John 5
Lexham English Bible
A Paralytic Is Healed
5 After these things there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 2 Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool called in Aramaic Bethzatha,[a] which has five porticoes. 3 In these were lying a large number of those who were sick, blind, lame, paralyzed.[b] 5 And a certain man was there who had been thirty-eight years in his sickness. 6 Jesus, when he[c] saw this one lying there and knew that he had been sick[d] a long time already, said to him, “Do you want to become well?” 7 The one who was sick answered him, “Sir, I do not have anyone that, whenever the water is stirred up, could put me into the pool. But while[e] I am coming, another goes down before me.” 8 Jesus said to him, “Get up! Pick up your mat and walk!” 9 And immediately the man became well and picked up his mat and began to walk.[f] (Now it was the Sabbath on that day.)
10 So the Jews were saying to the one who had been healed, “It is the Sabbath, and it is not permitted for you to pick up the mat!”[g] 11 But he answered them, “The one who made me well—that one said to me, ‘Pick up your mat and walk!’” 12 So they asked him,[h] “Who is the man who said to you, ‘Pick up your mat[i] and walk?’” 13 But the one who was healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn while[j] a crowd was in the place.
Equal with God
14 After these things Jesus found him at the temple and said to him, “Look, you have become well! Sin no longer, lest something worse happen to you.” 15 The man went and reported to the Jews that Jesus was the one who made him well. 16 And on account of this the Jews began to persecute[k] Jesus, because he was doing these things on the Sabbath. 17 But he answered[l] them, “My Father is working until now, and I am working.” 18 So on account of this the Jews were seeking even more to kill him, because he not only was breaking the Sabbath, but also was calling God his own Father, thus[m] making himself equal with God.
The Authority of the Son
19 So Jesus answered and said to them, “Truly, truly I say to you, the Son can do nothing from himself except what he sees the Father doing. For whatever that one does, these things also the Son does likewise. 20 For the Father loves the Son and shows him everything that he himself is doing. And greater works than these he will show him, so that you will be astonished. 21 For just as the Father raises the dead and makes them[n] alive, thus also the Son makes alive whomever he wishes. 22 For the Father does not judge anyone, but he has given all judgment to the Son, 23 in order that all people[o] will honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. The one who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him. 24 Truly, truly I say to you that the one who hears my word and who believes the one who sent me has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life.
25 “Truly, truly I say to you, that an hour is coming—and now is here—when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and the ones who hear will live. 26 For just as the Father has life in himself, thus also he has granted to the Son to have life in himself. 27 And he has granted him authority to carry out judgment, because he is the Son of Man.
28 “Do not be astonished at this, because an hour is coming in which all those in the tombs will hear his voice 29 and they will come out—those who have done good things to a resurrection of life, but those who have practiced evil things to a resurrection of judgment. 30 I am able to do nothing from myself. Just as I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I do not seek my own will, but the will of the one who sent me.
Further Testimony About the Son
31 “If I testify about myself, my testimony is not true. 32 There is another who testifies about me, and I know that the testimony which he testifies about me is true. 33 You have sent to John and he has testified to the truth. 34 (And I do not receive testimony from people, but I say these things in order that you may be saved.) 35 That one was the lamp which was burning and shining, and you wanted to rejoice for an hour in his light.
36 “But I have a testimony greater than John’s, for the works which the Father has given to me that I should complete them—the very works which I am doing—these testify about me, that the Father has sent me. 37 And the Father who sent me, that one has testified about me. You have neither heard his voice at any time nor seen his form. 38 And you do not have his word residing in yourselves, because the one whom that one sent, in this one you do not believe. 39 You search[p] the scriptures because you think that you have eternal life in them, and it is these that testify about me. 40 And you are not willing to come to me so that you may have life.
41 “I do not accept glory[q] from people, 42 but I know you, that you do not have the love of God in yourselves. 43 I have come in my Father’s name, and you do not accept me. If another should come in his own name, you would accept that one! 44 How are you able to believe, if you[r] accept glory from one another, and do not seek the glory which is from the only God? 45 Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father! The one who accuses you is Moses, in whom you have put your hope! 46 For if you had believed Moses, you would believe me, for that one wrote about me. 47 But if you do not believe that one’s writings, how will you believe my words?”
