John 5
1 Some time later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem when the Jews were having [another] celebration.
After these things, there was a Jewish festival, and Yeshua went up to Jerusalem.
2 At one of the gates [into the city] called the Sheep Gate, there is a pool. In our language we call it Bethzatha. [Around the pool] were five open areas with roofs over them.
Now in Jerusalem by the sheep area there is a pool, which is called in Hebrew, "Beth Hesda," having five porches.
3 Many people were lying there. They were people who were blind, lame, or paralyzed.
In these lay a multitude of those who were sick, blind, lame, or paralyzed.
5 One of those who was there had been paralyzed for 38 years.
A certain man was there, who had been sick for thirty-eight years.
6 Jesus saw him lying there and found out that the man had been like that for a long time. He said to the man, “Do you want to become well?”
When Yeshua 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?"
7 The paralyzed man replied to him, “[Yes], sir, [I want to get well, but] there is no one to help me get down into the pool when the water is stirred {stirs}. While I am trying to get [to the pool], someone else always gets there before me.”
The sick man answered him, "Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, but while I am on my way, someone else steps down ahead of me."
8 Jesus said to him, “Get up! Then pick up your mat and walk!”
Yeshua said to him, "Arise, take up your mat, and walk."
9 The man immediately was healed. He picked up his mat and started walking! The day on which this happened was a Jewish day of rest.
Immediately, the man was made well, and took up his mat and walked. Now it was the Sabbath on that day.
10 So the Jewish [leaders] said to the man who had been healed, “Today is (the Sabbath/our rest day), and [in our Jewish] laws [it is written that people should not work on our] ([Sabbath/rest day]), so you should not be carrying your mat!”
So the Jewish leaders said to him who was cured, "It is the Sabbath. It is not lawful for you to carry the mat."
11 The man replied to them, “The man who healed me, he himself said to me, ‘Pick up your mat and walk!’”
But he answered them, "The one who made me well, that one said to me, 'Take up your mat, and walk.'"
12 They asked him, “Who is the man who said to you, ‘Pick it up and walk!’?”
Then they asked him, "Who is the man who said to you to pick it up and walk?"
13 But since Jesus had disappeared in the crowd [without telling the man his name], the man did not know who it was [who had healed him].
But the one who was healed did not know who it was, for Yeshua had withdrawn, a crowd being in the place.
14 Later, Jesus found the man in the Temple [courtyard]. He [told the man his name, and] said to him, “Listen! You are healed! So stop sinning! If you do not stop sinning, something will happen to you that will be worse [than the illness you had before]!”
Afterward Yeshua found him in the temple, and said to him, "See, you are made well. Sin no more, so that nothing worse happens to you."
15 The man went away and told the Jewish [leaders] [SYN] that it was Jesus who had healed him.
The man went away, and told the Jewish leaders that it was Yeshua who had made him well.
16 So the Jewish [leaders] [SYN] started to harass Jesus, because Jesus was doing these things (on the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day).
For this cause the Jewish leaders persecuted Yeshua, because he did these things on the Sabbath.
17 Then Jesus replied to them, “My Father has always been working every day, [including] ([the Sabbath/the day of rest]), up until now. I am doing the same thing!”
But he answered them, "My Father is still working, so I am working, too."
18 The Jewish leaders [SYN] considered that he was disobeying their rules about (the Sabbath/the day of rest), and that by saying that God was his Father, he was making himself equal with God. And they considered that both these things were grounds for killing him. So they tried even harder to find a way to kill him.
For this cause therefore the Jewish leaders 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.
19 Jesus replied to them by saying, “You need to know this: I can do nothing by my own [authority]. I do only the [kind of] things that I see [my] Father doing. Whatever kinds of things my Father is doing, those are the things I am doing.
Yeshua therefore answered them, "Truly, truly, 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.
20 [My] Father loves me, and he shows me everything that he is doing. He will show me [the miracles] that [he wants me to do] that will be greater than the ones that [you have already seen me do], so that you may be amazed.
For the Father loves the Son, and shows him all things that he himself does. He will show him greater works than these, so that you may marvel.
21 [For example], just like [my] Father causes people who have died to become alive again, I will give [eternal] life to everyone that I want to.
For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son also gives life to whom he desires.
22 Furthermore, [my] Father is not the one who judges people [concerning their sins]. Instead, he has given to me the work of judging people,
For the Father judges no one, but he has given all judgment to the Son,
23 in order that all people may honor me, just like they honor [my] Father. [My] Father [considers that] anyone who does not honor me is not honoring [him], the one who sent me.
that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.
