5LATER ON there was a Jewish festival (feast) for which Jesus went up to Jerusalem.G3326G5023G2258G1859G2453G2532G2424G305G1519G24142Now there is in Jerusalem a pool near the Sheep Gate. This pool in the Hebrew is called Bethesda, having five porches (alcoves, colonnades, doorways).G1161G2076G1722G2414G1909G4262G2861G3588G1951G1447G964G2192G4002G47453In these lay a great number of sick folk--some blind, some crippled, and some paralyzed (shriveled up)--{waiting for the bubbling up of the water.}G1722G5025G2621G4183G4128G770G5185G5560G3584G1551G2796G52044{For an angel of the Lord went down at appointed seasons into the pool and moved and stirred up the water; whoever then first, after the stirring up of the water, stepped in was cured of whatever disease with which he was afflicted.}G1063G32G2597G2596G2540G1722G2861G2532G5015G5204G3767G4413G3326G5016G5204G1684G1096G5199G3739G1221G3553G27225There was a certain man there who had suffered with a deep-seated {and} lingering disorder for thirty-eight years.G1161G5100G444G2258G1563G2192G1722G769G5144G3638G20946When Jesus noticed him lying there [helpless], knowing that he had already been a long time in that condition, He said to him, Do you want to become well? [Are you really in earnest about getting well?]G2424G1492G5126G2621G2532G1097G3754G2192G2235G4183G5550G3004G846G2309G1096G51997The invalid answered, Sir, I have nobody when the water is moving to put me into the pool; but while I am trying to come [into it] myself, somebody else steps down ahead of me.G770G611G846G2962G2192G3756G444G3752G5204G5015G2443G906G3165G1519G2861G1161G1722G3739G1473G2064G243G2597G4253G17008Jesus said to him, Get up! Pick up your bed (sleeping pad) and walk!G2424G3004G846G1453G142G4675G2895G2532G40439Instantly the man became well {and} recovered his strength and picked up his bed and walked. But that happened on the Sabbath.G2532G2112G444G1096G5199G2532G142G846G2895G2532G4043G1161G1722G1565G2250G2258G452110So the Jews kept saying to the man who had been healed, It is the Sabbath, and you have no right to pick up your bed [it is not lawful].G2453G3767G3004G2323G2076G4521G1832G3756G1832G4671G142G289511He answered them, The Man Who healed me {and} gave me back my strength, He Himself said to me, Pick up your bed and walk!G611G846G4160G3165G5199G1565G2036G3427G142G4675G2895G2532G404312They asked him, Who is the Man Who told you, Pick up your bed and walk?G3767G2065G846G5101G444G2076G3588G2036G4671G142G4675G2895G2532G404313Now the invalid who had been healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had quietly gone away [had passed on unnoticed], since there was a crowd in the place.G1161G2390G1492G3756G5101G2076G1063G2424G1593G3793G5607G1722G511714Afterward, when Jesus found him in the temple, He said to him, See, you are well! Stop sinning or something worse may happen to you.G3326G5023G2424G2147G846G1722G2411G2532G2036G846G2396G1096G5199G264G3371G3363G5501G5100G1096G467115The man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus Who had made him well.G444G565G2532G312G2453G3754G2076G2424G3588G4160G846G519916For this reason the Jews began to persecute (annoy, torment) Jesus {and sought to kill Him,} because He was doing these things on the Sabbath.G2532G1223G5124G1377G2453G1377G2424G2532G2212G615G846G3754G4160G5023G1722G452117But Jesus answered them, My Father has worked [even] until now, [He has never ceased working; He is still working] and I, too, must be at [divine] work.G1161G2424G611G846G3450G3962G2038G2193G737G2504G203818This made the Jews more determined than ever to kill Him [to do away with Him]; because He not only was breaking (weakening, violating) the Sabbath, but He actually was speaking of God as being [in a special sense] His own Father, making Himself equal [putting Himself on a level] with God.G1223G5124G3767G2453G2212G3123G615G846G3754G3089G3756G3440G3089G4521G235G3004G2532G2316G2398G3962G4160G1438G2470G231619So