Thematic Bible




John 5:1 (show verse)

Sometime after this there was a Jewish Festival; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

John 5:2 (show verse)

There is in Jerusalem, near the Sheep-gate, a Bath with five colonnades round it. It is called in Hebrew 'Bethesda.'

John 5:3 (show verse)

In these colonnades a large number of afflicted people were lying--blind, lame, and crippled.

John 5:4 (show verse)

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John 5:5 (show verse)

One man who was there had been afflicted for thirty-eight years.

John 5:6 (show verse)

Jesus saw the man lying there, and, finding that he had been in this state a long time, said to him: "Do you wish to be cured?"

John 5:7 (show verse)

"I have no one, Sir," the afflicted man answered, "to put me into the Bath when there is a troubling of the water, and, while I am getting to it, some one else steps down before me."

John 5:8 (show verse)

"Stand up," said Jesus, "take up your mat, and walk about."

John 5:9 (show verse)

The man was cured immediately, and took up his mat and began to walk about.

John 5:10 (show verse)

Now it was the Sabbath. So the Jews said to the man who had been cured: "This is the Sabbath; you must not carry your mat."

John 5:11 (show verse)

"The man who cured me," he answered, "said to me 'Take up your mat and walk about.'"

John 5:12 (show verse)

"Who was it," they asked, "that said to you 'Take up your mat and walk about'?"

John 5:13 (show verse)

But the man who had been restored did not know who it was; for Jesus had moved away, because there was a crowd there.

John 5:14 (show verse)

Afterwards Jesus found the man in the Temple Courts, and said to him: "You are cured now; do not sin again, for fear that something worse may befall you."

John 5:15 (show verse)

The man went away, and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had cured him.

John 5:16 (show verse)

And that was why the Jews began to persecute Jesus--because he did things of this kind on the Sabbath.

John 5:17 (show verse)

But Jesus replied: "My Father works to this very hour, and I work also."

John 5:18 (show verse)

This made the Jews all the more eager to kill him, because not only was he doing away with the Sabbath, but he actually called God his own Father--putting himself on an equality with God.

John 5:19 (show verse)

So Jesus made this further reply: "In truth I tell you, the Son can do nothing of himself; he does only what he sees the Father doing; whatever the Father does, the Son does also.

John 5:20 (show verse)

For the Father loves his Son, and shows him everything that he is doing; and he will show him still greater things--so that you will be filled with wonder.

John 5:21 (show verse)

For, just as the Father raises the dead and gives them Life, so also the Son gives Life to whom he pleases.

John 5:22 (show verse)

The Father himself does not judge any man, but has 'entrusted the work of judging entirely to his Son,'

John 5:23 (show verse)

So that all men may honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son fails to honor the Father who sent him.

John 5:24 (show verse)

In truth I tell you that he who listens to my Message and believes him who sent me, has Immortal Life, and does not come under condemnation, but has already passed out of Death into Life.
Believers » Promises to » Eternal life
Bethesda » The pool of
Christ's » Verily, verily's of » How to obtain
Condemnation » No condemnation, for the righteous
Condemnation » Who is not condemned
Condemnation » Saints are delivered from, by Christ
death » Spiritual
Spiritual death » Deliverance from, is through Christ
Deathless » Conditions of receiving » Spiritual service
Eternal » Conditions of receiving » Spiritual service
Everlasting » Conditions of receiving » Spiritual service
God » Mighty in its influence » A blessing to those who reverence it
God's Promises » To believers » Eternal life
Hearing » Those that hear the lord
Justification before God » Under the gospel » Is by faith alone
Life » Spiritual
Life » Of the spirit spiritual » Secured through faith
Life » Spiritual » Secured through faith
Life » Conditions of receiving » Spiritual service
Eternal life » Conditions of receiving » Spiritual service
Eternal life » Given » To those who believe in God
No » Condemnation, for the righteous
Receiving » Who did not receive jesus Christ
Salvation » Conditions of
Scripture » The scriptures testifying of jesus Christ
Spiritual » Life » Secured through faith
The bible » Mighty in its influence » A blessing to those who reverence it
The word of God » Mighty in its influence » A blessing to those who reverence it
verily's of Christ » How to obtain
Witness » Who is a witness of the lord
Witness » God the father giving witness to jesus Christ
Witness » What testifies of jesus Christ
Word » Preached » A blessing to those who reverence it

John 5:25 (show verse)

In truth I tell you that a time is coming, indeed it is already here, when the Dead will listen to the voice of the Son of God, and when those who listen will live.

