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John 5 Literal Standard Version
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1 After these things there was a celebration of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem,
1 Μετὰ ταῦτα ἦν ἡ ἑορτὴ τῶν Ἰουδαίων, καὶ ἀνέβη ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα.
2 and there is in Jerusalem by the sheep-[gate] a pool that 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 were lying a great multitude of the ailing, blind, lame, withered, [[waiting for the moving of the water,
3 ἐν ταύταις κατέκειτο πλῆθος πολὺ τῶν ἀσθενούντων, τυφλῶν, χωλῶν, ξηρῶν, ἐκδεχομένων τὴν τοῦ ὕδατος κίνησιν.
4 for a messenger at a set time was going down in the pool, and was troubling the water, the first then having gone in after the troubling of the water, became whole of whatever sickness he was held.]]
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 And there was a certain man there being in ailment thirty-eight years,
5 ἦν δέ τις ἄνθρωπος ἐκεῖ τριάκοντα καὶ ὀκτὼ ἔτη ἔχων ἐν τῇ ἀσθενείᾳ αὐτοῦ.
6 him Jesus having seen lying, and having known that he is already a long time, He says to him, “Do you wish to become whole?”
6 τοῦτον ἰδὼν ὁ Ἰησοῦς κατακείμενον, καὶ γνοὺς ὅτι πολὺν ἤδη χρόνον ἔχει, λέγει αὐτῷ· θέλεις ὑγιὴς γενέσθαι;
7 The ailing man answered Him, “Lord, I have no man, that, when the water may be troubled, he may put me into the pool, and while I am coming, another goes 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 says to him, “Rise, take up your pallet, and be walking”;
8 λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς· ἔγειρε, ἆρον τὸν κράβαττόν σου καὶ περιπάτει.
9 and immediately the man became whole, and he took up his pallet, and was walking, and it was a Sabbath on that day,
9 καὶ εὐθέως ἐγένετο ὑγιὴς ὁ ἄνθρωπος, καὶ ἦρε τὸν κράβαττον αὐτοῦ καὶ περιεπάτει. ἦν δὲ σάββατον ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ.
10 the Jews then said to him that has been healed, “It is a Sabbath; it is not lawful to you to take up the pallet.”
10 ἔλεγον οὖν οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι τῷ τεθεραπευμένῳ· σάββατόν ἐστιν· οὐκ ἔξεστί σοι ἆραι τὸν κράβαττον.
11 He answered them, “He who made me whole—that One said to me, Take up your pallet, and be walking”;
11 ἀπεκρίθη αὐτοῖς· ὁ ποιήσας με ὑγιῆ, ἐκεῖνός μοι εἶπεν· ἆρον τὸν κράβαττόν σου καὶ περιπάτει.
12 they questioned him, then, “Who is the Man who is saying to you, Take up your bed and be walking?”
12 ἠρώτησαν οὖν αὐτόν· τίς ἐστιν ὁ ἄνθρωπος ὁ εἰπών σοι, ἆρον τὸν κράβαττόν σου καὶ περιπάτει;
13 But he that was healed had not known who He is, for Jesus moved away, a multitude being in the place.
13 ὁ δὲ ἰαθεὶς οὐκ ᾔδει τίς ἐστιν· ὁ γὰρ Ἰησοῦς ἐξένευσεν ὄχλου ὄντος ἐν τῷ τόπῳ.
14 After these things, Jesus finds him in the temple and said to him, “Behold, you have become whole; sin no more, lest something worse may happen 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 told the Jews that it is Jesus who made him whole,
15 ἀπῆλθεν ὁ ἄνθρωπος καὶ ἀνήγγειλε τοῖς Ἰουδαίοις ὅτι Ἰησοῦς ἐστιν ὁ ποιήσας αὐτὸν ὑγιῆ.
16 and because of this were the Jews persecuting Jesus, and seeking to kill Him, because these things He was doing on a Sabbath.
16 Καὶ διὰ τοῦτο ἐδίωκον τὸν Ἰησοῦν οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι καὶ ἐζήτουν αὐτὸν ἀποκτεῖναι, ὅτι ταῦτα ἐποίει ἐν σαββάτῳ.
17 And Jesus answered them, “My Father works until now, and I work”;
17 ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς ἀπεκρίνατο αὐτοῖς· ὁ πατήρ μου ἕως ἄρτι ἐργάζεται, κἀγὼ ἐργάζομαι.
18 because of this, then, were the Jews seeking the more to kill Him, because not only was He breaking the Sabbath, but He also called God His own Father, making Himself equal to 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 Jesus therefore responded and said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son is not able to do anything of Himself, if He may not see the Father doing anything; for whatever things He may do, these also the Son does in like manner;
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 cherishes the Son, and shows to Him all things that He Himself does; and greater works than these He will show Him, that you may wonder.
20 ὁ γὰρ πατὴρ φιλεῖ τὸν υἱὸν καὶ πάντα δείκνυσιν αὐτῷ ἃ αὐτὸς ποιεῖ, καὶ μείζονα τούτων δείξει αὐτῷ ἔργα, ἵνα ὑμεῖς θαυμάζητε.
21 For as the Father raises the dead, and makes alive, so also the Son makes alive whom He wills;
21 ὥσπερ γὰρ ὁ πατὴρ ἐγείρει τοὺς νεκροὺς καὶ ζωοποιεῖ, οὕτω καὶ ὁ υἱὸς οὓς θέλει ζωοποιεῖ.