Jesus answered them by saying, I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, the Son is able to do nothing of Himself (of His own accord); but He is able to do only what He sees the Father doing, for whatever the Father does is what the Son does in the same way [in His turn].G3767G611G2424G2532G2036G846G281G281G3004G5213G5207G1410G3756G4160G3762G575G1438G3362G5100G991G3962G4160G1063G3739G302G1565G4160G5023G2532G4160G5207G366820The Father dearly loves the Son and discloses to (shows) Him everything that He Himself does. And He will disclose to Him (let Him see) greater things yet than these, so that you may marvel {and} be full of wonder {and} astonishment.G1063G3962G5368G5207G2532G1166G846G3956G3739G846G4160G2532G1166G846G3187G2041G3187G5130G2443G5210G229621Just as the Father raises up the dead and gives them life [makes them live on], even so the Son also gives life to whomever He wills {and} is pleased to give it.G1063G5618G3962G1453G3498G2532G2227G2532G3779G5207G2227G3739G230922Even the Father judges no one, for He has given all judgment (the last judgment and the whole business of judging) entirely into the hands of the Son,G1063G3761G3962G2919G3762G235G1325G3956G2920G520723So that all men may give honor (reverence, homage) to the Son just as they give honor to the Father. [In fact] whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father, Who has sent Him.G2443G3956G5091G5207G2531G5091G3962G5091G3361G5207G5091G3756G3962G3588G3992G84624I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, the person whose ears are open to My words [who listens to My message] and believes {and} trusts in {and} clings to {and} relies on Him Who sent Me has (possesses now) eternal life. And he does not come into judgment [does not incur sentence of judgment, will not come under condemnation], but he has already passed over out of death into life.G281G281G3004G5213G3754G191G3450G3056G2532G4100G3992G3165G2192G166G2222G2532G2064G3756G2064G1519G2920G235G3327G1537G2288G1519G222225Believe Me when I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, the time is coming and is here now when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God and those who hear it shall live.G281G281G3004G5213G3754G5610G2064G2532G3568G2076G3753G3498G191G5456G5207G2316G2532G191G219826For even as the Father has life in Himself {and} is self-existent, so He has given to the Son to have life in Himself {and} be self-existent.G1063G5618G3962G2192G2222G1722G1438G2532G3779G1325G5207G2192G2222G1722G143827And He has given Him authority {and} granted Him power to execute (exercise, practice) judgment because He is a Son of man [very man].G2532G1325G846G1849G4160G2920G2532G3754G2076G5207G44428Do not be surprised {and} wonder at this, for the time is coming when all those who are in the tombs shall hear His voice,G2296G3361G5124G3754G5610G2064G1722G3739G3956G1722G3419G191G846G545629And they shall come out--those who have practiced doing good [will come out] to the resurrection of [new] life, and those who have done evil will be raised for judgment [raised to meet their sentence].G2532G1607G4160G18G1519G386G2222G1161G4238G5337G1519G386G292030I am able to do nothing from Myself [independently, of My own accord--but only as I am taught by God and as I get His orders]. Even as I hear, I judge [I decide as I am bidden to decide. As the voice comes to Me, so I give a decision], and My judgment is right (just, righteous), because I do not seek {or} consult My own will [I have no desire to do what is pleasing to Myself, My own aim, My own purpose] but only the will {and} pleasure of the Father Who sent Me.G1473G1410G575G1683G4160G3756G3762G2531G191G2919G2532G1699G2920G2076G1342G3754G2212G3756G1699G2307G235G2307G3962G3992G316531If I alone testify in My behalf, My testimony is not valid {and} cannot be worth anything.G1437G1473G3140G4012G1683G3450G3141G2076G3756G22732There is Another Who testifies concerning