John 5

1After these things, there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.Cross-references: Ex 23:14 · Ex 34:23 · Lev 23:2 · Deut 16:16 · Matt 3:15 · John 2:13 · +1 more

2Now in Jerusalem by the sheep gate, there is a pool, which is called in Hebrew, “Bethesda”, having five porches.Cross-references: Neh 3:1 · Neh 3:32 · Neh 12:39 · Isa 22:9 · Isa 22:11 · John 19:13 · +4 more

3In these lay a great multitude of those who were sick, blind, lame, or paralyzed, waiting for the moving of the water;Cross-references: 1Ki 13:4 · Prov 8:34 · Lam 3:26 · Zech 11:17 · Matt 15:30 · Mark 3:1 · +3 more

4for an angel went down at certain times into the pool and stirred up the water. Whoever stepped in first after the stirring of the water was healed of whatever disease he had.

5A certain man was there who had been sick for thirty-eight years.Cross-references: Mark 9:21 · Luke 8:43 · Luke 13:16 · John 5:14 · John 9:1 · John 9:21 · +4 more

6When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he had been sick for a long time, he asked him, “Do you want to be made well?”Cross-references: Ps 142:3 · Isa 65:1 · Jer 13:27 · Luke 18:41 · John 21:17 · Heb 4:13 · +1 more

7The sick man answered him, “Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, but while I’m coming, another steps down before me.”Cross-references: Deut 32:36 · Ps 72:12 · Ps 142:4 · John 5:3 · Rom 5:6 · 1Cor 9:24 · +1 more

8Jesus said to him, “Arise, take up your mat, and walk.”Cross-references: Matt 9:6 · Mark 2:11 · Luke 5:24 · Acts 9:34

9Immediately, the man was made well, and took up his mat and walked. Now that day was a Sabbath.Cross-references: Matt 12:10 · Mark 1:31 · Mark 1:42 · Mark 3:2 · Mark 5:29 · Mark 5:41 · +7 more

10So the Jews said to him who was cured, “It is the Sabbath. It is not lawful for you to carry the mat.”Cross-references: Ex 20:8 · Ex 31:12 · Neh 13:15 · Isa 58:13 · Jer 17:21 · Jer 17:27 · +9 more

11He answered them, “He who made me well said to me, ‘Take up your mat and walk.’ ”Cross-references: Mark 2:9 · John 9:16

12Then they asked him, “Who is the man who said to you, ‘Take up your mat and walk’?”Cross-references: Judg 6:29 · 1Sam 14:38 · Matt 21:23 · Rom 10:2

13But he who was healed didn’t know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn, a crowd being in the place.Cross-references: Luke 4:30 · Luke 24:31 · John 8:59 · John 14:9

14Afterward Jesus found him in the temple and said to him, “Behold, you are made well. Sin no more, so that nothing worse happens to you.”Cross-references: Lev 7:12 · Lev 26:23 · Lev 26:27 · 2Chr 28:22 · Ezra 9:13 · Neh 9:28 · +14 more

15The man went away, and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.Cross-references: Mark 1:45 · John 1:19 · John 4:29 · John 5:12 · John 9:11 · John 9:15 · +3 more

16For this cause the Jews persecuted Jesus and sought to kill him, because he did these things on the Sabbath.Cross-references: Matt 12:13 · Mark 3:6 · Luke 6:11 · John 5:13 · John 7:19 · John 7:25 · +3 more

17But Jesus answered them, “My Father is still working, so I am working, too.”Cross-references: Gen 2:1 · Ps 65:6 · Isa 40:26 · Matt 10:29 · John 9:4 · John 14:10 · +5 more

18For this cause therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill him, because he not only broke the Sabbath, but also called God his own Father, making himself equal with God.Cross-references: Zech 13:7 · Matt 12:5 · John 5:16 · John 5:23 · John 7:1 · John 7:19 · +12 moreExamined: Arianism →

19Jesus therefore answered them, “Most certainly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing of himself, but what he sees the Father doing. For whatever things he does, these the Son also does likewise.Cross-references: Gen 1:1 · Gen 1:26 · Ex 4:11 · Ps 27:14 · Ps 50:6 · Ps 138:3 · +34 more

20For the Father has affection for the Son, and shows him all things that he himself does. He will show him greater works than these, that you may marvel.Cross-references: Prov 8:22 · Matt 3:17 · Matt 11:27 · Matt 17:5 · Luke 10:22 · John 1:18 · +10 more

21For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son also gives life to whom he desires.Cross-references: Deut 32:39 · 1Ki 17:21 · 2Ki 4:32 · 2Ki 5:7 · Luke 7:14 · Luke 8:54 · +6 more

22For the Father judges no one, but he has given all judgment to the Son,Cross-references: Ps 9:7 · Ps 50:3 · Ps 96:13 · Ps 98:9 · Eccl 11:9 · Eccl 12:14 · +17 more

23that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He who doesn’t honor the Son doesn’t honor the Father who sent him.Cross-references: Ps 2:12 · Ps 146:3 · Isa 42:8 · Isa 43:10 · Isa 44:6 · Isa 45:15 · +40 more

