1 After these things there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
2 Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew, Bethesda, having five porches.
3 In these lay a great multitude of sick people, blind, lame, paralyzed, waiting for the moving of the water.
4 For an angel went down at certain times into the pool and stirred up the water; then whoever stepped in first, after the stirring of the water, was made well of whatever disease he had.
5 Now a certain man was there who had an infirmity thirty-eight years.
6 When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he already had been there a long time, He said to him, Do you want to be made well?
7 The sick man answered Him, Sir, I have no man to throw me into the pool when the water is stirred up; but while I am coming, another goes down before me.
8 Jesus said to him, Rise up, take up your bed and walk.
9 And immediately the man was made well, took up his bed, and walked. And that day was the Sabbath.
10 The Jews therefore said to him who was cured, It is the Sabbath; it is not lawful for you to carry your bed.
11 He answered them, He who made me well said to me, Take up your bed and walk.
12 Then they asked him, Who is the man who said to you, Take up your bed and walk?
13 But the one who was healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn, a multitude being in that place.
14 Afterward Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him, Behold, you have been made well. Sin no more, that a worse thing not come upon you.
15 The man departed and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.
16 For this reason the Jews persecuted Jesus, and sought to kill Him, because He had done these things on the Sabbath.
17 But Jesus answered them, My Father works until now, and I work.
18 Therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill Him, because He not only broke the Sabbath, but also said that God was His Father, making Himself equal with God.
19 Then Jesus answered and said to them, Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son is not able to do anything from Himself, but what He sees the Father do; for whatever He does, the Son also does likewise.
20 For the Father loves the Son, and shows Him all things that He Himself does; and He will show Him greater works than these, that you may marvel.
21 For as the Father raises the dead and gives life, even so the Son gives life to whom He wills.
22 For the Father judges no one, but has committed all judgment to the Son,
23 that all should honor the Son just as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who has sent Him.
24 Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My Word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed from death unto life.
25 Truly, truly, I say to you, the hour is coming, and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God; and those who hear will live.
26 For as the Father has life in Himself, so He has granted the Son to have life in Himself,
27 and has also given Him authority to execute judgment, because He is the Son of Man.
28 Do not marvel at this; for the hour is coming in which all who are in the graves will hear His voice
29 and come forth; those who have done good, unto the resurrection of life, and those who have practiced evil, unto the resurrection of judgment.
30 I am able to do nothing from Myself. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will but the will of the Father who sent Me.
31 If I bear witness concerning Myself, My testimony is not true.
32 There is another who bears witness concerning Me, and I know that the testimony which He witnesses concerning Me is true.
33 You have sent to John, and he has testified to the truth.
34 Yet I do not receive testimony from man, but I say these things that you may be saved.
35 He was the burning and shining lamp, and you were willing for a time to rejoice in his light.
36 But I have a greater testimony than John's; for the works which the Father has given Me to finish, the very works that I do, bear witness of Me, that the Father has sent Me.
37 And the Father Himself, who sent Me, has testified of Me. You have neither heard His voice at any time, nor seen His form.
38 And you do not have His Word abiding in you, because whom He sent, Him you do not believe.
39 You search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and these are they which bear witness of Me.
40 But you are not willing to come to Me that you may have life.
41 I do not receive honor from men.
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 receive Me. If another comes in his own name, him you will receive.
44 How can you believe, who receive honor from one another, and do not seek the honor that comes from God only?
45 Do not think that I shall accuse you to the Father; there is one who accuses you; Moses, in whom you have hoped.
46 For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me; for he wrote about Me.
47 But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe My words?
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge 1 John 5:1 Jesus on the sabbath day cures him that was diseased eight and thirty years.
John 5:10 The Jews therefore cavil, and persecute him for it.
John 5:17 He answers for himself, and reproves them, shewing by the testimony of his Father,
John 5:31 of John,
John 5:36 of his works,
John 5:39 and of the scriptures, who he is.
John 2:13 Exod 23:14 -
Exod 23:17 Exod 34:23 Lev 23:2 -
Lev 23:4 Deut 16:16 Matt 3:15 Gal 4:4 2 market. or, gate.
