John 5 Bible in Basic English
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1 After these things there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
1 After these things, there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
1 Μετὰ ταῦτα ἦν ἡ ἑορτὴ τῶν Ἰουδαίων, καὶ ἀνέβη ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα.
2 Now in Jerusalem near the sheep-market there is a public bath which in Hebrew is named Beth-zatha. It has five doorways.
2 Now in Jerusalem by the sheep gate, there is a pool, which is called in Hebrew, “Bethesda”, having five porches.
2 ἔστι δὲ ἐν τοῖς Ἱεροσολύμοις ἐπὶ τῇ προβατικῇ κολυμβήθρα, ἡ ἐπιλεγομένη Ἑβραϊστὶ Βηθεσδά, πέντε στοὰς ἔχουσα.
3 In these doorways there were a great number of people with different diseases: some unable to see, some without the power of walking, some with wasted bodies.
3 In these lay a great multitude of those who were sick, blind, lame, or paralyzed, waiting for the moving of the water;
3 ἐν ταύταις κατέκειτο πλῆθος πολὺ τῶν ἀσθενούντων, τυφλῶν, χωλῶν, ξηρῶν, ἐκδεχομένων τὴν τοῦ ὕδατος κίνησιν.
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4 for an angel went down at certain times into the pool and stirred up the water. Whoever stepped in first after the stirring of the water was healed of whatever disease he had.
4 ἄγγελος γὰρ κατὰ καιρὸν κατέβαινεν ἐν τῇ κολυμβήθρᾳ, καὶ ἐταράσσετο τὸ ὕδωρ· ὁ οὖν πρῶτος ἐμβὰς μετὰ τὴν ταραχὴν τοῦ ὕδατος ὑγιὴς ἐγίνετο ᾧ δήποτε κατείχετο νοσήματι.
5 One man was there who had been ill for thirty-eight years.
5 A certain man was there who had been sick for thirty-eight years.
5 ἦν δέ τις ἄνθρωπος ἐκεῖ τριάκοντα καὶ ὀκτὼ ἔτη ἔχων ἐν τῇ ἀσθενείᾳ αὐτοῦ.
6 When Jesus saw him there on the floor it was clear to him that he had been now a long time in that condition, and so he said to the man, Is it your desire to get well?
6 When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he had been sick for a long time, he asked him, “Do you want to be made well?”
6 τοῦτον ἰδὼν ὁ Ἰησοῦς κατακείμενον, καὶ γνοὺς ὅτι πολὺν ἤδη χρόνον ἔχει, λέγει αὐτῷ· θέλεις ὑγιὴς γενέσθαι;
7 The ill man said in answer, Sir, I have nobody to put me into the bath when the water is moving; and while I am on the way down some other person gets in before me.
7 The sick man answered him, “Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, but while I’m coming, another steps down before me.”
7 ἀπεκρίθη αὐτῷ ὁ ἀσθενῶν· Κύριε, ἄνθρωπον οὐκ ἔχω, ἵνα ὅταν ταραχθῇ τὸ ὕδωρ, βάλῃ με εἰς τὴν κολυμβήθραν· ἐν ᾧ δὲ ἔρχομαι ἐγώ, ἄλλος πρὸ ἐμοῦ καταβαίνει.
8 Jesus said to him, Get up, take your bed and go.
8 Jesus said to him, “Arise, take up your mat, and walk.”
8 λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς· ἔγειρε, ἆρον τὸν κράβαττόν σου καὶ περιπάτει.
9 And the man became well straight away, and took up his bed and went. Now that day was the Sabbath.
9 Immediately, the man was made well, and took up his mat and walked. Now that day was a Sabbath.
9 καὶ εὐθέως ἐγένετο ὑγιὴς ὁ ἄνθρωπος, καὶ ἦρε τὸν κράβαττον αὐτοῦ καὶ περιεπάτει. ἦν δὲ σάββατον ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ.
10 So the Jews said to the man who had been made well, It is the Sabbath; and it is against the law for you to take up your bed.
10 So the Jews said to him who was cured, “It is the Sabbath. It is not lawful for you to carry the mat.”
10 ἔλεγον οὖν οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι τῷ τεθεραπευμένῳ· σάββατόν ἐστιν· οὐκ ἔξεστί σοι ἆραι τὸν κράβαττον.
