John 5
English Standard Version
The Healing at the Pool on the Sabbath
5 After this there was a (A)feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
2 Now there is in Jerusalem by (B)the Sheep Gate a pool, in Aramaic[a] called Bethesda,[b] which has five roofed colonnades. 3 In these lay a multitude of invalids—blind, lame, and (C)paralyzed.[c] 5 One man was there who had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. 6 When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had already been there a long time, he said to him, “Do you want to be healed?” 7 The sick man answered him, “Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, and while I am going another steps down before me.” 8 Jesus said to him, (D)“Get up, take up your bed, and walk.” 9 (E)And at once the man was healed, and he took up his bed and walked.
(F)Now that day was the Sabbath. 10 So the Jews[d] said to the man who had been healed, “It is the Sabbath, and (G)it is not lawful for you to take up your bed.” 11 But he answered them, “The man who healed me, that man said to me, ‘Take up your bed, and walk.’” 12 They asked him, “Who is the man who said to you, ‘Take up your bed and walk’?” 13 Now the man who had been healed did not know who it was, for (H)Jesus had withdrawn, as there was a crowd in the place. 14 Afterward Jesus found him in the temple and said to him, “See, you are well! (I)Sin no more, (J)that nothing worse may happen to you.” 15 The man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had healed him. 16 And this was why the Jews (K)were persecuting Jesus, (L)because he was doing these things on the Sabbath. 17 But Jesus answered them, “My Father is working until now, and I am working.”
Jesus Is Equal with God
18 This was why the Jews (M)were seeking all the more to kill him, (N)because not only was he (O)breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God (P)his own Father, (Q)making himself equal with God.
The Authority of the Son
19 So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, (R)the Son (S)can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father[e] does, that the Son does likewise. 20 For (T)the Father loves the Son and shows him all that he himself is doing. And (U)greater works than these will he show him, so that (V)you may marvel. 21 For as the Father (W)raises the dead and (X)gives them life, so (Y)also the Son gives life (Z)to whom he will. 22 (AA)For the Father judges no one, but (AB)has given all judgment to the Son, 23 that all may honor the Son, just as they (AC)honor the Father. (AD)Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him. 24 Truly, truly, I say to you, (AE)whoever hears my word and (AF)believes him who sent me has eternal life. He (AG)does not come into judgment, but (AH)has passed from death to life.
25 “Truly, truly, I say to you, (AI)an hour is coming, and is now here, when (AJ)the dead will hear (AK)the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear (AL)will live. 26 (AM)For as the Father has life in himself, (AN)so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself. 27 And he (AO)has given him authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of Man. 28 Do not marvel at this, for (AP)an hour is coming when (AQ)all who are in the tombs will hear his voice 29 and come out, (AR)those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.
Witnesses to Jesus
30 (AS)“I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge, and (AT)my judgment is just, because (AU)I seek not my own will (AV)but the will of him who sent me. 31 (AW)If I alone bear witness about myself, my testimony is not true. 32 There is (AX)another who bears witness about me, and (AY)I know that the testimony that he bears about me is true. 33 (AZ)You sent to John, and he has borne witness to the truth. 34 Not that (BA)the testimony that I receive is from man, but I say these things so that you may be saved. 35 He was a burning and (BB)shining lamp, and (BC)you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light. 36 But (BD)the testimony that I have is greater than that of John. For (BE)the works that the Father has given me (BF)to accomplish, the very works that I am doing, (BG)bear witness about me that (BH)the Father has sent me. 37 And the Father who sent me (BI)has himself borne witness about me. His voice you have never heard, (BJ)his form you have never seen, 38 and (BK)you do not have his word abiding in you, for you do not believe the one whom he has sent. 39 (BL)You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and (BM)it is they that bear witness about me, 40 yet (BN)you refuse to come to me that you may have life. 41 (BO)I do not receive glory from people. 42 But (BP)I know that you do not have (BQ)the love of God within you. 43 I have come (BR)in my Father's name, and (BS)you do not receive me. (BT)If another comes in his own name, you will receive him. 44 How can you believe, when you receive glory from one another and (BU)do not seek the glory that comes from (BV)the only God? 45 Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father. There is one who accuses you: Moses, (BW)on whom you have set your hope. 46 For if you believed Moses, you would believe me; for (BX)he wrote of me. 47 But (BY)if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe my words?”