Neh 3:1 Neh 12:39pool.
Isa 22:9 Isa 22:11Bethesda. The supposed remains of the pool of Bethesda are situated on the east of Jerusalem, contiguous on one side to St. Stephen's gate, and on the other to the area of the temple. Maundrell states that, "it is 120 paces long, and forty broad, and at least eight deep, but void of water. At its west end it discovers some old arches, now damned up. These some will have to be porches, in which sat that multitude of lame, halt, and blind. But it is not likely, for instead of five, there are but three."
3 of blind.
Matt 15:30 Luke 7:22withered.
1Kgs 13:4 Zech 11:17 Mark 3:1 -
Mark 3:4waiting.
Pro 8:34 Lam 3:26 Rom 8:25 Jas 5:7 4 whosoever. The sanative property of this pool has been supposed by some to have been communicated by the blood of the sacrifices, and others have referred it to the mineral properties of the waters. But,
1. The beasts for sacrifice were not washed here, but in a laver in the temple.
2. No natural property could cure all manner of diseases.
3. The cure only extended to the first who entered.
4. It took place only at one particular time.
5. As the healing was effected by immersion, it must have been instantaneous; and it was never failing in it effects. All which, not being observed in medicinal waters, determine the cures to have been miraculous, as expressly stated in the text.
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John 5:14 John 9:1 John 9:21 Mark 9:21 Luke 8:43 Luke 13:16 Acts 3:2 Acts 4:22 Acts 9:33 Acts 14:8 6 and knew.
John 21:17 Ps 142:3 Heb 4:13 Heb 4:15Wilt.
Isa 65:1 Jer 13:27 Luke 18:41 7 I have.
Deut 32:36 Ps 72:12 Ps 142:4 Rom 5:6 2Cor 1:8 -
2Cor 1:10before.
John 5:4 1Cor 9:24 8 Matt 9:6 Mark 2:11 Luke 5:24 Acts 9:34 9 immediately.
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Luke 13:16 10 it is not.
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Exod 20:11 Exod 31:12 -
Exod 31:17 Neh 13:15 -
Neh 13:21 Isa 58:13 Jer 17:21 Jer 17:27 Matt 12:2 -
Matt 12:8 Mark 2:24 Mark 3:4 Luke 6:2 Luke 13:14 Luke 23:56 11 John 9:16 Mark 2:9 -
Mark 2:11 12 What.
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John 5:12 John 9:15 John 9:25 John 9:30 John 9:34 16 persecute.
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John 9:4 John 14:10 Gen 2:1 Gen 2:2 Ps 65:6 Isa 40:26 Matt 10:29 Acts 14:17 Acts 17:28 1Cor 12:6 Col 1:16 Heb 1:3 18 the Jews.
John 7:19broken.
John 7:22 John 7:23 Matt 12:5God was.
John 5:23 John 8:54 John 8:58 John 10:30 John 10:33 John 14:9 John 14:23 Zech 13:7 Phil 2:6 Rev 21:22 Rev 21:23 Rev 22:1 Rev 22:3 19 Verily.
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John 5:28 John 5:29 John 11:25 John 11:26with.
Rom 8:11 2Cor 4:14 Phil 3:21 1Thess 4:14 Ps 27:14 Ps 138:3 Isa 45:24with.
2Cor 12:9 2Cor 12:10 Eph 3:16 Phil 4:13 Col 1:11 Exod 4:11 Pro 2:6with.
Luke 21:15 Jer 17:10with.
Rev 2:23 20 the Father.
John 3:35 John 17:26 Matt 3:17 Matt 17:5 2Pet 1:17and sheweth.
John 1:18 John 10:32 John 15:15 Pro 8:22 -
Pro 8:31 Matt 11:27 Luke 10:22greater.
John 5:21 John 5:25 John 5:29 John 12:45 -
John 12:47 21 as.
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Rom 14:12 2Cor 5:10 2Thess 1:7 -
2Thess 1:10 2Tim 4:1 1Pet 4:5 Rev 20:11 Rev 20:12 23 all men.
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Titus 3:6 2Pet 1:1He that.