11 He said to them, But he who made me well, said to me, Take up your bed and go.
11 He answered them, “He who made me well said to me, ‘Take up your mat and walk.’ ”
11 ἀπεκρίθη αὐτοῖς· ὁ ποιήσας με ὑγιῆ, ἐκεῖνός μοι εἶπεν· ἆρον τὸν κράβαττόν σου καὶ περιπάτει.
12 Then they put to him the question: Who is the man who said to you, Take it up and go?
12 Then they asked him, “Who is the man who said to you, ‘Take up your mat and walk’?”
12 ἠρώτησαν οὖν αὐτόν· τίς ἐστιν ὁ ἄνθρωπος ὁ εἰπών σοι, ἆρον τὸν κράβαττόν σου καὶ περιπάτει;
13 Now he who had been made well had no knowledge who it was, Jesus having gone away because of the number of people who were in that place.
13 But he who was healed didn’t know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn, a crowd being in the place.
13 ὁ δὲ ἰαθεὶς οὐκ ᾔδει τίς ἐστιν· ὁ γὰρ Ἰησοῦς ἐξένευσεν ὄχλου ὄντος ἐν τῷ τόπῳ.
14 After a time Jesus came across him in the Temple and said to him, See, you are well and strong; do no more sin for fear a worse thing comes to you.
14 Afterward Jesus found him in the temple and said to him, “Behold, you are made well. Sin no more, so that nothing worse happens to you.”
14 μετὰ ταῦτα εὑρίσκει αὐτὸν ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ· ἴδε ὑγιὴς γέγονας· μηκέτι ἁμάρτανε, ἵνα μὴ χεῖρόν σοί τι γένηται.
15 The man went away and said to the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.
15 The man went away, and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.
15 ἀπῆλθεν ὁ ἄνθρωπος καὶ ἀνήγγειλε τοῖς Ἰουδαίοις ὅτι Ἰησοῦς ἐστιν ὁ ποιήσας αὐτὸν ὑγιῆ.
16 And for this reason the Jews were turned against Jesus, because he was doing these things on the Sabbath.
16 For this cause the Jews persecuted Jesus and sought to kill him, because he did these things on the Sabbath.
16 Καὶ διὰ τοῦτο ἐδίωκον τὸν Ἰησοῦν οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι καὶ ἐζήτουν αὐτὸν ἀποκτεῖναι, ὅτι ταῦτα ἐποίει ἐν σαββάτῳ.
17 But his answer was: My Father is still working even now, and so I am working.
17 But Jesus answered them, “My Father is still working, so I am working, too.”
17 ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς ἀπεκρίνατο αὐτοῖς· ὁ πατήρ μου ἕως ἄρτι ἐργάζεται, κἀγὼ ἐργάζομαι.
18 For this cause the Jews had an even greater desire to put Jesus to death, because not only did he not keep the Sabbath but he said God was his Father, so making himself equal with God.
18 For this cause therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill him, because he not only broke the Sabbath, but also called God his own Father, making himself equal with God.
18 διὰ τοῦτο οὖν μᾶλλον ἐζήτουν αὐτὸν οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι ἀποκτεῖναι, ὅτι οὐ μόνον ἔλυε τὸ σάββατον, ἀλλὰ καὶ πατέρα ἴδιον ἔλεγε τὸν Θεόν, ἴσον ἑαυτὸν ποιῶν τῷ Θεῷ.
19 So Jesus made answer and said, Truly I say to you, The Son is not able to do anything himself; he is able to do only what he sees the Father doing; whatever the Father does the Son does it in the same way.
19 Jesus therefore answered them, “Most certainly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing of himself, but what he sees the Father doing. For whatever things he does, these the Son also does likewise.
19 Ἀπεκρίνατο οὖν ὁ Ἰησοῦς καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· ἀμὴν ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν, οὐ δύναται ὁ υἱὸς ποιεῖν ἀφ᾽ ἑαυτοῦ οὐδέν, ἐὰν μή τι βλέπῃ τὸν πατέρα ποιοῦντα· ἃ γὰρ ἂν ἐκεῖνος ποιῇ, ταῦτα καὶ ὁ υἱὸς ὁμοίως ποιεῖ.
20 For the Father has love for the Son and lets him see everything which he does: and he will let him see greater works than these so that you may be full of wonder.
20 For the Father has affection for the Son, and shows him all things that he himself does. He will show him greater works than these, that you may marvel.
20 ὁ γὰρ πατὴρ φιλεῖ τὸν υἱὸν καὶ πάντα δείκνυσιν αὐτῷ ἃ αὐτὸς ποιεῖ, καὶ μείζονα τούτων δείξει αὐτῷ ἔργα, ἵνα ὑμεῖς θαυμάζητε.