John 5:26 (show verse)

For, just as the Father has inherent Life within him, so also he has granted to the Son to have inherent Life within him;

John 5:27 (show verse)

And, because he is Son of Man, he has also given him authority to act as judge.

John 5:28 (show verse)

Do not wonder at this; for the time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice,

John 5:29 (show verse)

And will come out--those who have done good rising to Life, and those who have lived evil lives rising for condemnation.
Christ » Conqueror of death » Will call all men from death's domain
Conqueror over death » Will call all men from death's domain
Contempt » Some awaking to everlasting contempt
death » Christ conqueror of » Will call all men from death's domain
eternal Death » Is called » A resurrection to damnation
Eternal » Wicked words of Christ concerning » Other references of Christ to
Eternal life » Some awaking to everlasting life
Everlasting » Future state of the wicked words of Christ concerning » Other references of Christ to
Goodness » Good people
Justice » What is just
Eternal life » Saints » Shall rise unto
Power » Of Christ » Raising the dead
The power of Christ » Exhibited in » Raising the dead
Punishment » Eternal
Punishment » Future state of the wicked words of Christ concerning » Other references of Christ to
Punishment of the The Wicked » Future described as » Resurrection of damnation
Receiving » Who did not receive jesus Christ
Resurrection » Christ appears after his » Of all men
The Resurrection » Assumed and proved by our lord
The Resurrection » Saints in, shall » Rise to eternal life
The Resurrection » Of the wicked, shall be to » Damnation
Scripture » The scriptures testifying of jesus Christ
the future » Punishment future state of the wicked » Other references of Christ to
Witness » Who is a witness of the lord
Witness » God the father giving witness to jesus Christ
Witness » What testifies of jesus Christ
Words of Christ » Concerning the future state of the wicked » Other references of Christ to

John 5:30 (show verse)

I can do nothing of myself; I judge as I am taught; and the judgment that I give is just, because my aim is not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.

John 5:31 (show verse)

If I bear testimony to myself, my testimony is not trustworthy;

John 5:32 (show verse)

It is another who bears testimony to me, and I know that the testimony which he bears to me is trustworthy.

John 5:33 (show verse)

You have yourselves sent to John, and he as testified to the Truth.

John 5:34 (show verse)

But the testimony which I receive is not from man; I am saying this for your Salvation.

John 5:35 (show verse)

He was the 'Lamp that was burning' and shining, and you were ready to rejoice, for a time, in his light.

John 5:36 (show verse)

But the testimony which I have is of greater weight than John's; for the work that the Father has given me to carry out-- the work that I am doing--is in itself proof that the Father has sent me as his Messenger.

John 5:37 (show verse)

The Father who has sent me has himself borne testimony to me. You have neither listened to his voice, not seen his form;

John 5:38 (show verse)

And you have not taken his Message home to your hearts, because you do not believe him whom he sent as his Messenger.

John 5:39 (show verse)

You search the Scriptures, because you think that you find in them Immortal Life;

John 5:40 (show verse)

And, though it is those very Scriptures that bear testimony to me, you refuse to come to me to have life.

John 5:41 (show verse)

I do not receive honor from men,

John 5:42 (show verse)

But I know this of you, that you have not the love of God in your hearts.

John 5:43 (show verse)

I have come in my Father's name, and you do not receive me; if another comes in his own name, you will receive him.

John 5:44 (show verse)

How can you believe in me, when you receive honor from one another and do not desire the honor which comes from the only God?

John 5:45 (show verse)

Do not think that I shall accuse you to the Father; your accuser is Moses, on whom you have been resting your hopes.

John 5:46 (show verse)

For, had you believed Moses, you would have believed me, for it was of me that Moses wrote;

John 5:47 (show verse)

But, if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe my teaching?"