John 5 Berean Standard Bible

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1 Some time later there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

1 DESPUÉS de estas cosas, era un día de fiesta de los Judíos, y subió Jesús á Jerusalem.

2 Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool with five covered colonnades, which in Hebrew is called Bethesda.

2 Y hay en Jerusalem á [la puerta] del ganado un estanque, que en hebraico es llamado Bethesda, el cual tiene cinco portales.

3 On these walkways lay a great number of the sick, the blind, the lame, and the paralyzed.

3 En éstos yacía multitud de enfermos, ciegos, cojos, secos, que estaban esperando el movimiento del agua.

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4 Porque un ángel descendía á cierto tiempo al estanque, y revolvía el agua; y el que primero descendía en el estanque después del movimiento del agua, era sano de cualquier enfermedad que tuviese.

5 One man there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years.

5 Y estaba allí un hombre que había treinta y ocho años que estaba enfermo.

6 When Jesus saw him lying there and realized that he had spent a long time in this condition, He asked him, “Do you want to get well?”

6 Como Jesús vió á éste echado, y entendió que ya había mucho tiempo, dícele: ¿Quieres ser sano?

7 “Sir,” the invalid replied, “I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am on my way, someone else goes in before me.”

7 Señor, le respondió el enfermo, no tengo hombre que me meta en el estanque cuando el agua fuere revuelta; porque entre tanto que yo vengo, otro antes de mí ha descendido.

8 Then Jesus told him, “Get up, pick up your mat, and walk.”

8 Dícele Jesús: Levántate, toma tu lecho, y anda.

9 Immediately the man was made well, and he picked up his mat and began to walk. Now this happened on the Sabbath day,

9 Y luego aquel hombre fué sano, y tomó su lecho, é íbase. Y era sábado aquel día.

10 so the Jews said to the man who had been healed, “This is the Sabbath! It is unlawful for you to carry your mat.”

10 Entonces los Judíos decían á aquel que había sido sanado: Sábado es: no te es lícito llevar tu lecho.

11 But he answered, “The man who made me well told me, ‘Pick up your mat and walk.’”

11 Respondióles: El que me sanó, él mismo me dijo: Toma tu lecho y anda.

12 “Who is this man who told you to pick it up and walk?” they asked.

12 Preguntáronle entonces: ¿Quién es el que te dijo: Toma tu lecho y anda?

13 But the man who was healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had slipped away while the crowd was there.

13 Y el que había sido sanado, no sabía quién fuese; porque Jesús se había apartado de la gente que estaba en aquel lugar.

14 Afterward, Jesus found the man at the temple and said to him, “See, you have been made well. Stop sinning, or something worse may happen to you.”

14 Después le halló Jesús en el templo, y díjole: He aquí, has sido sanado; no peques más, porque no te venga alguna cosa peor.

15 And the man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.

15 El se fué, y dió aviso á los Judíos, que Jesús era el que le había sanado.

16 Now because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jews began to persecute Him.

16 Y por esta causa los Judíos perseguían á Jesús, y procuraban matarle, porque hacía estas cosas en sábado.

17 But Jesus answered them, “To this very day My Father is at His work, and I too am working.”

17 Y Jesús les respondió: Mi Padre hasta ahora obra, y yo obro.

18 Because of this, the Jews tried all the harder to kill Him. Not only was He breaking the Sabbath, but He was even calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God.

18 Entonces, por tanto, más procuraban los Judíos matarle, porque no sólo quebrantaba el sábado, sino que también á su Padre llamaba Dios, haciéndose igual á Dios.

19 So Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing by Himself, unless He sees the Father doing it. For whatever the Father does, the Son also does.

19 Respondió entonces Jesús, y díjoles: De cierto, de cierto os digo: No puede el Hijo hacer nada de sí mismo, sino lo que viere hacer al Padre: porque todo lo que él hace, esto también hace el Hijo juntamente.

20 The Father loves the Son and shows Him all He does. And to your amazement, He will show Him even greater works than these.

20 Porque el Padre ama al Hijo, y le muestra todas las cosas que él hace; y mayores obras que éstas le mostrará, de suerte que vosotros os maravilléis.

21 For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom He wishes.

21 Porque como el Padre levanta los muertos, y les da vida, así también el Hijo á los que quiere da vida.

22 Furthermore, the Father judges no one, but has assigned all judgment to the Son,

22 Porque el Padre á nadie juzga, mas todo el juicio dió al Hijo;

23 so that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.

23 Para que todos honren al Hijo como honran al Padre. El que no honra al Hijo, no honra al Padre que le envió.

24 Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not come under judgment. Indeed, he has crossed over from death to life.

24 De cierto, de cierto os digo: El que oye mi palabra, y cree al que me ha enviado, tiene vida eterna; y no vendrá á condenación, mas pasó de muerte á vida.