21 In the same way, as the Father gives life to the dead, even so the Son gives life to those to whom he is pleased to give it.
21 For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son also gives life to whom he desires.
21 ὥσπερ γὰρ ὁ πατὴρ ἐγείρει τοὺς νεκροὺς καὶ ζωοποιεῖ, οὕτω καὶ ὁ υἱὸς οὓς θέλει ζωοποιεῖ.
22 The Father is not the judge of men, but he has given all decisions into the hands of the Son;
22 For the Father judges no one, but he has given all judgment to the Son,
22 οὐδὲ γὰρ ὁ πατὴρ κρίνει οὐδένα, ἀλλὰ τὴν κρίσιν πᾶσαν δέδωκε τῷ υἱῷ,
23 So that all men may give honour to the Son even as they give honour to the Father. He who gives no honour to the Son gives no honour to the Father who sent him.
23 that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He who doesn’t honor the Son doesn’t honor the Father who sent him.
23 ἵνα πάντες τιμῶσι τὸν υἱὸν καθὼς τιμῶσι τὸν πατέρα. ὁ μὴ τιμῶν τὸν υἱὸν οὐ τιμᾷ τὸν πατέρα τὸν πέμψαντα αὐτόν.
24 Truly I say to you, The man whose ears are open to my word and who has faith in him who sent me, has eternal life; he will not be judged, but has come from death into life.
24 “Most certainly I tell you, he who hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life, and doesn’t come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.
24 ἀμὴν ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι ὁ τὸν λόγον μου ἀκούων καὶ πιστεύων τῷ πέμψαντί με ἔχει ζωὴν αἰώνιον, καὶ εἰς κρίσιν οὐκ ἔρχεται, ἀλλὰ μεταβέβηκεν ἐκ τοῦ θανάτου εἰς τὴν ζωήν.
25 Truly I say to you, The time is coming, it has even now come, when the voice of the Son of God will come to the ears of the dead, and those hearing it will have life.
25 Most certainly I tell you, the hour comes, and now is, when the dead will hear the Son of God’s voice; and those who hear will live.
25 ἀμὴν ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι ἔρχεται ὥρα, καὶ νῦν ἐστιν, ὅτε οἱ νεκροὶ ἀκούσονται τῆς φωνῆς τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ Θεοῦ, καὶ οἱ ἀκούσαντες ζήσονται·
26 For even as the Father has life in himself, so he has given to the Son to have life in himself.
26 For as the Father has life in himself, even so he gave to the Son also to have life in himself.
26 ὥσπερ γὰρ ὁ πατὴρ ἔχει ζωὴν ἐν ἑαυτῷ, οὕτως ἔδωκε καὶ τῷ υἱῷ ζωὴν ἔχειν ἐν ἑαυτῷ·
27 And he has given him authority to be judge because he is the Son of man.
27 He also gave him authority to execute judgment, because he is a son of man.
27 καὶ ἐξουσίαν ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ καὶ κρίσιν ποιεῖν, ὅτι υἱὸς ἀνθρώπου ἐστί.
28 Do not be surprised at this: for the time is coming when his voice will come to all who are in the place of the dead,
28 Don’t marvel at this, for the hour comes in which all who are in the tombs will hear his voice
28 μὴ θαυμάζετε τοῦτο· ὅτι ἔρχεται ὥρα ἐν ᾗ πάντες οἱ ἐν τοῖς μνημείοις ἀκούσονται τῆς φωνῆς αὐτοῦ,
29 And they will come out; those who have done good, into the new life; and those who have done evil, to be judged.
29 and will come out; those who have done good, to the resurrection of life; and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of judgment.
29 καὶ ἐκπορεύσονται οἱ τὰ ἀγαθὰ ποιήσαντες εἰς ἀνάστασιν ζωῆς, οἱ δὲ τὰ φαῦλα πράξαντες εἰς ἀνάστασιν κρίσεως.
30 Of myself I am unable to do anything: as the voice comes to me so I give a decision: and my decision is right because I have no desire to do what is pleasing to myself, but only what is pleasing to him who sent me.
30 I can of myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge; and my judgment is righteous, because I don’t seek my own will, but the will of my Father who sent me.