24“Most certainly I tell you, he who hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life, and doesn’t come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.Cross-references: Mark 16:16 · John 3:16 · John 3:18 · John 3:36 · John 6:40 · John 6:47 · +17 more

25Most certainly I tell you, the hour comes, and now is, when the dead will hear the Son of God’s voice; and those who hear will live.Cross-references: Luke 9:60 · Luke 15:24 · Luke 15:32 · John 4:21 · John 4:23 · John 5:21 · +11 more

26For as the Father has life in himself, even so he gave to the Son also to have life in himself.Cross-references: Ex 3:14 · Ps 36:9 · Ps 90:2 · Jer 10:10 · John 1:4 · John 4:10 · +17 moreExamined: Arianism →

27He also gave him authority to execute judgment, because he is a son of man.Cross-references: Ps 2:6 · Ps 110:1 · Ps 110:6 · Dan 7:13 · John 5:22 · Acts 10:42 · +6 more

28Don’t marvel at this, for the hour comes in which all who are in the tombs will hear his voiceCross-references: Job 19:25 · Isa 26:19 · Ezek 37:1 · Hos 13:14 · John 3:7 · John 4:21 · +9 more

29and will come out; those who have done good, to the resurrection of life; and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of judgment.Cross-references: Dan 12:2 · Matt 25:31 · Luke 14:14 · Acts 24:15 · Rom 2:6 · Gal 6:8 · +3 more

30I can of myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge; and my judgment is righteous, because I don’t seek my own will, but the will of my Father who sent me.Cross-references: Gen 18:25 · Ps 40:7 · Ps 96:13 · Isa 11:3 · Hos 10:7 · Matt 26:39 · +13 more

31“If I testify about myself, my witness is not valid.Cross-references: Prov 27:2 · John 8:13 · John 8:54 · Rev 3:14

32It is another who testifies about me. I know that the testimony which he testifies about me is true.Cross-references: Matt 3:17 · Matt 17:5 · Mark 1:11 · Luke 3:22 · John 1:33 · John 5:36 · +4 more

33You have sent to John, and he has testified to the truth.Cross-references: John 1:6 · John 1:15 · John 1:29 · John 3:26

34But the testimony which I receive is not from man. However, I say these things that you may be saved.Cross-references: Luke 13:34 · Luke 19:10 · Luke 19:41 · Luke 24:47 · John 5:41 · John 8:54 · +9 more

35He was the burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.Cross-references: Ezek 33:31 · Matt 3:5 · Matt 11:7 · Matt 11:11 · Matt 13:20 · Matt 21:26 · +8 more

36But the testimony which I have is greater than that of John; for the works which the Father gave me to accomplish, the very works that I do, testify about me, that the Father has sent me.Cross-references: Matt 11:4 · John 2:23 · John 3:2 · John 3:17 · John 4:34 · John 5:32 · +10 more

37The Father himself, who sent me, has testified about me. You have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his form.Cross-references: Ex 20:19 · Deut 4:12 · Matt 3:17 · Matt 17:5 · John 1:18 · John 6:27 · +8 more

38You don’t have his word living in you, because you don’t believe him whom he sent.Cross-references: Deut 6:6 · Josh 1:8 · Ps 119:11 · Prov 2:1 · Prov 7:1 · Isa 49:7 · +12 more

39“You search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and these are they which testify about me.Cross-references: Deut 11:18 · Deut 17:18 · Deut 18:15 · Deut 18:18 · Deut 32:47 · Josh 1:8 · +41 more

40Yet you will not come to me, that you may have life.Cross-references: Ps 81:11 · Isa 49:7 · Isa 50:2 · Isa 53:1 · Matt 22:3 · Matt 23:37 · +14 more

41I don’t receive glory from men.Cross-references: John 5:34 · John 5:44 · John 6:15 · John 7:18 · John 8:50 · John 8:54 · +3 more

42But I know you, that you don’t have God’s love in yourselves.Cross-references: Luke 16:15 · John 1:47 · John 2:25 · John 5:44 · John 8:42 · John 8:47 · +9 more

43I have come in my Father’s name, and you don’t receive me. If another comes in his own name, you will receive him.Cross-references: Ezek 23:21 · Matt 24:5 · Matt 24:24 · John 3:16 · John 6:38 · John 8:28 · +6 more

44How can you believe, who receive glory from one another, and you don’t seek the glory that comes from the only God?Cross-references: 1Sam 2:30 · 2Chr 6:8 · Jer 13:23 · Matt 23:5 · Matt 25:21 · Luke 19:17 · +15 more

45“Don’t think that I will accuse you to the Father. There is one who accuses you, even Moses, on whom you have set your hope.Cross-references: Matt 19:7 · John 7:19 · John 8:5 · John 8:9 · John 9:28 · Rom 2:12 · +6 more

46For if you believed Moses, you would believe me; for he wrote about me.Cross-references: Gen 3:15 · Gen 12:3 · Gen 18:18 · Gen 22:18 · Gen 28:14 · Gen 49:10 · +14 more

47But if you don’t believe his writings, how will you believe my words?”Cross-references: Luke 16:29 · Luke 16:31