Footnotes
- John 5:2 The majority of later manuscripts read “Bethesda,” while other early manuscripts read “Bethsaida”
- John 5:3 The majority of later manuscripts add the following words: “waiting for the moving of the water. 4 For an angel of the Lord from time to time went down in the pool and stirred up the water. So the one who went in first after the stirring of the water was healed of whatever disease he suffered.”
- John 5:6 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“saw”) which is understood as temporal
- John 5:6 The phrase “been sick” is not in the Greek text, but is supplied from the context
- John 5:7 Literally “during which time”
- John 5:9 *The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began to walk”)
- John 5:10 Some manuscripts have “your mat”
- John 5:12 Some manuscripts have “They asked him”
- John 5:12 In Greek the direct object (“your mat”) is not in the Greek text but the repetition is implied from the previous verse
- John 5:13 Here “while” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“was”)
- John 5:16 The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began to persecute”)
- John 5:17 Some manuscripts have “Jesus answered”
- John 5:18 Here “thus” is supplied as a component of the participle (“making”) which is understood as result
- John 5:21 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- John 5:23 The word “people” is not in the Greek text but is implied
- John 5:39 Or “Search” (an imperative)
- John 5:41 Or “honor”
- John 5:44 Here “if” is supplied as a component of the participle (“accept”) which is understood as conditional
John 5
GOD’S WORD Translation
Jesus Cures a Man at the Bethesda Pool
5 Later, Jesus went to Jerusalem for a Jewish festival.
2 Near Sheep Gate in Jerusalem was a pool called Bethesda in Hebrew. It had five porches. 3 Under these porches a large number of sick people—people who were blind, lame, or paralyzed—used to lie.[a] 5 One man, who had been sick for 38 years, was lying there. 6 Jesus saw the man lying there and knew that he had been sick for a long time. So Jesus asked the man, “Would you like to get well?”
7 The sick man answered Jesus, “Sir, I don’t have anyone to put me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I’m trying to get there, someone else steps into the pool ahead of me.”
8 Jesus told the man, “Get up, pick up your cot, and walk.” 9 The man immediately became well, picked up his cot, and walked.
That happened on a day of rest—a holy day. 10 So the Jews told the man who had been healed, “This is a day of rest—a holy day. You’re not allowed to carry your cot today.”
11 The man replied, “The man who made me well told me to pick up my cot and walk.”
12 The Jews asked him, “Who is the man who told you to pick it up and walk?” 13 But the man who had been healed didn’t know who Jesus was. (Jesus had withdrawn from the crowd.)
14 Later, Jesus met the man in the temple courtyard and told him, “You’re well now. Stop sinning so that something worse doesn’t happen to you.”
15 The man went back to the Jews and told them that Jesus was the man who had made him well.
The Son Is Equal to the Father
16 The Jews began to persecute Jesus because he kept healing people on the day of rest—a holy day. 17 Jesus replied to them, “My Father is working right now, and so am I.”
18 His reply made the Jews more intent on killing him. Not only did he break the laws about the day of rest—a holy day, but also he made himself equal to God when he said repeatedly that God was his Father.
19 Jesus said to the Jews, “I can guarantee this truth: The Son cannot do anything on his own. He can do only what he sees the Father doing. Indeed, the Son does exactly what the Father does. 20 The Father loves the Son and shows him everything he is doing. The Father will show him even greater things to do than these things so that you will be amazed. 21 In the same way that the Father brings back the dead and gives them life, the Son gives life to anyone he chooses.
22 “The Father doesn’t judge anyone. He has entrusted judgment entirely to the Son 23 so that everyone will honor the Son as they honor the Father. Whoever doesn’t honor the Son doesn’t honor the Father who sent him. 24 I can guarantee this truth: Those who listen to what I say and believe in the one who sent me will have eternal life. They won’t be judged because they have already passed from death to life.
25 “I can guarantee this truth: A time is coming (and is now here) when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God and those who respond to it will live. 26 The Father is the source of life, and he has enabled the Son to be the source of life too.
27 “He has also given the Son authority to pass judgment because he is the Son of Man.[b] 28 Don’t be surprised at what I’ve just said. A time is coming when all the dead will hear his voice, 29 and they will come out of their tombs. Those who have done good will come back to life and live. But those who have done evil will come back to life and will be judged. 30 I can’t do anything on my own. As I listen ⌞to the Father⌟, I make my judgments. My judgments are right because I don’t try to do what I want but what the one who sent me wants.