30 Οὐ δύναμαι ἐγὼ ποιεῖν ἀπ᾽ ἐμαυτοῦ οὐδέν. καθὼς ἀκούω κρίνω, καὶ ἡ κρίσις ἡ ἐμὴ δικαία ἐστίν· ὅτι οὐ ζητῶ τὸ θέλημα τὸ ἐμόν, ἀλλὰ τὸ θέλημα τοῦ πέμψαντός με πατρός.
31 If I gave witness about myself, my witness would not be true.
31 “If I testify about myself, my witness is not valid.
31 Ἐὰν ἐγὼ μαρτυρῶ περὶ ἐμαυτοῦ, ἡ μαρτυρία μου οὐκ ἔστιν ἀληθής.
32 There is another who gives witness about me and I am certain that the witness he gives about me is true.
32 It is another who testifies about me. I know that the testimony which he testifies about me is true.
32 ἄλλος ἐστὶν ὁ μαρτυρῶν περὶ ἐμοῦ, καὶ οἶδα ὅτι ἀληθής ἐστιν ἡ μαρτυρία ἣν μαρτυρεῖ περὶ ἐμοῦ.
33 You sent to John and he gave true witness.
33 You have sent to John, and he has testified to the truth.
33 ὑμεῖς ἀπεστάλκατε πρὸς Ἰωάννην, καὶ μεμαρτύρηκε τῇ ἀληθείᾳ·
34 But I have no need of a man's witness: I only say these things so that you may have salvation.
34 But the testimony which I receive is not from man. However, I say these things that you may be saved.
34 ἐγὼ δὲ οὐ παρὰ ἀνθρώπου τὴν μαρτυρίαν λαμβάνω, ἀλλὰ ταῦτα λέγω ἵνα ὑμεῖς σωθῆτε.
35 He was a burning and shining light, and for a time you were ready to be happy in his light.
35 He was the burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.
35 ἐκεῖνος ἦν ὁ λύχνος ὁ καιόμενος καὶ φαίνων, ὑμεῖς δὲ ἠθελήσατε ἀγαλλιαθῆναι πρὸς ὥραν ἐν τῷ φωτὶ αὐτοῦ.
36 But the witness which I have is greater than that of John: the work which the Father has given me to do, the very work which I am now doing, is a witness that the Father has sent me.
36 But the testimony which I have is greater than that of John; for the works which the Father gave me to accomplish, the very works that I do, testify about me, that the Father has sent me.
36 ἐγὼ δέ ἔχω τὴν μαρτυρίαν μείζω τοῦ Ἰωάννου· τὰ γὰρ ἔργα ἃ ἔδωκέ μοι ὁ πατὴρ ἵνα τελειώσω αὐτά, αὐτὰ τὰ ἔργα ἃ ἐγὼ ποιῶ, μαρτυρεῖ περὶ ἐμοῦ ὅτι ὁ πατήρ με ἀπέσταλκε.
37 And the Father himself who sent me has given witness about me. Not one of you has ever given ear to his voice; his form you have not seen.
37 The Father himself, who sent me, has testified about me. You have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his form.
37 καὶ ὁ πέμψας με πατήρ, αὐτὸς μεμαρτύρηκε περὶ ἐμοῦ. οὔτε φωνὴν αὐτοῦ ἀκηκόατε πώποτε οὔτε εἶδος αὐτοῦ ἑωράκατε,
38 And you have not kept his word in your hearts, because you have not faith in him whom he has sent.
38 You don’t have his word living in you, because you don’t believe him whom he sent.
38 καὶ τὸν λόγον αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἔχετε μένοντα ἐν ὑμῖν, ὅτι ὃν ἀπέστειλεν ἐκεῖνος, τούτῳ ὑμεῖς οὐ πιστεύετε.
39 You make search in the holy Writings, in the belief that through them you get eternal life; and it is those Writings which give witness about me.
39 “You search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and these are they which testify about me.
39 ἐρευνᾶτε τὰς γραφάς, ὅτι ὑμεῖς δοκεῖτε ἐν αὐταῖς ζωὴν αἰώνιον ἔχειν· καὶ ἐκεῖναί εἰσιν αἱ μαρτυροῦσαι περὶ ἐμοῦ·
40 And still you have no desire to come to me so that you may have life.
40 Yet you will not come to me, that you may have life.
40 καὶ οὐ θέλετε ἐλθεῖν πρός με ἵνα ζωὴν ἔχητε.