24 Listen to this carefully: Those who hear my message and believe that [God] is the one who sent me have eternal life. [God will] not (condemn them/say that he will punish them). They are no longer separated from God. Instead, they have [eternal] life. (aiōnios g166)
"Truly, truly, I tell you, he who hears my word, and believes him who sent me, has everlasting life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life. (aiōnios g166)
25 Listen to this carefully: There will be a time when those who are (spiritually dead/separated from God) will hear the voice of me, (the Son of God/the man who is also God). In fact, it is that time already. Those who hear [and pay attention to my message] will have [eternal] life.
Truly, truly, 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.
26 [My] Father has [power to] make things live. Similarly, he has given me the [power to enable] people to live [eternally].
For as the Father has life in himself, even so he gave to the Son also to have life in himself.
27 Because I am the one who came from heaven, he has given me the authority to judge people [concerning their sins].
He also gave him authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of Man.
28 Do not be surprised about that, because there will be a time when all people who have died will hear my voice,
Do not be amazed at this, for the hour comes, in which all that are in the tombs will hear his voice,
29 and they will become alive again. Those who have lived good [lives] will rise [from their graves] and live forever. But those who have lived evil lives will rise, and I will (condemn them/declare that I will punish them [for their sins]).
and will come out; those who have done good, to the resurrection of life; and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of judgment.
30 I do not do anything [like that] by my own authority. I judge people only according to what I hear [my Father tell me]. I will judge people fairly, because I do not want to please only myself. Instead, I want to please [my Father], who sent me.
I can of myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is righteous; because I do not seek my own will, but the will of the One who sent me.
31 If I were the [only] one to tell people about myself, [people could rightly say that] what I say is not true.
"If I testify about myself, my witness is not valid.
32 But there is someone else who tells people about me. And I know that what he tells people about me is true.
It is another who testifies about me. I know that the testimony which he testifies about me is true.
33 As for you, when you sent messengers to John [the Baptizer to ask about me], he told the truth [about me].
You have sent to John, and he has testified to the truth.
34 I do not [need that] people tell others [about me]. But instead, I am reminding [you about what John told people about me], in order that you will [believe it and] be saved {[God] will save you}.
But the testimony which I receive is not from man. However, I say these things that you may be saved.
35 [John’s message about me] (OR, [John]) [MET] was [like] a lamp that shines brightly. For a short while you were willing to be made happy [by that message] {to let [that message] make you happy}.
He was the burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.
36 But there is something else that tells you about me. [It should prove who I am] more than what John [said about me]. The miracles [PRS] that [my] Father told me to do, the miracles that I am performing, show (OR, prove) to people that my Father sent me.
But 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.
37 Furthermore, [my] Father, who sent me, tells people about me. You have never heard his voice or seen him.
The Father himself, who sent me, has testified about me. You have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his form.
38 Furthermore, you have not believed in [me], the one he sent. So you have not [believed] his message in your inner beings.
You do not have his word living in you; because you do not believe him whom he sent.
39 You carefully study (OR, Study) the Scriptures, because you think that by [studying] them you will [find the way to] have eternal life. And those Scriptures tell people about me! (aiōnios g166)
You search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have everlasting life; and these are they which testify about me. (aiōnios g166)
40 But you refuse (to come to me/to believe my message) in order that you may have [eternal] life.
But you are unwilling to come to me so that you may have life.
41 It does not [matter to] me whether people praise me.
I do not receive glory from people.
42 But you [want people to praise you]. I know that within yourselves you do not love God.
But I know you, that you do not have God's love in yourselves.
43 Although I have come to earth with my Father’s authority [MTY], you do not accept me. But if someone else comes with his own authority [MTY], you accept him!
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 You accept your praising each other, but you do not try to do things that will result in God himself praising you. So (there is no way you can believe [in me]!/how can you believe [my message]?) [RHQ]
How can you believe, who receive glory from one another, and you do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?
45 But do not think that I am the one who will accuse you while [my] Father is listening! No, it is Moses who will accuse you! You thought that he would [defend you].
"Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father. There is one who accuses you, even Moses, on whom you have set your hope.
46 Moses wrote about me, so if you had believed what he [wrote], you would have believed what I [said]
For if you believed Moses, you would believe me; for he wrote about me.
47 But because you did not believe what he wrote [about me], (you will certainly not believe what I say!/how will you believe what I say?) [RHQ]”
But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe my words?"
