriptures that yield testimony concerning me; (aiōnios g166)
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)
40 and yet you are unwilling to come to me that you may have Life.
you refuse to come to me to have life.
41 "I do not accept glory from man,
“I do not receive honor from people,
42 but I know you well, and I know that in your hearts you do not really love God.
but I know this of you, that you have not the love of God in your hearts.
43 I have come as my Father's representative, and you do not receive me. If some one else comes representing only himself, him you will receive.
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.
44 How is it possible for you to believe, while you receive glory from one another and have no desire for the glory that comes from the only God?
How can you believe in me, when you receive honor from one another and do not desire the honor which comes from the only God?
45 "Do not suppose that I will accuse you to the Father. There is one who accuses you, namely Moses, on whom your hope rests.
Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father; your accuser is Moses, on whom you have been resting your hopes.
46 For if you believe Moses, you would believe me; for he wrote about me.
For, had you believed Moses, you would have believed me, for it was of me that Moses wrote;
47 But if you disbelieve his writings, how are you to believe my words?"
but, if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe my teaching?”