31 “If I testify on my own behalf, what I say isn’t true. 32 Someone else testifies on my behalf, and I know that what he says about me is true. 33 You sent people to John ⌞the Baptizer⌟, and he testified to the truth. 34 But I don’t depend on human testimony. I’m telling you this to save you. 35 John was a lamp that gave off brilliant light. For a time you enjoyed the pleasure of his light. 36 But I have something that testifies more favorably on my behalf than John’s testimony. The tasks that the Father gave me to carry out, these tasks which I perform, testify on my behalf. They prove that the Father has sent me. 37 The Father who sent me testifies on my behalf. You have never heard his voice, and you have never seen his form. 38 So you don’t have the Father’s message within you, because you don’t believe in the person he has sent. 39 You study the Scriptures in detail because you think you have the source of eternal life in them. These Scriptures testify on my behalf. 40 Yet, you don’t want to come to me to get ⌞eternal⌟ life.
41 “I don’t accept praise from humans. 42 But I know what kind of people you are. You don’t have any love for God. 43 I have come with the authority my Father has given me, but you don’t accept me. If someone else comes with his own authority, you will accept him. 44 How can you believe when you accept each other’s praise and don’t look for the praise that comes from the only God?
45 “Don’t think that I will accuse you in the presence of the Father. Moses, the one you trust, is already accusing you. 46 If you really believed Moses, you would believe me. Moses wrote about me. 47 If you don’t believe what Moses wrote, how will you ever believe what I say?”
Footnotes
- 5:3 Some manuscripts and translations add verses 3b–4: “They would wait for the water to move. People believed that at a certain time an angel from the Lord would go into the pool and stir up the water. The first person who would step into the water after it was stirred up would be cured from whatever disease he had.”
- 5:27 “Son of Man ” is a name Jesus called himself to show that he was not only God’s Son but also human.
Ин 5
Священное Писание (Восточный перевод), версия для Таджикистана
Исцеление больного у пруда
5 Немного позже Исо пошёл на иудейский праздник в Иерусалим. 2 В Иерусалиме, недалеко от Овечьих ворот, есть пруд, называемый на арамейском языке Вифезда, окружённый пятью крытыми колоннадами. 3-4 Там лежало много инвалидов: слепых, хромых и парализованных.[a] 5 Среди них был человек, больной уже тридцать восемь лет. 6 Когда Исо увидел его лежащим там и узнал, что тот уже давно в таком состоянии, Он спросил его:
– Ты хочешь выздороветь?
7 Больной ответил:
– Господин, да ведь нет никого, кто бы помог мне войти в воду, когда вода бурлит. А когда я стараюсь сам дойти до воды, кто-нибудь меня уже опережает.
8 Тогда Исо сказал ему:
– Встань! Возьми свою постель и иди.
9 И этот человек в тот же миг стал здоров. Он взял свою постель и пошёл.
Это произошло в субботу[b]. 10 Предводители иудеев поэтому сказали исцелённому:
– Сегодня суббота, и тебе нельзя нести постель.
11 Но он ответил:
– Тот, Кто исцелил меня, Тот и сказал мне: «Возьми свою постель и иди».
12 Они спросили:
– Кто Он такой, Тот, Кто сказал тебе взять постель и идти?
13 Исцелённый и сам не знал, кто Это был, потому что Исо скрылся в толпе, которая была там. 14 Позже Исо нашёл его в храме и сказал:
– Ну вот ты и здоров. Не греши больше, чтобы не случилось с тобой ещё худшего.
15 Человек этот тогда пошёл и сказал предводителям иудеев, что его исцелил Исо.
Вечная жизнь через Сына
16 Предводители иудеев стали преследовать Исо, потому что Он сделал это в субботу. 17 Исо же сказал им:
– Мой Отец совершает работу всегда, и Я тоже это делаю.
18 Тогда предводители иудеев ещё более усердно стали искать возможности убить Исо, ведь Он не только нарушал закон о субботе, но к тому же называл Всевышнего Своим Отцом, приравнивая Себя к Всевышнему.
