John 5
1 After this there was a feast 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 at Jerusalem by the sheep [market] a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.
There is in Jerusalem, near the Sheep-gate, a Bath with five colonnades round it. It is called in Hebrew ‘Bethesda.’
3 In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water.
In these colonnades a large number of afflicted people were lying — blind, lame, and crippled.
4 For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had.
5 And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years.
One man who was there had been afflicted for thirty-eight years.
6 When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long time [in that case], he saith unto him, Wilt thou be made whole?
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 The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me.
“I have no one, Sir,” the afflicted man answered, “to put me into the Bath when there is a troubling of the water, and, while I am getting to it, some one else steps down before me.”
8 Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk.
“Stand up,” said Jesus, “take up your mat, and walk about.”
9 And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked: and on the same day was the sabbath.
The man was cured immediately, and took up his mat and began to walk about.
10 The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath day: it is not lawful for thee to carry [thy] bed.
Now it was the Sabbath. So the Jews said to the man who had been cured: “This is the Sabbath; you must not carry your mat.”
11 He answered them, He that made me whole, the same said unto me, Take up thy bed, and walk.
“The man who cured me,” he answered, “said to me ‘Take up your mat and walk about.’”
12 Then asked they him, What man is that which said unto thee, Take up thy bed, and walk?
“Who was it,” they asked, “that said to you ‘Take up your mat and walk about’?”
13 And he that was healed wist not who it was: for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in [that] 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 Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.
Afterwards Jesus found the man in the Temple Courts, and said to him: “You are cured now; do not sin again, for fear that something worse may befall you.”
15 The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus, which had made him whole.
The man went away, and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had cured him.
16 And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day.
And that was why the Jews began to persecute Jesus — because he did things of this kind on the Sabbath.
17 But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.
But Jesus replied: “My Father works to this very hour, and I work also.”
18 Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.
This made the Jews 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 Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.
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 loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye may marvel.
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 as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth [them]; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.
For, just as the Father raises the dead and gives them Life, so also the Son gives Life to whom he pleases.
22 For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son:
The Father himself does not judge any man, but has ‘entrusted the work of judging entirely to his Son,’
23 That all [men] should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.
So that all men may honour the Son, just as they honour the Father. He who does not honour the Son fails to honour the Father who sent him.
24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. (aiōnios g166)
In truth I tell you that he who listens to my Message and believes him who sent me, has Immortal Life, and does not come under condemnation, but has already passed out of Death into Life. (aiōnios g166)
25 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall 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 as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he 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 hath given him authority to execute judgment also, 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 Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,
Do not wonder at this; for the time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice,
29 And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.
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 mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath 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 bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.
If I bear testimony to myself, my testimony is not trustworthy;
32 There is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true.
it is another who bears testimony to me, and I know that the testimony which he bears to me is trustworthy.
33 Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth.
You have yourselves sent to John, and he as testified to the Truth.
34 But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I say, that ye might be saved.
But the testimony which I receive is not from man; I am saying this for your Salvation.
35 He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in 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 I have greater witness than that of John: for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath 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 himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape.
The Father who has sent me has himself borne testimony to me. You have neither listened to his voice, not seen his form;
38 And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye believe not.
and you have not taken his Message home to your hearts, because you do not believe him whom he sent as his Messenger.
39 Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me. (aiōnios g166)
You search the Scriptures, because you think that you find in them Immortal Life; and, though it is those very Scriptures that bear testimony to me, (aiōnios g166)
40 And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.
you refuse to come to me to have life.
41 I receive not honour from men.
I do not receive honour from men,
42 But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you.
but I know this of you, that you have not the love of God in your hearts.
43 I am come in my Father’s name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye 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 can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that [cometh] from God only?
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?
45 Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is [one] that accuseth you, [even] Moses, in whom ye trust.
Do not think that I shall accuse you to the Father; your accuser is Moses, on whom you have been resting your hopes.
46 For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote of me.
For, had you believed Moses, you would have believed me, for it was of me that Moses wrote;
47 But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?
but, if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe my teaching?”
