John 5:16

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day.

Persecute

John 15:20

Acts 9:4

And sought

General references

John 9:14

John 11:46

Bible References

Persecute

Remember [and continue to remember] that I told you, ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you. If they kept My word, they will keep yours also.

and he fell to the ground and heard a voice [from heaven] saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting and oppressing Me?”

And sought

Now the man who had been healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had slipped away [unnoticed] since there was a crowd in that place.

“Did not Moses give you the Law? And yet not one of you keeps the Law. Why do you want to kill Me [for not keeping it]?”

So they tried again to seize Him, but He eluded their grasp.

Then He said to the man, “Reach out your hand!” The man reached out and it was restored, as normal and healthy as the other.

Then the Pharisees went out and immediately began conspiring with the Herodians [to plot] against Him, as to how they might [fabricate some legal grounds to] put Him to death.

But the scribes and Pharisees were filled with senseless rage [and lacked spiritual insight], and discussed with one another what they might do to Jesus.

General references

Now it was on a Sabbath day that Jesus made the mud and opened the man’s eyes.

But some of them went back to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.