Footnotes
- John 5:2 Or Hebrew
- John 5:2 Some manuscripts Bethsaida
- John 5:3 Some manuscripts insert, wholly or in part, waiting for the moving of the water; 4 for an angel of the Lord went down at certain seasons into the pool, and stirred the water: whoever stepped in first after the stirring of the water was healed of whatever disease he had
- John 5:10 The Greek word Ioudaioi refers specifically here to Jewish religious leaders, and others under their influence, who opposed Jesus in that time; also verses 15, 16, 18
- John 5:19 Greek he
Giovanni 5
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Gesù guarisce un paralitico a Betesda
5 (A)Dopo queste cose ci fu una festa dei Giudei[a], e Gesù salì a Gerusalemme.
2 Or a Gerusalemme, presso la porta delle Pecore, c’è una vasca, chiamata in ebraico Betesda[b], che ha cinque portici. 3 Sotto questi portici giaceva un gran numero d’infermi, di ciechi, di zoppi, di paralitici [, i quali aspettavano l’agitarsi dell’acqua, 4 perché un angelo, in determinati momenti, scendeva nella vasca e agitava l’acqua; e il primo che vi scendeva dopo che l’acqua era stata agitata, era guarito di qualunque malattia fosse colpito].
5 Là c’era un uomo che da trentotto anni era infermo. 6 Gesù, vedutolo che giaceva e sapendo che già da lungo tempo stava così, gli disse: «Vuoi guarire?» 7 L’infermo gli rispose: «Signore, io non ho nessuno che, quando l’acqua è mossa, mi metta nella vasca, e mentre ci vengo io, un altro vi scende prima di me». 8 Gesù gli disse: «Àlzati, prendi il tuo lettuccio e cammina». 9 In quell’istante quell’uomo fu guarito; e, preso il suo lettuccio, si mise a camminare.
10 Quel giorno era un sabato; perciò i Giudei dissero all’uomo guarito: «È sabato, e non ti è permesso portare il tuo lettuccio». 11 Ma egli rispose loro: «Colui che mi ha guarito mi ha detto: “Prendi il tuo lettuccio e cammina”». 12 Essi [allora] gli domandarono: «Chi è l’uomo che ti ha detto: “Prendi [il tuo lettuccio] e cammina”?» 13 Ma colui che era stato guarito non sapeva chi fosse; Gesù infatti si era allontanato, perché in quel luogo c’era molta gente. 14 Più tardi Gesù lo trovò nel tempio e gli disse: «Ecco, tu sei guarito; non peccare più, ché non ti accada di peggio». 15 L’uomo se ne andò, e disse ai Giudei che colui che lo aveva guarito era Gesù. 16 Per questo i Giudei perseguitavano Gesù [e cercavano di ucciderlo]; perché faceva queste cose di sabato.
Gesù dichiara la sua uguaglianza con il Padre
17 (B)Gesù rispose loro: «Il Padre mio opera fino ad ora, e anch’io opero». 18 Per questo i Giudei più che mai cercavano di ucciderlo, perché non soltanto violava il sabato, ma chiamava Dio suo Padre, facendosi uguale a Dio.
19 Gesù quindi rispose e disse loro: «In verità, in verità vi dico che il Figlio non può da se stesso fare cosa alcuna, se non ciò che vede fare dal Padre; perché le cose che il Padre fa, anche il Figlio le fa ugualmente. 20 Perché il Padre ama il Figlio e gli mostra tutto quello che egli fa; e gli mostrerà opere maggiori di queste, affinché ne restiate meravigliati. 21 Infatti, come il Padre risuscita i morti e li vivifica, così anche il Figlio vivifica chi vuole. 22 Inoltre, il Padre non giudica nessuno, ma ha affidato tutto il giudizio al Figlio, 23 affinché tutti onorino il Figlio come onorano il Padre. Chi non onora il Figlio non onora il Padre che lo ha mandato. 24 In verità, in verità vi dico: chi ascolta la mia parola e crede a colui che mi ha mandato ha vita eterna; e non viene in giudizio, ma è passato dalla morte alla vita. 25 In verità, in verità vi dico: l’ora viene, anzi è già venuta, che i morti udranno la voce del Figlio di Dio; e quelli che l’avranno udita, vivranno. 26 Perché come il Padre ha vita in se stesso, così ha dato anche al Figlio di avere vita in se stesso; 27 e gli ha [anche] dato autorità di giudicare, perché è il Figlio dell’uomo. 28 Non vi meravigliate di questo; perché l’ora viene in cui tutti quelli che sono nelle tombe udranno la sua voce e ne verranno fuori: 29 quelli che hanno operato bene, in risurrezione di vita; quelli che hanno operato male, in risurrezione di giudizio. 30 Io non posso fare nulla da me stesso; come odo, giudico, e il mio giudizio è giusto, perché cerco non la mia propria volontà, ma la volontà di colui che mi ha mandato[c].
