HEALING AT THE POOL--RESURRECTION FORETOLD.
After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to
Jerusalem. Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep _market_ a pool, which
is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches. In these
lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered,
waiting for the moving of the water. For an angel went down at a certain
season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after
the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever
disease he had.
And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight
years. When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long time
_in that case_, he saith unto him,
Wilt thou be made whole?
The impotent 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. Jesus saith unto him,
Rise, take up thy bed, and walk.
And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked:
and on the same day was the sabbath.
The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured, It it the Sabbath day:
it is not lawful for thee to carry _thy_ bed. He answered them, He that
made me whole, the same said unto me, Take up thy bed and walk. Then
asked they him, What man is that which said unto thee, Take up thy bed,
and walk? And he that was healed wist not who it was: for Jesus had
conveyed himself away, a multitude being in _that_ place. Afterwards
Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him,
Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing
come unto thee.
The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus, which had made
him whole. And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to
slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day. But Jesus
answered them,
My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.
Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had
broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making
himself equal with God. Then answered Jesus and said unto them,
Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of
himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things
soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise. For the
Father loveth the Son and sheweth him all things that himself
doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye
may marvel. For as the Father raises up the dead, and
quickeneth _them_; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.
For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment
unto the Son; that all _men_ should honor the Son, even as
they honor the Father. He that honoreth not the Son honoreth
not the Father which hath sent him.
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and
believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and
shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death
unto life. Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming,
and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of
God: and they that hear shall live. For as the Father hath
life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in
himself; and hath given him authority to execute judgment
also, because he is the Son of man.
Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all
that are in the graves shall hear his voice, and shall come
forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of
life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of
damnation. I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I
judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own
will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.
If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true. There is
another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the
witness which he witnesseth of me is true.
Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth. But I
receive not testimony from man: but these things I say, that
ye might be saved. He was a burning and a shining light: and
ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.
But I have greater witness than _that_ of John: for the works
which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that
I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me. And
the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of
me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his
shape. And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he
hath sent, him ye believe not.
Search the Scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal
life: and they are they which testify of me. And ye will not
come to me, that ye might have life. I receive not honor from
men. But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you.
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. How
can ye believe, which receive honor one of another, and seek
not the honor that _cometh_ from God only?
Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is
_one_ that accuseth you, _even_ Moses, in whom ye trust. For
had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote
of me. But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye
believe my words?