Joh 5 | NASB2020 | STEP | After these things there was a feast of the Jews , and Jesus went up to Jerusalem .

John 5

The Healing at Bethesda

1 After these things there was ^aa feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

2 Now in Jerusalem, by ^bthe Sheep Gate, there is a pool which ^cin ^{▼▼I.e., Jewish Aramaic}Hebrew is called ^{▼▼Some early mss Bethsaida or Bethzatha}Bethesda, having five ^{▼▼Or colonnades (with roofs)}porticoes. 3 In these porticoes lay a multitude of those who were sick, blind, limping, or ^{▼▼Or had shrunken limbs}paralyzed. ^{▼▼Late mss add the following as the remainder of v 3, and v 4: paralyzed, waiting for the moving of the waters; for an angel of the Lord went down at certain seasons into the pool and stirred up the water; whoever then first stepped in after the stirring up of the water was made well from whatever disease with which he was afflicted} 4 – 5 Now a man was there who had been ^{▼▼Lit in his sickness}ill for thirty-eight years. 6 Jesus, upon seeing this man lying there and knowing that he had already been in that condition for a long time, *said to him, “Do you want to get well?” 7 The sick man answered Him, “Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, but while I am coming, another steps down before me.” 8 Jesus *said to him, “ ^jGet up, pick up your pallet and walk.” 9 Immediately the man became well, and picked up his pallet and began to walk.

^kNow it was a Sabbath on that day. 10 So ^lthe Jews were saying to the man who was cured, “It is a Sabbath, and ^mit is not permissible for you to carry your pallet.” 11 But he answered them, “He who made me well was the one who said to me, ‘Pick up your pallet and walk.’” 12 They asked him, “Who is the man who said to you, ‘Pick it up and walk’?” 13 But the man who was healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had slipped away while there was a crowd in that place. 14 Afterward, Jesus *found him in the temple and said to him, “Behold, you have become well; do not ⁿsin anymore, ^oso that nothing worse happens to you.” 15 The man went away, and informed ^pthe Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well. 16 For this reason ^qthe Jews were persecuting Jesus, because He was doing these things on a Sabbath. 17 But He answered them, “My Father ^{▼▼I.e., has been and continues}is working until now, and I Myself am working.”

Jesus’ Equality with God

18 For this reason therefore ^sthe Jews ^twere seeking all the more to kill Him, because He not only was breaking the Sabbath, but also was calling God His own Father, ^umaking Himself equal with God.

19 Therefore Jesus answered and was saying to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, ^vthe Son can do nothing of Himself, unless it is something He sees the Father doing; for whatever ^{▼▼Lit that One}the Father does, these things the Son also does in the same way. 20 ^xFor the Father loves the Son and shows Him all things that He Himself is doing; and the Father will show Him ^ygreater works than these, so that you will be amazed. 21 For just as the Father raises the dead and ^zgives them life, so ^aathe Son also gives life to whom He wishes. 22 For not even the Father judges anyone, but ^abHe has given all judgment to the Son, 23 so that all will honor the Son just as they honor the Father. ^acThe one who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.

24 “Truly, truly, I say to you, the one who hears My word, and ^adbelieves Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and ^aedoes not come into judgment, but has ^afpassed out of death into life.

Two Resurrections

25 Truly, truly, I say to you, ^{▼▼Lit an hour
,} ^aha time is coming and ^{▼▼Lit now is, when}even now has arrived, when ^ajthe dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who ^akhear will live. 26 For just as the Father has life in Himself, so He ^algave to the Son also to have life in Himself; 27 and He gave Him authority to ^amexecute judgment, because He is ^{▼▼Or a son of man}the Son of Man. 28 Do not be amazed at this; for ^{▼▼Lit an hour
,} ^apa time is coming when ^aqall who are in the tombs will hear His voice, 29 and will come out: ^arthose who did the good deeds to a resurrection of life, those who committed the bad deeds to a resurrection of judgment.

30 “ ^asI can do nothing ^{▼▼Or of Myself}on My own. As I hear, I judge; and ^auMy judgment is ^{▼▼Or fair}righteous, because I do not seek My own will but ^awthe will of Him who sent Me.

31 “ ^axIf I alone testify about Myself, My testimony is not ^{▼▼I.e., admissible as legal evidence}true. 32 There is ^azanother who testifies about Me, and I know that the testimony which He gives about Me is true.

Testimony of John the Baptist

33 You have sent messengers to John, and he ^bahas testified to the truth. 34 But ^bbthe testimony I receive is not from man, but I say these things so that you may be saved. 35 He was ^bcthe lamp that was burning and shining, and you ^bdwere willing to rejoice for ^{▼▼Lit an hour}a while in his light.

Testimony of Works

36 But the testimony I have is greater than the testimony of John; for ^bfthe works which the Father has given Me ^bgto accomplish--the very works that I do --testify about Me, that the Father ^bhhas sent Me.

Testimony of the Father

37 And the Father who sent Me, ^biHe has testified about Me. You have neither heard His voice at any time, nor seen His form. 38 Also you do not have ^bjHis word remaining in you, because you do not believe Him whom He ^bksent.

Testimony of the Scripture

39 ^{▼▼Or (a command) Examine the Scriptures
,} ^bmYou examine the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is ^bnthose very Scriptures that testify about Me; 40 and yet you are unwilling to come to Me so that you may have life. 41 ^boI do not receive glory from people; 42 but I know you, that you do not have the love of God in yourselves. 43 I have come in My Father’s name, and you do not ^{▼▼Or accept}receive Me; ^bqif another comes in his own name, you will ^{▼▼Or accept}receive him. 44 How can you believe, when you ^{▼▼Or receive
,} ^btaccept ^{▼▼Or honor}glory from one another and you do not seek ^bvthe ^{▼▼Or honor}glory that is from ^bxthe one and only God? 45 Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father; the one who accuses you is ^byMoses, in whom you have put your hope. 46 For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me; for ^bzhe wrote about Me. 47 But ^caif you do not believe his writings, how will you believe My words?”