25 Truly, truly, I tell you, the hour is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.

25 De cierto, de cierto os digo: Vendrá hora, y ahora es, cuando los muertos oirán la voz del Hijo de Dios: y los que oyeren vivirán.

26 For as the Father has life in Himself, so also He has granted the Son to have life in Himself.

26 Porque como el Padre tiene vida en sí mismo, así dió también al Hijo que tuviese vida en sí mismo:

27 And He has given Him authority to execute judgment, because He is the Son of Man.

27 Y también le dió poder de hacer juicio, en cuanto es el Hijo del hombre.

28 Do not be amazed at this, for the hour is coming when all who are in their graves will hear His voice

28 No os maravilléis de esto; porque vendrá hora, cuando todos los que están en los sepulcros oirán su voz;

29 and come out—those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.

29 Y los que hicieron bien, saldrán á resurrección de vida; mas los que hicieron mal, á resurrección de condenación.

30 I can do nothing by Myself; I judge only as I hear. And My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.

30 No puedo yo de mí mismo hacer nada: como oigo, juzgo: y mi juicio es justo; porque no busco mi voluntad, mas la voluntad del que me envió, del Padre.

31 If I testify about Myself, My testimony is not valid.

31 Si yo doy testimonio de mí mismo, mi testimonio no es verdadero.

32 There is another who testifies about Me, and I know that His testimony about Me is valid.

32 Otro es el que da testimonio de mí; y sé que el testimonio que da de mí, es verdadero.

33 You have sent to John, and he has testified to the truth.

33 Vosotros enviasteis á Juan, y [él] dió testimonio á la verdad.

34 Even though I do not accept human testimony, I say these things so that you may be saved.

34 Empero yo no tomo el testimonio de hombre; mas digo esto, para que vosotros seáis salvos.

35 John was a lamp that burned and gave light, and you were willing for a season to bask in his light.

35 El era antorcha que ardía y alumbraba: y vosotros quisisteis recrearos por un poco á su luz.

36 But I have testimony more substantial than that of John. For the works that the Father has given Me to accomplish—the very works I am doing—testify about Me that the Father has sent Me.

36 Mas yo tengo mayor testimonio que [el] de Juan: porque las obras que el Padre me dió que cumpliese, las mismas obras que yo hago, dan testimonio de mí, que el Padre me haya enviado.

37 And the Father who sent Me has Himself testified about Me. You have never heard His voice nor seen His form,

37 Y el que me envió, el Padre, él ha dado testimonio de mí. Ni nunca habéis oído su voz, ni habéis visto su parecer.

38 nor does His word abide in you, because you do not believe the One He sent.

38 Ni tenéis su palabra permanente en vosotros; porque al que él envió, á éste vosotros no creéis.

39 You pore over the Scriptures because you presume that by them you possess eternal life. These are the very words that testify about Me,

39 Escudriñad las Escrituras, porque á vosotros os parece que en ellas tenéis la vida eterna; y ellas son las que dan testimonio de mí.

40 yet you refuse to come to Me to have life.

40 Y no queréis venir á mí, para que tengáis vida.

41 I do not accept glory from men,

41 Gloria de los hombres no recibo.

42 but I know you, that you do not have the love of God within you.

42 Mas yo os conozco, que no tenéis amor de Dios en vosotros.

43 I have come in My Father’s name, and you have not received Me; but if someone else comes in his own name, you will receive him.

43 Yo he venido en nombre de mi Padre, y no me recibís: si otro viniere en su propio nombre, á aquél recibiréis.

44 How can you believe if you accept glory from one another, yet do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?

44 ¿Cómo podéis vosotros creer, pues tomáis la gloria los unos de los otros, y no buscáis la gloria que de sólo Dios viene?

45 Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father. Your accuser is Moses, in whom you have put your hope.

45 No penséis que yo os tengo de acusar delante del Padre; hay quien os acusa, Moisés, en quien vosotros esperáis.

46 If you had believed Moses, you would believe Me, because he wrote about Me.

46 Porque si vosotros creyeseis á Moisés, creeríais á mí; porque de mí escribió él.

47 But since you do not believe what he wrote, how will you believe what I say?”

47 Y si á sus escritos no creéis, ¿cómo creeréis á mis palabras?

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Commentary 5:2 Augustine of Hippo, Sermons on Selected Lessons of the New Testament (Sermon LXXIV)
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)
Commentary 5:19 Augustine of Hippo, Tractates on the Gospel of John (Chapter V — 19)
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)
Commentary 5:6 John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Gospel of John (Homily XXXVII)
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)
Quotes verse 5:5 Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies (Book II, Chapters XXIII–XXIV)
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.
Read in context · Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885)
Quotes verse 5:14 Augustine of Hippo, Confessions (Book IV)
… 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)

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