Joh 5 | Scofield

John 5

market a pool

Or, gate, Nehemiah 3:1; 12:39 waiting for

The Sinai MS. omits "waiting for the moving of the water." and all of John 5:4. For See margin ref. (See Scofield "John 5:3")

angel See note, (See Scofield "Hebrews 1:4") sin

Sin. (See Scofield "Romans 3:23"). his Father

(Greek - βιβλαρίδιον," his own Father). The Jews understood perfectly that Jesus was claiming to be God. Cf. John 10:33. witness

Cf. John 8:14. In John 5:31 our Lord, defending His Messianic claims before Jews who denied those claims, accepts the biblical rule of evidence, which required "two witnesses" ; John 8:17; Numbers 35:30; Deuteronomy 17:6. A paraphrase of verse John 5:31 would be: "If I bear witness of myself ye will say my witness is not true." Cf. John 8:14. saved

(See Scofield "Romans 1:16"). seen Cf.

(See Scofield "John 1:18").