41 I do not take honour from men;
41 I don’t receive glory from men.
41 δόξαν παρὰ ἀνθρώπων οὐ λαμβάνω·
42 But I have knowledge of you that you have no love for God in your hearts.
42 But I know you, that you don’t have God’s love in yourselves.
42 ἀλλ᾽ ἔγνωκα ὑμᾶς ὅτι τὴν ἀγάπην τοῦ Θεοῦ οὐκ ἔχετε ἐν ἑαυτοῖς.
43 I have come in my Father's name, and your hearts are not open to me. If another comes with no other authority but himself, you will give him your approval.
43 I have come in my Father’s name, and you don’t receive me. If another comes in his own name, you will receive him.
43 ἐγὼ ἐλήλυθα ἐν τῷ ὀνόματι τοῦ πατρός μου, καὶ οὐ λαμβάνετέ με· ἐὰν ἄλλος ἔλθῃ ἐν τῷ ὀνόματι τῷ ἰδίῳ, ἐκεῖνον λήψεσθε.
44 How is it possible for you to have faith while you take honour one from another and have no desire for the honour which comes from the only God?
44 How can you believe, who receive glory from one another, and you don’t seek the glory that comes from the only God?
44 πῶς δύνασθε ὑμεῖς πιστεῦσαι, δόξαν παρὰ ἀλλήλων λαμβάνοντες, καὶ τὴν δόξαν τὴν παρὰ τοῦ μόνου Θεοῦ οὐ ζητεῖτε;
45 Put out of your minds the thought that I will say things against you to the Father: the one who says things against you is Moses, on whom you put your hopes.
45 “Don’t think that I will accuse you to the Father. There is one who accuses you, even Moses, on whom you have set your hope.
45 μὴ δοκεῖτε ὅτι ἐγὼ κατηγορήσω ὑμῶν πρὸς τὸν πατέρα· ἔστιν ὁ κατηγορῶν ὑμῶν Μωϋσῆς, εἰς ὃν ὑμεῖς ἠλπίκατε.
46 If you had belief in Moses you would have belief in me; for his writings are about me.
46 For if you believed Moses, you would believe me; for he wrote about me.
46 εἰ γὰρ ἐπιστεύετε Μωϋσεῖ, ἐπιστεύετε ἂν ἐμοί· περὶ γὰρ ἐμοῦ ἐκεῖνος ἔγραψεν.
47 If you have no belief in his writings, how will you have belief in my words?
47 But if you don’t believe his writings, how will you believe my words?”
47 εἰ δὲ τοῖς ἐκείνου γράμμασιν οὐ πιστεύετε, πῶς τοῖς ἐμοῖς ῥήμασι πιστεύσετε;
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- 1 Deuteronomy 16:16; Exodus 23:14–17; Leviticus 23:2–4; Exodus 34:23; John 2:13
- 2 Nehemiah 12:39; Nehemiah 3:1; Isaiah 22:11; Nehemiah 3:32; John 19:13
- 3 Mark 3:1–4; Matthew 15:30; Luke 7:22; Zechariah 11:17; Lamentations 3:26
- 5 Acts 3:2; Luke 8:43; Mark 9:21; Luke 13:16; Acts 14:8
- 6 Luke 18:41; Hebrews 4:15; Hebrews 4:13; Isaiah 65:1; John 21:17
- 7 Psalm 72:12; Deuteronomy 32:36; 1 Corinthians 9:24; Psalm 142:4; 2 Corinthians 1:8–10
- 8 Luke 5:24; Matthew 9:6; Mark 2:11; Acts 9:34
- 9 Acts 3:7–8; John 9:14; Mark 3:2–4; Luke 13:10–16; Mark 5:41–42
- 10 Jeremiah 17:21; Luke 6:2; John 9:16; Mark 3:4; Luke 13:14
- 11 Mark 2:9–11; John 9:16
- 12 Matthew 21:23; Romans 10:2; Judges 6:29; 1 Samuel 14:38
- 13 Luke 4:30; Luke 24:31; John 8:59; John 14:9
- 14 John 8:11; Leviticus 26:23–24; Psalm 118:18; Nehemiah 9:28; Matthew 12:45
- 15 John 4:29; John 9:25; John 9:11–12; Mark 1:45; John 1:19
- 16 Acts 9:4–5; John 10:39; Mark 3:6; John 15:20; Matthew 12:13
- 17 John 9:4; John 14:10; Colossians 1:16; 1 Corinthians 12:6; Hebrews 1:3
- 18 John 10:30; John 10:33; John 19:7; John 8:58; John 14:23
- 19 John 12:49; John 8:28; John 14:10; John 10:18; John 5:28–30
- 20 John 3:35; Matthew 3:17; Proverbs 8:22–31; 2 Peter 1:17; John 15:15
- 21 Romans 8:11; Deuteronomy 32:39; John 11:25; Acts 26:8; Luke 7:14–15
- 22 John 5:27; Acts 17:31; 2 Corinthians 5:10; Matthew 28:18; Acts 10:42
- 23 1 John 2:23; Luke 10:16; Matthew 11:27; 2 John 9; John 15:23–24
- 24 John 3:36; 1 John 5:11–13; John 6:40; John 3:18; Romans 8:1