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Rom 10:13 1Pet 1:21 1John 5:1 1John 5:11 -
1John 5:13and shall not.
John 10:27 -
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1John 3:14 25 The hour.
John 4:23 John 13:1 John 17:1when.
John 5:21 John 5:28 Luke 9:60 Luke 15:24 Luke 15:32 Rom 6:4 Eph 2:1 Eph 2:5 Eph 5:14 Col 2:13 Rev 3:1 26 hath life.
Exod 3:14 Ps 36:9 Ps 90:2 Jer 10:10 Acts 17:25 1Tim 1:17 1Tim 6:16so hath.
John 1:4 John 4:10 John 7:37 John 7:38 John 8:51 John 11:26 John 14:6 John 14:19 John 17:2 John 17:3 1Cor 15:45 Col 3:3 Col 3:4 1John 1:1 -
1John 1:3 Rev 7:17 Rev 21:6 Rev 22:1 Rev 22:17 27 hath.
John 5:22 Ps 2:6 -
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Eph 1:23 1Pet 3:22because.
Dan 7:13 Dan 7:14 Phil 2:7 -
Phil 2:11 Heb 2:7 -
Heb 2:9the Son. This appears to be a direct reference to
Dan 7:13, which the Jews interpret of the Messiah.
28 Marvel.
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John 6:39 John 6:40 John 11:25 Job 19:25 Job 19:26 Isa 26:19 Ezek 37:1 -
Ezek 37:10 Hos 13:14 1Cor 15:22 1Cor 15:42 -
1Cor 15:54 Phil 3:21 1Thess 4:14 -
1Thess 4:17 Rev 20:12 29 come.
Dan 12:2 Dan 12:3 Matt 25:31 -
Matt 25:46 Acts 24:15done good.
Luke 14:14 Rom 2:6 -
Rom 2:10 Gal 6:8 -
Gal 6:10 1Tim 6:18 Heb 13:16 1Pet 3:11 30 can.
John 5:19 John 8:28 John 8:42 John 14:10I judge.
John 8:15 John 8:16 Gen 18:25 Ps 96:13 Isa 11:3 Isa 11:4 Rom 2:2 Rom 2:5because.
John 4:34 John 6:38 John 8:50 John 17:4 John 18:11 Ps 40:7 Ps 40:8 Matt 26:39 Rom 15:3 Hos 10:7 -
Hos 10:10 31 John 8:13 John 8:14 John 8:54 Pro 27:2 Rev 3:14 32 is another.
John 5:36 John 5:37 John 1:33 John 8:17 John 8:18 John 12:28 -
John 12:30 Matt 3:17 Matt 17:5 Mark 1:11 Luke 3:22 1John 5:6 -
1John 5:9and I.
John 12:50 33 sent.
John 1:19 -
John 1:27he.
John 1:6 -
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John 1:18 John 1:29 -
John 1:34 John 3:26 -
John 3:36 34 I receive.
John 5:41 John 8:54that.
John 20:31 Luke 13:34 Luke 19:10 Luke 19:41 Luke 19:42 Luke 24:47 Rom 3:3 Rom 10:1 Rom 10:21 Rom 12:21 1Cor 9:22 1Tim 2:3 1Tim 2:4 1Tim 4:16 35 was.
John 1:7 John 1:8 Matt 11:11 Luke 1:15 -
Luke 1:17 Luke 1:76 Luke 1:77 Luke 7:28 2Pet 1:19and ye.
John 6:66 Ezek 33:31 Matt 3:5 -
Matt 3:7 Matt 11:7 -
Matt 11:9 Matt 13:20 Matt 13:21 Matt 21:26 Mark 6:20 Gal 4:15 Gal 4:16 36 I have.
John 5:32 1John 5:9 1John 5:11 1John 5:12the works.
John 3:2 John 9:30 -
John 9:33 John 10:25 John 10:37 John 10:38 John 11:37 John 14:10 John 14:11 John 15:24 John 17:4 Acts 2:22 Matt 11:4 37 borne.
John 6:27 John 8:18 Matt 3:17 Matt 17:5See on
John 5:32Ye have.
