Then he asked them what the [exact] time was when his son began to get better. They said to him, "[It was] yesterday at seven o'clock in the morning that the fever left him." [Note: This would have been

It was clear then to the father that this was the very time at which Jesus said to him, Your son is living. And he had faith in Jesus, he and all his family.

Jesus did this second miracle when he return'd from Judea to Galilee.

Some time after this the feast of the Jews being come, Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

Now in Jerusalem there was a pool of water near the Sheep Gate [Note: This was a city gate in the north wall]. It had five porticos [i.e., covered open areas along the outside of the Temple]. In the Hebrew language it was called Bethesda.

(for a messenger went down at certain times into the pool, and agitated the water: the first then that stepped in after this commotion of the water, was cured of whatever disease he had.)

Jesus, [when he] saw this one lying [there] and knew that he had [been sick] a long time already, said to him, "Do you want to become well?"

And immediately the man was made well and picked up his cot and walked. Now this happened on the Sabbath day.

so the Jews said to the man who had been healed, “This is the Sabbath! It’s illegal for you to pick up your mat.”

“Who is this man who told you, ‘Pick up your mat and walk’?” they asked.

After this, Jesus found him in the temple complex and said to him, “See, you are well. Do not sin anymore, so that something worse doesn’t happen to you.”

And for this cause the Jews persecuted Jesus, because he did these things on the sabbath.

The reply of Jesus was, "As my Father has continued working to this hour, so I work too."

For this cause therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only brake the sabbath, but also called God his own Father, making himself equal with God.

So Jesus made this answer to them: "Truly, truly I tell you, the Son can do nothing of his own accord, nothing but what he sees the Father doing; for whatever he does, the Son also does the same.

let not this surprize you: for the time is coming, when all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, and they that have done good,

not that I need the testimony of men: but this I tell you, for your own security.

And you do not have his word residing in yourselves, because the one whom that one sent, in this one you do not believe.

I do not by this seek your applause.

for this I know of you, that you are not possess'd with any love for God.

After this Jesus went to the other side of the sea of Galilee, or Tiberias.

Then Jesus went up to a high plateau [Note: This place, northeast of Lake Galilee, is called "The Golan Heights," today] and sat down there with His disciples.

Jesus then lifting up his eyes, and seeing a great company coming to him, said to Philip, where can we buy bread to feed this people?

(this he said to prove Philip: for he himself knew what he had to do.)

There is a little boy here who has five barley loaves and two small fishes; but this, what is it for so many?

The people, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, cry'd out, this is of a truth that prophet who was to come into the world.

And, getting into a boat, began to cross to Capernaum. By this time darkness had set in, and Jesus had not yet come back to them;

And after this they were glad to take him into the boat; and the boat at once arrived off the shore, for which they had been making.

Do not work for the food that perishes, but the food that remains to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has set his seal on this one."

Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.

then said they, Lord, evermore give us this bread.

And this was the answer of Jesus: I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never be in need of food, and he who has faith in me will never be in need of drink.

But I have told you this: You have seen me and yet do not believe [in me].

and the will of him who sent me is this, that I should not lose any one of those he has given me, but should raise them again at the last day: this,

For this is the will of my Father, that every one that beholdeth the Son, and believeth on him, should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.

Upon this the Jews began murmuring against Jesus for saying-- 'I am the Bread which came down from Heaven.'

And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how doth he now say, I am come down out of heaven?

(Not that anyone has seen the Father except the one who is from God--this one has seen the Father.)

This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat of it, and not die.

This is the bread which cometh down out of heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.

I am the living bread which came down out of heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: yea and the bread which I will give is my flesh, for the life of the world.

The Jews therefore strove one with another, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?

So, Jesus answered them, "Truly, truly, I tell you, unless you eat the physical body of the Son of man and drink His blood, you do not have [spiritual] life in yourselves [Note: The references to "body" and "blood" throughout this section allude to taking Jesus' life and teaching into one's heart. See verse 56].

This is the bread which came down out of heaven: not as the fathers ate, and died; he that eateth this bread shall live for ever.

He said this as He taught in the synagogue at Capernaum.

Many therefore of his disciples, when the heard this , said, This is a hard saying; who can hear it?

But Jesus knowing in himself that his disciples murmured at this, said unto them, Doth this cause you to stumble?

"Is this a hindrance to you? What, then, if you should see the Son of Man ascending where he was before?

And he said, For this cause have I said unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it be given unto him of the Father.

Upon this many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.

Then Simon Peter gave this answer: Lord, to whom are we to go? you have the words of eternal life;

(Now he was speaking about Judas [son] of Simon Iscariot, because this one--one of the twelve--was going to betray him.)