Me, and I know {and} am certain that His evidence on My behalf is true and valid.G2076G243G3140G4012G1700G2532G1492G3754G3141G3739G3140G4012G1700G2076G22733You yourselves have sent [an inquiry] to John and he has been a witness to the truth.G5210G649G4314G2491G2532G3140G22534But I do not receive [a mere] human witness [the evidence which I accept on My behalf is not from man]; but I simply mention all these things in order that you may be saved (made and kept safe and sound).G1161G1473G2983G3756G3141G3844G444G235G5023G3004G2443G5210G498235John was the lamp that kept on burning and shining [to show you the way], and you were willing for a while to delight (sun) yourselves in his light.G1565G2258G2545G2532G5316G3088G1161G5210G2309G4314G5610G21G1722G846G545736But I have as My witness something greater (weightier, higher, better) than that of John; for the works that the Father has appointed Me to accomplish {and} finish, the very same works that I am now doing, are a witness {and} proof that the Father has sent Me.G1161G1473G2192G3187G3141G2491G1063G2041G3739G3962G1325G3427G2443G5048G846G846G2041G3739G1473G4160G3140G4012G1700G3754G3962G649G316537And the Father Who sent Me has Himself testified concerning Me. Not one of you has ever given ear to His voice or seen His form (His face--what He is like). [You have always been deaf to His voice and blind to the vision of Him.]G2532G3962G846G3992G3165G3140G4012G1700G191G3777G191G846G5456G4455G3777G3708G846G149138And you have not His word (His thought) living in your hearts, because you do not believe {and} adhere to {and} trust in {and} rely on Him Whom He has sent. [That is why you do not keep His message living in you, because you do not believe in the Messenger Whom He has sent.]G2532G2192G3756G846G3056G3306G1722G5213G3754G3739G1565G649G5129G5210G4100G375639You search {and} investigate {and} pore over the Scriptures diligently, because you suppose {and} trust that you have eternal life through them. And these [very Scriptures] testify about Me!G2045G1124G3754G1722G846G5210G1380G2192G166G2222G2532G1565G1526G3140G4012G170040And still you are not willing [but refuse] to come to Me, so that you might have life.G2532G2309G3756G2064G4314G3165G2443G2192G222241I receive not glory from men [I crave no human honor, I look for no mortal fame],G2983G3756G1391G3844G44442But I know you and recognize {and} understand that you have not the love of God in you.G235G1097G5209G3754G2192G3756G26G2316G1722G143843I have come in My Father's name {and} with His power, and you do not receive Me [your hearts are not open to Me, you give Me no welcome]; but if another comes in his own name {and} his own power {and} with no other authority but himself, you will receive him {and} give him your approval.G1473G2064G1722G3450G3962G3686G2532G2983G3165G3756G1437G243G2064G1722G2398G3686G1565G298344How is it possible for you to believe [how can you learn to believe], you who [are content to seek and] receive praise {and} honor {and} glory from one another, and yet do not seek the praise {and} honor {and} glory which come from Him Who alone is God?G4459G1410G5210G4100G2983G1391G3844G240G2532G2212G3756G1391G3844G2316G344145Put out of your minds the thought {and} do not suppose [as some of you are supposing] that I will accuse you before the Father. There is one who accuses you--it is Moses, the very one on whom you have built your hopes [in whom you trust].G1380G3361G1380G3754G1473G2723G5216G4314G3962G2076G2723G5216G3475G1519G3739G5210G167946For if you believed {and} relied on Moses, you would believe {and} rely on Me, for he wrote about Me [personally].G1063G1487G4100G3475G4100G302G1698G1063G1565G1125G4012G170047But if you do not believe {and} trust his writings, how then will you believe {and} trust My teachings? [How shall you cleave to and rely on My words?]G1161G1487G4100G3756G1565G1121G4459G4100G1699G4487
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