AFTER these things there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to
Jerusalem. (2)Now there is at Jerusalem near the sheep-market a pool,
called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porticos. (3)In these
lay a vast multitude of infirm persons, blind, lame, withered, waiting
the motion of the water. (4)For occasionally an angel descended into
the pool, and put the water into commotion: he therefore who first
stepped in after the commotion of the water became well, under whatever
complaint he had laboured. (5)And there was a certain man there, who
had a complaint of thirty years standing. (6)Jesus seeing him laid
there, and knowing that he had been so for a long while, saith to him,
Wilt thou be made sound? (7)The infirm man answered him, Sir, I have no
man, when the water is disturbed, to cast me into the pool: but when I
am coming, another goeth down before me. (8)Jesus saith to him, Arise,
take up thy bed, and walk. (9)And instantly the man was made whole, and
took up his bed, and walked away: and that day was the sabbath. (10)The
Jews therefore said to him that was cured, It is the sabbath: it is not
lawful for thee to carry thy bed. (11)He answered them, He that made me
whole, the same person said to me, Take up thy bed, and walk. (12)Then
they asked him, Who is the man that said to thee, Take up thy bed, and
walk? (13)Now he that was cured knew not who he was: for Jesus had
slipped away, a crowd being on the spot.
(14)After these things Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto
him, Take care; thou art made whole: sin no more, lest something worse
befall thee. (15)The man went, and informed the Jews, that it was Jesus
who had made him whole. (16)And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus,
and sought to kill him, because he had done these things on the
sabbath-day.
(17)Then Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.
(18)Therefore sought they the more to kill him, because he had not only
broken the sabbath, but called God his own Father, setting himself on
an equality with God. (19)Jesus therefore answered and said unto them,
Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing by himself,
except what he hath seen the Father do: for whatsoever things he doeth,
the same and in the same manner doth the Son. (20)For the Father loveth
the Son, and sheweth him all things which he himself doeth: and greater
works than these will he shew him, that ye may wonder. (21)For as the
Father raiseth the dead, and quickeneth them; so also doth the Son
quicken whom he pleases. (22)For the Father never judgeth any man, but
hath committed all judgment to the Son: (23)in order that all may
honour the Son, just as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not
the Son, doth not honour the Father who sent him. (24)Verily, verily, I
say unto you, That he that heareth my word, and believeth on him that
sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment; but
is passed from death into life. (25)Verily, verily, I say unto you, The
hour is coming, yea, it is now, when the dead shall hear the voice of
the Son of God: and they that hear shall live. (26)For as the Father
hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son also to have life in
himself; (27)and hath given him authority also to execute judgment,
because he is the Son of man. (28)Marvel not at this: for the hour is
coming, in which all who are in the graves shall hear his voice,
(29)and they shall come forth; they who have done good actions to the
resurrection of life; and they who have been guilty of foul practices,
to the resurrection of damnation. (30)I am not able to perform any
thing by myself: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; for I
seek not my own will, but the will of my Father who sent me. (31)If I
bear witness of myself, my witness is not true. (32)There is another
who beareth witness of me, and I know that his witness is true which he
witnesseth concerning me. (33)Ye sent to John, and he bore testimony to
the truth. (34)But I receive not testimony from man: but I speak these
things, that ye may believe. (35)He was a lamp glowing and luminous:
and ye were pleased for a time to exult in his light. (36)But I have a
testimony greater than that of John: for the works which the Father
hath given me that I should fulfil them, these very works which I am
doing, they bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me. (37)And
the Father who sent me, himself hath borne witness concerning me. Ye
have neither at any time heard his voice, nor seen his form. (38)And ye
have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye believe
not. (39)Search the scriptures; for ye suppose in them ye have eternal
life: and these are they which testify of me. (40)And ye will not come
to me, that ye might have life. (41)I receive not glory from men.
(42)But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you. (43)I have
come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another come in his
own name, him ye will receive. (44)How can ye believe, who receiving
honour one from another, seek not the honour which cometh from God
alone? (45)Do not suppose that I shall accuse you to my Father: there
is one who is accusing you, even Moses, on whom ye place your hope.
(46)For if ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for of me did
he write. (47)But if ye believe not his writings, how will ye believe
my words?