- 25 John 5:28; Ephesians 5:14; Ephesians 2:5; John 4:23; Colossians 2:13
- 26 John 11:26; John 1:4; John 14:6; Exodus 3:14; John 17:2–3
- 27 Acts 10:42; John 5:22; Acts 17:31; 1 Peter 3:22; Daniel 7:13–14
- 28 Revelation 20:12; 1 Thessalonians 4:14–17; Isaiah 26:19; John 11:24–25; Job 19:25–26
- 29 Daniel 12:2–3; Romans 2:6–10; Acts 24:15; Matthew 25:31–46; Luke 14:14
- 30 John 6:38; John 5:19; John 4:34; John 14:10; Matthew 26:39
- 31 Proverbs 27:2; John 8:54; Revelation 3:14; John 8:13–14
- 32 John 1:33; 1 John 5:6–9; John 8:17–18; Matthew 17:5; John 12:50
- 33 John 3:26–36; John 1:29–34; John 1:6–8; John 1:15–27
- 34 1 John 5:9; 1 Timothy 4:16; John 20:31; Luke 19:41–42; John 5:41
- 35 2 Peter 1:19; John 1:7–8; Matthew 11:11; Matthew 3:5–7; Luke 1:76–77
- 36 John 10:25; John 15:24; John 2:23; John 10:37–38; 1 John 5:9
- 37 John 8:18; Matthew 3:17; John 1:18; 1 Timothy 1:17; 1 Timothy 6:16
- 38 1 John 2:14; John 12:44–48; Deuteronomy 6:6–9; Proverbs 7:1–2; Isaiah 53:1–3
- 39 Luke 24:27; Luke 24:44; 2 Peter 1:19–21; Acts 26:22–23; Proverbs 8:33–34
- 40 John 3:19; John 1:11; Psalm 81:11; John 6:37; Matthew 23:37
- 41 John 7:18; John 8:50; John 5:44; John 5:34; 1 Thessalonians 2:6
- 42 1 John 4:20; 1 John 2:15; 1 John 3:17; John 2:25; Romans 8:7
- 43 Matthew 24:5; John 10:25; John 17:4–6; John 8:28–29; Hebrews 5:4–5
- 44 John 12:43; Romans 2:29; Philippians 2:3; Matthew 23:5; Romans 8:7–8
- 45 Romans 3:19–20; Galatians 3:10; Romans 2:12; 2 Corinthians 3:7–11; John 9:28–29
- 46 Deuteronomy 18:15; Deuteronomy 18:18–19; John 1:45; Luke 24:27; Numbers 24:17–18
- 47 Luke 16:31; Luke 16:29
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Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
The lesson of the Gospel has just sounded in our ears, and made us intent to know what is the meaning of what has been read. This, I suppose, is looked for from me, this I promise, by the Lord's assistance, to explain as well as I can.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
John the evangelist, among his fellows and companions the other evangelists, received this special and peculiar gift from the Lord (on whose breast he reclined at the feast, hereby to signify that he was drinking deeper secrets from His inmost heart), to utter those things concerning the Son of God which may perhaps rouse the attentive minds of the little …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 7 (1888)
Great is the profit of the divine Scriptures, and all-sufficient is the aid which comes from them. And Paul declared this when he said, "Whatsoever things were written aforetime, were written aforetime for our admonition upon whom the ends of the world are come, that we through patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope." ( Rom. xv.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 14 (1889)
But they cannot maintain this; otherwise their primary and original Ogdoad will be included in the number of Æons who suffered together. Moreover, there was also a certain other person healed by the Lord, after he had suffered for eight-and-thirty years: they ought therefore to affirm that the Æon who occupies the thirty-eighth place suffered.
… unto me, heal my soul, for I have sinned against Thee;" and not to abuse Thy goodness for a license to sin, but to remember the words of the Lord, "Behold, thou art made whole; sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee." All of which salutary advice they endeavour to destroy when they say, "The cause of …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)