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| 1 After these things there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. |
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| 2 Now there is in Jerusalem by the sheep gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew Bethzatha, having five porches. |
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| 3 In these lay a multitude of them that were sick, blind, halt, withered. |
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| 5 And a certain man was there, who had been thirty-eight years in his infirmity. |
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| 6 When Jesus saw him lying, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he saith unto him, Wouldest thou be made whole?
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| 7 The sick man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me. |
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| 8 Jesus saith unto him, Arise, take up thy bed, and walk.
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| 9 And straightway the man was made whole, and took up his bed and walked. Now it was the sabbath on that day. |
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| 10 So the Jews said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath, and it is not lawful for thee to take up thy bed. |
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| 11 But he answered them, He that made me whole, the same said unto me, Take up thy bed, and walk. |
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| 12 They asked him, Who is the man that said unto thee, Take up thy bed, and walk? |
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| 13 But he that was healed knew not who it was; for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in the place. |
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| 14 Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing befall thee.
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| 15 The man went away, and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him whole. |
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| 16 And for this cause the Jews persecuted Jesus, because he did these things on a sabbath. |
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| 17 But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh even until now, and I work.
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| 18 For this cause therefore the Jews sought more to kill him, because he not only brake the sabbath, but also called God his own Father, making himself equal to God. |
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| 19 Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Truly, truly, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father doing: for what things soever he doeth, these the Son also doeth in like manner.
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| 20 For the Father loveth the Son, and showeth him all things that himself doeth: and greater works than these will he show him, that ye may marvel.
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| 21 For as the Father raiseth the dead and giveth them life, even so the Son also giveth life to whom he will.
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| 22 For neither doth the Father judge any man, but he hath given all judgment unto the Son:
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| 23 that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He that honoreth not the Son honoreth not the Father that sent him.
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| 24 Truly, truly, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth him that sent me, hath eternal life, and cometh not into judgment, but hath passed out of death into life.
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| 25 Truly, truly, I say unto you, The hour cometh, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God; and they that hear shall live.
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And now is – Omitted by Sinaitic ms. - R1077 footnote. Other manuscripts contain this clause. If this clause is legitimate, there is still a simple explanation, for our Lord elsewhere said "let the dead bury their dead." As all are under the death sentence from father Adam, they are, in a sense, already dead. Thus some of Adam's children did hear when Jesus spoke these words and they did choose life. |
| 26 For as the Father hath life in himself, even so gave he to the Son also to have life in himself:
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| 27 and he gave him authority to execute judgment, because he is a son of man.
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| 28 Marvel not at this: for the hour cometh, in which all that are in the tombs shall hear his voice,
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| 29 and shall come forth; they that have done good, unto a resurrection of life; and they that have done evil unto a resurrection of judgment.
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| 30 I can of myself do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is righteous; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.
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| 31 If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.
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| 32 It is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true.
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| 33 Ye have sent unto John, and he hath borne witness unto the truth.
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| 34 But the witness which I receive is not from man: howbeit I say these things, that ye may be saved.
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| 35 He was the lamp that burneth and shineth; and ye were willing to rejoice for a season in his light.
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| 36 But the witness which I have is greater than that of John; for the works which the Father hath given me to accomplish, the very works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me.
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| 37 And the Father that sent me, he hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his form.
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| 38 And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he sent, him ye believe not.
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| 39 Ye search the scriptures, because ye think that in them ye have eternal life; and these are they which bear witness of me;
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| 40 and ye will not come to me, that ye may have life.
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| 41 I receive not glory from men.
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| 42 But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in yourselves.
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| 43 I am come in my Father’s name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.
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| 44 How can ye believe, who receive glory one of another, and the glory that cometh from the only God ye seek not?
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| 45 Think not that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, on whom ye have set your hope.
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| 46 For if ye believed Moses, ye would believe me; for he wrote of me.
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| 47 But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?
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