John 5
1 AFTER these things 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 near the sheep-market a pool, called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porticos.
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 vast multitude of infirm persons, blind, lame, withered, waiting the motion of the water.
In these colonnades a large number of sick people were lying – blind, lame, and crippled.
4 For occasionally an angel descended into the pool, and put the water into commotion: he therefore who first stepped in after the commotion of the water became well, under whatever complaint he had laboured.
5 And there was a certain man there, who had a complaint of thirty years standing.
One man who was there had been crippled for thirty-eight years.
6 Jesus seeing him laid there, and knowing that he had been so for a long while, saith to him, Wilt thou be made sound?
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 infirm man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is disturbed, to cast me into the pool: but when I am coming, another goeth 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 Jesus saith to him, Arise, take up thy bed, and walk.
‘Stand up,’ said Jesus, ‘take up your mat, and walk.’
9 And instantly the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked away: and that day was the sabbath.
The man was cured immediately, and took up his mat and began walking.
10 The Jews therefore said to him that was cured, It is the sabbath: it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed.
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 answered them, He that made me whole, the same person said to me, Take up thy bed, and walk.
‘The man who cured me,’ he answered, ‘said to me “Take up your mat and walk.”’
12 Then they asked him, Who is the man that said to thee, Take up thy bed, and walk?
‘Who was it,’ they asked, ‘that said to you “Take up your mat and walk”?’
13 Now he that was cured knew not who he was: for Jesus had slipped away, a crowd being on the spot.
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 After these things Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Take care; thou art made whole: sin no more, lest something worse befall thee.
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.’
15 The man went, and informed the Jews, that it was Jesus who had made him whole.
The man went away, and told the authorities that it was Jesus who had cured him.
16 And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to kill him, because he had done these things on the sabbath-day.
And that was why they began to persecute Jesus – because he did things of this kind on the Sabbath.
17 Then 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 sought they the more to kill him, because he had not only broken the sabbath, but called God his own Father, setting himself on an equality 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 Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing by himself, except what he hath seen the Father do: for whatsoever things he doeth, the same and in the same manner doth the Son.
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 which he himself doeth: and greater works than these will he shew him, that ye 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 as the Father raiseth the dead, and quickeneth them; so also doth the Son quicken whom he pleases.
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 never judgeth any man, but hath committed all judgment to the Son:
The Father himself does not judge any one, but has entrusted the work of judging entirely to his Son,
23 in order that all may honour the Son, just as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son, doth not honour the Father who sent him.
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.
24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, That he that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment; but is passed from 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 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, yea, it is now, 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 also 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 also to execute judgment, 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 which all who 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 they shall come forth; they who have done good actions to the resurrection of life; and they who have been guilty of foul practices, to 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 am not able to perform any thing by myself: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; for I seek not my own will, but the will of my Father 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 bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.
‘If I bear testimony to myself, my testimony is not trustworthy;
32 There is another who beareth witness of me, and I know that his witness is true which he witnesseth concerning me.
it is another who bears testimony to me, and I know that the testimony which he bears to me is trustworthy.
33 Ye sent to John, and he bore testimony to the truth.
You have yourselves sent to John, and he has testified to the truth.
34 But I receive not testimony from man: but I speak these things, that ye may believe.
But the testimony which I receive is not from people; I am saying this for your salvation.
35 He was a lamp glowing and luminous: and ye were pleased for a time to exult 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 a testimony greater than that of John: for the works which the Father hath given me that I should fulfil them, these very works which I am doing, they 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 who sent me, himself hath borne witness concerning me. Ye have neither at any time heard his voice, nor seen his form.
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 ye suppose in them ye have eternal life: and these 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 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 glory from men.
‘I do not receive honour from people,
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 have come in my Father’s name, and ye receive me not: if another 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, who receiving honour one from another, seek not the honour which cometh from God alone?
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 suppose that I shall accuse you to my Father: there is one who is accusing you, even Moses, on whom ye place your hope.
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 ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for of me did he write.
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 will ye believe my words?
but, if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe my teaching?’