22 for neither does the Father judge anyone, but all the judgment He has given to the Son,
22 οὐδὲ γὰρ ὁ πατὴρ κρίνει οὐδένα, ἀλλὰ τὴν κρίσιν πᾶσαν δέδωκε τῷ υἱῷ,
23 that all may honor the Son according as they honor the Father; he who is not honoring the Son, does not 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, truly, I say to you, he who is hearing My word, and is believing Him who sent Me, has continuous life, and he does not 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, truly, I say to you, [that] there comes an hour, and it now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those having heard 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 as the Father has life in Himself, so He gave also to the Son 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 authority He gave Him also to do judgment, because He is Son of Man.
27 καὶ ἐξουσίαν ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ καὶ κρίσιν ποιεῖν, ὅτι υἱὸς ἀνθρώπου ἐστί.
28 Do not wonder at this, because there comes an hour in which all those 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 forth; those who did good things to a resurrection of life, and those who practiced evil things to a resurrection of judgment.
29 καὶ ἐκπορεύσονται οἱ τὰ ἀγαθὰ ποιήσαντες εἰς ἀνάστασιν ζωῆς, οἱ δὲ τὰ φαῦλα πράξαντες εἰς ἀνάστασιν κρίσεως.
30 I am not able of Myself to do anything; according as I hear I judge, and My judgment is righteous, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of the 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 testify concerning Myself, My testimony is not true;
31 Ἐὰν ἐγὼ μαρτυρῶ περὶ ἐμαυτοῦ, ἡ μαρτυρία μου οὐκ ἔστιν ἀληθής.
32 there is another who is testifying concerning Me, and I have known that the testimony that He testifies concerning Me is true;
32 ἄλλος ἐστὶν ὁ μαρτυρῶν περὶ ἐμοῦ, καὶ οἶδα ὅτι ἀληθής ἐστιν ἡ μαρτυρία ἣν μαρτυρεῖ περὶ ἐμοῦ.
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 do not receive testimony from man, but these things I say that you may be saved;
34 ἐγὼ δὲ οὐ παρὰ ἀνθρώπου τὴν μαρτυρίαν λαμβάνω, ἀλλὰ ταῦτα λέγω ἵνα ὑμεῖς σωθῆτε.
35 he was the burning and shining lamp, and you willed to be glad, for an hour, in his light.
35 ἐκεῖνος ἦν ὁ λύχνος ὁ καιόμενος καὶ φαίνων, ὑμεῖς δὲ ἠθελήσατε ἀγαλλιαθῆναι πρὸς ὥραν ἐν τῷ φωτὶ αὐτοῦ.
36 But I have the testimony greater than John’s, for the works that the Father gave Me, that I might finish them, the works themselves that I do, they testify concerning 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 who sent Me has testified Himself concerning Me; you have neither heard His voice at any time, nor have you seen His appearance;
37 καὶ ὁ πέμψας με πατήρ, αὐτὸς μεμαρτύρηκε περὶ ἐμοῦ. οὔτε φωνὴν αὐτοῦ ἀκηκόατε πώποτε οὔτε εἶδος αὐτοῦ ἑωράκατε,
38 and you do not have His word remaining in you, because you do not 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 search the Writings, because you think in them to have continuous life, and these are they that are testifying concerning Me;
39 ἐρευνᾶτε τὰς γραφάς, ὅτι ὑμεῖς δοκεῖτε ἐν αὐταῖς ζωὴν αἰώνιον ἔχειν· καὶ ἐκεῖναί εἰσιν αἱ μαρτυροῦσαι περὶ ἐμοῦ·
40 and you do not will to come to Me, that you may have life;
40 καὶ οὐ θέλετε ἐλθεῖν πρός με ἵνα ζωὴν ἔχητε.
41 I do not receive glory from man,
41 δόξαν παρὰ ἀνθρώπων οὐ λαμβάνω·
42 but I have known you, that you do not have the love of God in yourselves.
42 ἀλλ᾽ ἔγνωκα ὑμᾶς ὅτι τὴν ἀγάπην τοῦ Θεοῦ οὐκ ἔχετε ἐν ἑαυτοῖς.
43 I have come in the Name of My Father, and you do not receive Me; if another may come in his own name, him you will receive;
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 are you able—you—to believe, receiving glory from one another, and the glory that [is] from God alone you do not seek?
44 πῶς δύνασθε ὑμεῖς πιστεῦσαι, δόξαν παρὰ ἀλλήλων λαμβάνοντες, καὶ τὴν δόξαν τὴν παρὰ τοῦ μόνου Θεοῦ οὐ ζητεῖτε;
45 Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father; there is [one] who is accusing you, Moses—in whom you have hoped;
45 μὴ δοκεῖτε ὅτι ἐγὼ κατηγορήσω ὑμῶν πρὸς τὸν πατέρα· ἔστιν ὁ κατηγορῶν ὑμῶν Μωϋσῆς, εἰς ὃν ὑμεῖς ἠλπίκατε.
46 for if you were believing Moses, you would have been believing Me, for he wrote concerning Me;
46 εἰ γὰρ ἐπιστεύετε Μωϋσεῖ, ἐπιστεύετε ἂν ἐμοί· περὶ γὰρ ἐμοῦ ἐκεῖνος ἔγραψεν.
47 but if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe My sayings?”
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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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.
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