19 На это Исо ответил им так:
– Говорю вам истину: Сын ничего не может делать Сам от Себя, пока не увидит Отца делающим. То, что делает Отец, делает и Сын. 20 Ведь Отец любит Сына и показывает Ему всё, что делает Сам, и вы удивитесь, потому что Он покажет Ему более великие дела. 21 Точно так, как Отец воскрешает мёртвых и даёт им жизнь, так и Сын даёт жизнь тем, кому хочет. 22 Более того, Отец никого не судит, Он доверил весь суд Сыну, 23 чтобы все почитали Сына, как чтят Отца. Тот, кто не чтит Сына, не чтит и Отца, пославшего Сына.
24 Говорю вам истину: всякий, кто слышит Моё слово и верит Пославшему Меня, имеет жизнь вечную, и ему не придётся приходить на Суд, он уже перешёл из смерти в жизнь. 25 Говорю вам истину, наступает время, и уже наступило, когда мёртвые услышат голос (вечного) Сына Всевышнего, и те, кто услышит, оживут. 26 Потому что, как Отец имеет жизнь в Самом Себе, так Он дал иметь жизнь в Самом Себе и Сыну. 27 Он дал Ему власть судить, потому что Он – Ниспосланный как Человек.
28 Не удивляйтесь этому, потому что настанет время, когда все, кто находится сейчас в могилах, услышат Его голос 29 и выйдут из могил. Те, кто делал добро, воскреснут, чтобы жить, и те, кто делал зло, поднимутся, чтобы получить осуждение. 30 Я не могу ничего делать Сам от Себя. Я сужу так, как Мне сказано, и Мой суд справедлив, потому что Я стремлюсь исполнить не Свою волю, а волю Пославшего Меня.
Исо Масех подтверждает истинность Своих слов
31 – Если бы Я свидетельствовал Сам о Себе, то свидетельство Моё было бы недействительно,[c] 32 но обо Мне свидетельствует ещё один свидетель, и Я знаю, что Его свидетельство обо Мне истинно. 33 Вы посылали к Яхьё, и он свидетельствовал об истине. 34 Я не нуждаюсь в свидетельстве людей, но говорю об этом, чтобы вы были спасены. 35 Яхьё был горящим и сияющим светильником, и вы хотели хоть некоторое время порадоваться при его свете.
36 Но у Меня есть свидетельство сильнее свидетельства Яхьё. Дела, которые Отец поручил Мне совершить и которые Я совершаю, свидетельствуют о том, что Отец послал Меня. 37 Обо Мне свидетельствует и Сам Отец, пославший Меня. Вы никогда не слышали Его голоса и не видели Его облика. 38 Его слово не живёт в вас, потому что вы не верите Мне – Тому, Кого Он послал. 39 Вы старательно исследуете Писание, надеясь через него получить жизнь вечную. А ведь это Писание свидетельствует обо Мне! 40 Однако вы отказываетесь прийти ко Мне, чтобы получить жизнь.
41 Мне не нужна слава от людей, 42 но Я знаю вас: в ваших сердцах нет любви к Всевышнему. 43 Я пришёл во имя Моего Отца, и вы Меня не принимаете, но когда кто-либо другой придёт во имя самого себя – его вы примете. 44 Как вы можете поверить, когда вы ищете похвалы друг от друга, но не прилагаете никаких усилий, чтобы получить похвалу от единого Бога? 45 Не думайте, однако, что Я буду обвинять вас перед Отцом. Ваш обвинитель – Мусо, на которого вы возлагаете ваши надежды. 46 Если бы вы верили Мусо, то верили бы и Мне, потому что Мусо писал обо Мне.[d] 47 Но если вы не верите тому, что он написал, то как вы можете поверить тому, что Я говорю?
Footnotes
- Ин 5:3 В некоторых рукописях присутствуют слова: «Они ожидали движения воды. 4 Иногда ангел от Вечного сходил и возмущал воду, и тогда первый, кто входил в пруд, исцелялся от любой болезни».
- Ин 5:9 Суббота – седьмой день недели у иудеев, который был религиозным днём отдыха. См. пояснительный словарь.
- Ин 5:31 По законам Таврота требовалось свидетельство двух или трёх человек (см. Втор. 19:15). Здесь мы видим пять свидетельств об Исо: Яхьё (ст. 33), дела Исо (ст. 36), Отец Небесный (ст. 37), Священное Писание (ст. 39) и пророк Мусо (ст. 46).
- Ин 5:46 Во всех частях Таврота Мусо пророчески писал о Масехе. См., напр., Нач. 49:10; Исх. 12:21; Лев. 17:11; Чис. 24:17; Втор. 18:15.
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