John 1:18 John 14:9 John 15:24 Exod 20:19 Deut 4:12 1Tim 1:17 1Tim 6:16 1John 1:1 1John 1:2 1John 4:12 1John 4:20 38 ye have.
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John 3:21 John 12:44 -
John 12:48 Isa 49:7 Isa 53:1 -
Isa 53:3 39 Search.
John 5:46 John 7:52 Deut 11:18 -
Deut 11:20 Deut 17:18 Deut 17:19 Josh 1:8 Ps 1:2 Ps 119:11 Ps 119:97 -
Ps 119:99 Pro 6:23 Pro 8:33 Pro 8:34 Isa 8:20 Isa 34:16 Jer 8:9 Matt 22:29 Mark 12:10 Luke 16:29 Luke 16:31 Acts 8:32 -
Acts 8:35 Acts 17:11 Rom 3:2 Col 3:16 2Tim 3:14 -
2Tim 3:17 2Pet 1:19 -
2Pet 1:21ye think.
Deut 32:47 Ps 16:11 Ps 21:4 Ps 36:9 Ps 133:3 Dan 12:2 Matt 19:16 -
Matt 19:20 Luke 10:25 -
Luke 10:29 Heb 11:16 Heb 11:35they which.
John 5:32 John 5:36 John 1:45 Deut 18:15 Deut 18:18 Acts 26:22 Acts 26:23 Acts 26:27 Rom 1:2 1Pet 1:10 1Pet 1:11 Rev 19:10See on
Luke 24:27 Luke 24:44 40 ye will not.
John 5:44 John 1:11 John 3:19 John 8:45 John 8:46 John 12:37 -
John 12:41 Ps 81:11 Isa 49:7 Isa 50:2 Isa 53:1 -
Isa 53:3 Matt 22:3 Matt 23:37 Rev 22:17that.
John 6:27 John 6:37 John 6:40 John 6:68 John 6:69 John 7:37 John 7:38 John 11:25 John 11:26 Rom 6:23 1John 5:11 -
1John 5:13 41 John 5:34 John 6:15 John 7:18 John 8:50 John 8:54 1Thess 2:6 1Pet 2:21 2Pet 1:17 42 I know.
John 1:47 -
John 1:49 John 2:25 John 21:17 Luke 16:15 Heb 4:12 Heb 4:13 Rev 2:23that.
John 5:44 John 8:42 John 8:47 John 8:55 John 15:23 John 15:24 Rom 8:7 1John 2:15 1John 3:17 1John 4:20 43 come.
John 3:16 John 6:38 John 8:28 John 8:29 John 10:25 John 12:28 John 17:4 -
John 17:6 Ezek 23:21 Heb 5:4 Heb 5:5if.
Matt 24:5 Matt 24:24 Acts 5:36 Acts 5:37 Acts 21:38 44 can.
John 3:20 John 8:43 John 12:43 Jer 13:23 Rom 8:7 Rom 8:8 Heb 3:12which.
Matt 23:5 Gal 5:19 -
Gal 5:21 Phil 2:3and.
1Sam 2:30 2Chr 6:8 Matt 25:21 -
Matt 25:23 Luke 19:17 Rom 2:7 Rom 2:10 Rom 2:29 1Cor 4:5 2Cor 10:18 Jas 2:1 1Pet 1:7 45 there.
John 7:19 John 8:5 John 8:9 Rom 2:12 Rom 2:17 -
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Rom 7:14 2Cor 3:7 -
2Cor 3:11 Gal 3:10in.
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Rom 10:10 46 had.
Gal 2:19 Gal 3:10 Gal 3:13 Gal 3:24 Gal 4:21 -
Gal 4:31for.
John 1:45 Gen 3:15 Gen 12:3 Gen 18:18 Gen 22:18 Gen 28:14 Gen 49:10 Num 21:8 Num 21:9 Num 24:17 Num 24:18 Deut 18:15 Deut 18:18 Deut 18:19 Acts 26:22 Rom 10:4 Heb 7:1 -
Heb 10:39 47 Luke 16:29 Luke 16:31