After this Jesus resided in Galilee: for he would not be in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill him. now the

Now it was almost time for the Jewish Festival of Tabernacles [Note: This was also called "Festival of Shelters," and was one of three principal, annual Jewish festivals and commemorated the occasion of the Israelites living in tents or shelters during their forty year wandering in the desert].

His brothers said to him: "Leave this part of the country, and go into Judea, so that your disciples, as well as we, may see the work that you are doing.

for no one does anything in secret when he is trying to be known to the public. If you are going to do this, show yourself publicly to the world."

Go ye up unto the feast: I go not up unto this feast; because my time is not yet fulfilled.

He told them this and stayed on in Galilee.

The Jews therefore marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?

Jesus gave them this answer: It is not my teaching, but his who sent me.

If anyone wants to do his will, he'll know whether this teaching is from God or whether I'm speaking on my own.

The one who speaks from himself seeks his own glory. But the one who seeks the glory of the one who sent him--this one is true, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

This was the answer of Jesus: I have done one work and you are all surprised at it.

Because of this Moses has given you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, but from the fathers), and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath.

placed after 5:47] The Jews were amazed, saying, "How can this uneducated fellow manage to read?"

Some therefore of them of Jerusalem said, Is not this he whom they seek to kill?

And lo, he speaketh openly, and they say nothing unto him. Can it be that the rulers indeed know that this is the Christ?

Howbeit we know this man whence he is: but when the Christ cometh, no one knoweth whence he is.

At this point Jesus, still teaching in the Temple, shouted, "So you know me and know where I've come from? I haven't come on my own accord. But the one who sent me is true, and he's the one you don't know.

On hearing this they wanted to arrest Him; yet not a hand was laid on Him, because His time had not yet come.

But of the multitude many believed on him; and they said, When the Christ shall come, will he do more signs than those which this man hath done?

This discussion of the people came to the ears of the Pharisees; and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent servants to take him.

The Jews therefore said among themselves, Whither will this man go that we shall not find him? will he go unto the Dispersion among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks?

What is this word that he said, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me; and where I am, ye cannot come?

But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believed on him were to receive: for the Spirit was not yet given ; because Jesus was not yet glorified.

Some of the multitude therefore, when they heard these words, said, This is of a truth the prophet.

Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, What, doth the Christ come out of Galilee?

the officers answered, never did man speak like this man.

But this multitude that knoweth not the law are accursed.

But one of their number, Nicodemus, who before this had been to see Jesus, said to them:

This was their answer: And do you come from Galilee? Make search and you will see that no prophet comes out of Galilee.

{Joh 7:538:12: This passage is omitted as ungenuine by Tischendorf and most critical editors of the Greek Testament. It is found in some manuscripts, but not in the most ancient. It is, however, very generally regarded as a genuine relic of the teaching of Christ, though not forming a part of the fourth Gospel. I give it in the text of Tregelles, omitting the words which he incloses in brackets. Tregelles, however, does not suppose it to be genuine.} [And they went each to his house;

but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. [Note: This was located on a slope just east of Jerusalem].

they say unto him, Teacher, this woman hath been taken in adultery, in the very act.

And this they said, trying him, that they might have whereof to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground.

When they heard this, they left one by one, starting with the older men. Only He was left, with the woman in the center.

And she said, "No one, Lord." And Jesus said, "Neither do I condemn you. Go. Stop sinning from this point on."

Then they asked him, "Where is this Father of yours?"

Jesus delivered this discourse in the treasury, when he taught in the temple: and no man laid hands on him, for his hour was not yet come.

So the Jews were asking [among themselves], “Will He kill Himself? Is that why He says, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come’?”

And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.

For this reason I said to you that death will overtake you in your sins: for if you have not faith that I am he, death will come to you while you are in your sins.

So, they said to Him, "Who are you?" Jesus answered, "Why am I even speaking to you at all? [Note: The Greek words of this difficult passage are not real clear]

The people [who heard this] did not understand that Jesus was speaking to them about the Father.

upon this discourse many believed on him.

And this was the answer Jesus gave them: Truly I say to you, Everyone who does evil is the servant of sin.

But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I heard from God: this did not Abraham.

your actions are like your father. at this they reply'd, we are no bastards; we have but one father, even God.

You belong to your father the devil, and you are [always] wanting to do what your father desires. He was a murderer from the [very] beginning [Note: This is probably a reference to Satan's influence on Adam, Eve and Cain in the Garden of Eden] and does not stand for the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he only speaks what is part of his nature, because he is a liar and the father of [all] liars.

He that is of God heareth the words of God: for this cause ye hear them not, because ye are not of God.