John 5:47 - Prayer Tents

The Healing at the Pool on the Sabbath

5After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.G3326G5023G2258G1859G2453G2532G2424G305G1519G2414

2Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, in Aramaic called Bethesda, which has five roofed colonnades.G1161G2076G1722G2414G1909G4262G2861G3588G1951G1447G964G2192G4002G4745

3In these lay a multitude of invalids—blind, lame, and paralyzed.G1722G5025G2621G4183G4128G770G5185G5560G3584G1551G2796G5204

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5One man was there who had been an invalid for thirty-eight years.G1161G5100G444G2258G1563G2192G1722G769G5144G3638G2094

6When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had already been there a long time, he said to him, "Do you want to be healed?"G2424G1492G5126G2621G2532G1097G3754G2192G2235G4183G5550G3004G846G2309G1096G5199

7The sick man answered him, "Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, and while I am going another steps down before me."G770G611G846G2962G2192G3756G444G3752G5204G5015G2443G906G3165G1519G2861G1161G1722G3739G1473G2064G243G2597G4253G1700

8Jesus said to him, "Get up, take up your bed, and walk."G2424G3004G846G1453G142G4675G2895G2532G4043

9And at once the man was healed, and he took up his bed and walked. Now that day was the Sabbath.G2532G2112G444G1096G5199G2532G142G846G2895G2532G4043G1161G1722G1565G2250G2258G4521

10So the Jews said to the man who had been healed, "It is the Sabbath, and it is not lawful for you to take up your bed."G2453G3767G3004G2323G2076G4521G1832G3756G1832G4671G142G2895

11But he answered them, "The man who healed me, that man said to me, 'Take up your bed, and walk.'"G611G846G4160G3165G5199G1565G2036G3427G142G4675G2895G2532G4043

12They asked him, "Who is the man who said to you, 'Take up your bed and walk'?"G3767G2065G846G5101G444G2076G3588G2036G4671G142G4675G2895G2532G4043

13Now the man who had been healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn, as there was a crowd in the place.G1161G2390G1492G3756G5101G2076G1063G2424G1593G3793G5607G1722G5117

14Afterward Jesus found him in the temple and said to him, "See, you are well! Sin no more, that nothing worse may happen to you."G3326G5023G2424G2147G846G1722G2411G2532G2036G846G2396G1096G5199G264G3371G3363G5501G5100G1096G4671

15The man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had healed him.G444G565G2532G312G2453G3754G2076G2424G3588G4160G846G5199

16And this was why the Jews were persecuting Jesus, because he was doing these things on the Sabbath.G2532G1223G5124G1377G2453G1377G2424G2532G2212G615G846G3754G4160G5023G1722G4521

17But Jesus answered them, "My Father is working until now, and I am working."G1161G2424G611G846G3450G3962G2038G2193G737G2504G2038

Jesus Is Equal with God

18This was why the Jews were seeking all the more to kill him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God.G1223G5124G3767G2453G2212G3123G615G846G3754G3089G3756G3440G3089G4521G235G3004G2532G2316G2398G3962G4160G1438G2470G2316

The Authority of the Son

19So Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, that the Son does likewise.G3767G611G2424G2532G2036G846G281G281G3004G5213G5207G1410G3756G4160G3762G575G1438G3362G5100G991G3962G4160G1063G3739G302G1565G4160G5023G2532G4160G5207G3668

20For the Father loves the Son and shows him all that he himself is doing. And greater works than these will he show him, so that you may marvel.G1063G3962G5368G5207G2532G1166G846G3956G3739G846G4160G2532G1166G846G3187G2041G3187G5130G2443G5210G2296

21For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom he will.G1063G5618G3962G1453G3498G2532G2227G2532G3779G5207G2227G3739G2309

22The Father judges no one, but has given all judgment to the Son,G1063G3761G3962G2919G3762G235G1325G3956G2920G5207

23that 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.G2443G3956G5091G5207G2531G5091G3962G5091G3361G5207G5091G3756G3962G3588G3992G846

24Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.G281G281G3004G5213G3754G191G3450G3056G2532G4100G3992G3165G2192G166G2222G2532G2064G3756G2064G1519G2920G235G3327G1537G2288G1519G2222

25"Truly, truly, I say to you, an hour is coming, and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.G281G281G3004G5213G3754G5610G2064G2532G3568G2076G3753G3498G191G5456G5207G2316G2532G191G2198

26For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself.G1063G5618G3962G2192G2222G1722G1438G2532G3779G1325G5207G2192G2222G1722G1438

27And he has given him authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of Man.G2532G1325G846G1849G4160G2920G2532G3754G2076G5207G444

28Do not marvel at this, for an hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voiceG2296G3361G5124G3754G5610G2064G1722G3739G3956G1722G3419G191G846G5456

29and come out, those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.G2532G1607G4160G18G1519G386G2222G1161G4238G5337G1519G386G2920

Witnesses to Jesus

30"I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I seek not my own will but the will of him who sent me.G1473G1410G575G1683G4160G3756G3762G2531G191G2919G2532G1699G2920G2076G1342G3754G2212G3756G1699G2307G235G2307G3962G3992G3165

31If I alone bear witness about myself, my testimony is not deemed true.G1437G1473G3140G4012G1683G3450G3141G2076G3756G227

32There is another who bears witness about me, and I know that the testimony that he bears about me is true.G2076G243G3140G4012G1700G2532G1492G3754G3141G3739G3140G4012G1700G2076G227

33You sent to John, and he has borne witness to the truth.G5210G649G4314G2491G2532G3140G225

34Not that the testimony that I receive is from man, but I say these things so that you may be saved.G1161G1473G2983G3756G3141G3844G444G235G5023G3004G2443G5210G4982

35He was a burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.G1565G2258G2545G2532G5316G3088G1161G5210G2309G4314G5610G21G1722G846G5457

36But the testimony that I have is greater than that of John. For the works that the Father has given me to accomplish, the very works that I am doing, bear witness about me that the Father has sent me.G1161G1473G2192G3187G3141G2491G1063G2041G3739G3962G1325G3427G2443G5048G846G846G2041G3739G1473G4160G3140G4012G1700G3754G3962G649G3165

37And the Father who sent me has himself borne witness about me. His voice you have never heard, his form you have never seen,G2532G3962G846G3992G3165G3140G4012G1700G191G3777G191G846G5456G4455G3777G3708G846G1491

38and you do not have his word abiding in you, for you do not believe the one whom he has sent.G2532G2192G3756G846G3056G3306G1722G5213G3754G3739G1565G649G5129G5210G4100G3756

39You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me,G2045G1124G3754G1722G846G5210G1380G2192G166G2222G2532G1565G1526G3140G4012G1700

40yet you refuse to come to me that you may have life.G2532G2309G3756G2064G4314G3165G2443G2192G2222

41I do not receive glory from people.G2983G3756G1391G3844G444

42But I know that you do not have the love of God within you.G235G1097G5209G3754G2192G3756G26G2316G1722G1438

43I have come in my Father's name, and you do not receive me. If another comes in his own name, you will receive him.G1473G2064G1722G3450G3962G3686G2532G2983G3165G3756G1437G243G2064G1722G2398G3686G1565G2983

44How can you believe, when you receive glory from one another and do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?G4459G1410G5210G4100G2983G1391G3844G240G2532G2212G3756G1391G3844G2316G3441

45Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father. There is one who accuses you: Moses, on whom you have set your hope.G1380G3361G1380G3754G1473G2723G5216G4314G3962G2076G2723G5216G3475G1519G3739G5210G1679

46For if you believed Moses, you would believe me; for he wrote of me.G1063G1487G4100G3475G4100G302G1698G1063G1565G1125G4012G1700

47But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe my words?"G1161G1487G4100G3756G1565G1121G4459G4100G1699G4487