Testimonianze che confermano quella di Gesù
31 (C)«Se io rendo testimonianza di me stesso, la mia testimonianza non è vera. 32 Vi è un altro che rende testimonianza di me; e so che la testimonianza che egli rende di me è vera. 33 Voi avete mandato a interrogare Giovanni[d], ed egli ha reso testimonianza alla verità. 34 Io però la testimonianza non la ricevo da un uomo, ma dico questo affinché voi siate salvati. 35 Egli era la lampada ardente e splendente, e voi avete voluto rallegrarvi per breve tempo alla sua luce. 36 Ma io ho una testimonianza maggiore di quella di Giovanni; perché le opere che il Padre mi ha date da compiere, quelle stesse opere che faccio, testimoniano di me che il Padre mi ha mandato. 37 Il Padre che mi ha mandato, egli stesso ha reso testimonianza di me. La sua voce voi non l’avete mai udita, il suo volto non l’avete mai visto, 38 e la sua parola non dimora in voi, perché non credete in colui che egli ha mandato. 39 Voi investigate le Scritture[e] perché pensate di avere per mezzo di esse vita eterna, ed esse son quelle che rendono testimonianza di me; 40 eppure non volete venire a me per avere la vita!
41 Io non prendo gloria dagli uomini; 42 ma io vi conosco: voi non avete l’amore di Dio in voi. 43 Io sono venuto nel nome del Padre mio, e voi non mi ricevete; se un altro verrà nel suo proprio nome, quello lo riceverete. 44 Come potete credere, voi che prendete gloria gli uni dagli altri e non cercate la gloria che viene da Dio solo? 45 Non crediate che io sia colui che vi accuserà davanti al Padre; c’è chi vi accusa, ed è Mosè, nel quale avete riposto la vostra speranza. 46 Infatti, se credeste a Mosè, credereste anche a me; poiché egli ha scritto di me. 47 Ma se non credete ai suoi scritti, come crederete alle mie parole?»
Footnotes
- Giovanni 5:1 Una festa dei Giudei, alcuni mss. riportano: la festa dei Giudei.
- Giovanni 5:2 Betesda, da un’espressione ebr. che significa casa di misericordia; così TR e M; NA Betzata.
- Giovanni 5:30 TR e M del Padre che mi ha mandato.
- Giovanni 5:33 Voi avete mandato a interrogare Giovanni, lett. voi avete mandato da Giovanni.
- Giovanni 5:39 Voi investigate le Scritture, altri, interpretando il verbo al modo imperativo, traducono: Investigate le Scritture!
John 5
King James Version
5 After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
2 Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.
3 In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water.
4 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.
5 And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years.
6 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?
7 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.
8 Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk.
9 And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked: and on the same day was the sabbath.
10 The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath day: it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed.
11 He answered them, He that made me whole, the same said unto me, Take up thy bed, and walk.
12 Then asked they him, What man is that which said unto thee, Take up thy bed, and walk?
13 And he that was healed wist not who it was: for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in that place.
14 Afterward 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.
15 The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus, which had made him whole.
16 And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day.
17 But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.
18 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.
19 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.
20 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.
21 For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.
22 For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son:
23 That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.
24 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.
25 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.
26 For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;
27 And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man.
28 Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,
29 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.
30 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.
31 If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.
32 There is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true.
33 Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth.
34 But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I say, that ye might be saved.
35 He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.
36 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.
37 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.
38 And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye believe not.
39 Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
40 And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.
41 I receive not honour from men.
42 But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you.
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.
44 How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only?
45 Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust.
46 For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me; for he wrote of me.
47 But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?
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