Thematic Bible
John 5:1 (show verse)
After these things, was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up unto Jerusalem.
John 5:2 (show verse)
Now there is in Jerusalem, at the Sheep-gate, a pool, which is called in Hebrew Bethzatha, - having, five porches.
John 5:3 (show verse)
In these, was lying a throng of them who were sick, - blind, lame, withered.
John 5:4 (show verse)
John 5:5 (show verse)
And there was a certain man there, who, for thirty-eight years, had continued in his sickness.
John 5:6 (show verse)
Jesus, seeing, this one, lying, and taking note that now, a long time, had he continued, saith unto him - Desirest thou to be made, well?
John 5:7 (show verse)
The sick man answered him - Sir! I have, no man, that, as soon as the water hath been troubled, might thrust me into the pool; but, while, I, am coming, another, before me, goeth down.
John 5:8 (show verse)
Jesus saith unto him - Rise! take up thy couch, and be walking.
John 5:9 (show verse)
And, straightway, the man was made well and took up his couch, and began to walk. Now it was Sabbath, on that day.
John 5:10 (show verse)
The Jews, therefore, were saying, unto him who had been cured - It is, Sabbath; and it is not allowable for thee to take up thy couch: -
John 5:11 (show verse)
who, however, answered them - He that made me well, he, unto me, said - Take up thy couch, and be walking.
John 5:12 (show verse)
They questioned him - Who is the man that said unto thee, Take up thy couch , and be walking?
John 5:13 (show verse)
But, the healed one, knew not, who, it was; for, Jesus, had turned aside, a multitude, being in the place.
John 5:14 (show verse)
After these things, Jesus findeth him, in the temple, and said unto him - See! thou hast become, well: - No more, be committing sin, lest, some worse thing, do thee befall.
John 5:15 (show verse)
The man went away, and told the Jews, that it was, Jesus, who had made him well.
John 5:16 (show verse)
And, on this account, were the Jews persecuting Jesus, because, these things, he had been doing, on Sabbath.
John 5:17 (show verse)
But, he, answered them - My Father, until even now, is working; and, I, am working.
John 5:18 (show verse)
On this account, therefore, the rather, were the Jews seeking to slay him, - because, not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but was calling God, his own Father, making, himself, equal, with, God.
John 5:19 (show verse)
Jesus, therefore, answered, and went on to say unto them - Verily, verily, I say unto you: The Son cannot be doing, of himself, a single thing, - save anything he may see, the Father, doing; for, whatsoever, he, may be doing, these things, the Son also, in like manner, doeth.
John 5:20 (show verse)
For, the Father, dearly loveth the Son, and, all things, pointeth out to him, which, himself, is doing; and, greater works than these, will he point out to him, that, ye, may marvel.
John 5:21 (show verse)
For, just as the Father waketh up the dead, and quickeneth them, in like manner, the Son also, whom he pleaseth, doth quicken.
John 5:22 (show verse)
For neither doth, the Father, judge anyone, - but, all the judging, hath given unto the Son:
John 5:23 (show verse)
That, all, may honour the Son, just as they honour the Father: he that doth not honour the Son, doth not, in fact, honour the Father who sent him.
John 5:24 (show verse)
Verily, verily, I say unto you: He that heareth, my word, and believeth in him that sent me, hath life age-abiding, and, into judgment, cometh not, but hath passed over, out of death into life.
John 5:25 (show verse)
Verily, verily, I say unto you: There cometh an hour, and now is, when, the dead, shall hearken unto the voice of the Son of God, and, they who have hearkened, shall live.
John 5:26 (show verse)
For, just as, the Father, hath life, in himself, in like manner, unto the Son also, hath he given, life, to have, in himself;
John 5:27 (show verse)
And, authority, hath he given him, to be executing, judgment, - because, Son of Man, is he!
John 5:28 (show verse)
Do not be marvelling at this: because there come an hour, in which, all they in the tombs, shall hearken unto his voice,
John 5:29 (show verse)
and shall come forth, - they who, the good things, have done, unto a resurrection, of life; but, they who the corrupt things, have practised, unto a resurrection, of judgment.
John 5:30 (show verse)
I, cannot be doing, of myself, a single thing, - Just as I hear, I judge; and, my judging, is, just, - because I seek not my own will, but the will of him that sent me.
John 5:31 (show verse)
If, I, bear witness, concerning myself, my witness, is not, true.
John 5:32 (show verse)
Another, it is, who beareth witness concerning me, - and I know that, true, is the witness which he witnesseth concerning me.
John 5:33 (show verse)
Ye, have sent forth unto John, - and he hath borne witness to the truth: -
John 5:34 (show verse)
I, however, not from man, my witness, receive; but, these things, I say, that, ye, may be saved: -
John 5:35 (show verse)
He, was the burning and shining lamp, and, ye, were willing to exult, for an hour, in his light.
John 5:36 (show verse)
But, I, have, as my witness, something greater than John's; for, the works which the Father hath given me, that I should complete them, - the works themselves which I am doing, bear witness concerning me, that, the Father, hath sent me.
John 5:37 (show verse)
And so, the Father who sent me, he, hath borne witness concerning me; Neither, a sound of him, at any time, have ye heard, nor, a form of him, have ye seen;
John 5:38 (show verse)
And, his word, ye have not, within you abiding - because, as touching him whom, he, sent, in him, ye, believe not.
John 5:39 (show verse)
Ye search the Scriptures, because, ye, think, by them, to have, life age-abiding; and, those Scriptures , are they which bear witness concerning me:
John 5:40 (show verse)
And yet ye choose not to come unto me, that, life, ye may have.
John 5:41 (show verse)
Glory from men, am I not receiving; -
John 5:42 (show verse)
But I have taken knowledge of you, that, the love of God, ye have not, in yourselves: -
John 5:43 (show verse)
I, have come, in the name of my Father, - and ye are not receiving me: If, another, shall come in his own name, him, ye will receive!
John 5:44 (show verse)
How can, ye, believe, - Glory from one another, receiving; and, the glory which is from the only God, are not seeking?
John 5:45 (show verse)
Do not think that, I, will accuse you unto the Father: There, is, who accuseth you, even, Moses, - on whom, ye, have set your hope.
John 5:46 (show verse)
For, if ye had been believing, in Moses, ye would, in that case, have been believing, in me: for, concerning me, he wrote.
John 5:47 (show verse)
But, if, in his writings, ye are not believing, how, in my sayings, will ye believe?