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John 5
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The Healing at Bethesda

5 After these things 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, which is called (C)in [a]Hebrew [b]Bethesda, having five porticoes. 3 In these lay a multitude of those who were sick, blind, lame, and withered, [c][waiting for the moving of the waters; 4 for an angel of the Lord went down at certain seasons into the pool and stirred up the water; whoever then first, after the stirring up of the water, stepped in was made well from whatever sickness with which he was afflicted.] 5 And a man was there who had been sick for thirty-eight years. 6 When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had already been sick a long time, He *said to him, “Do you wish to get well?” 7 The sick man answered Him, “Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when (D)the water is stirred up, but while I am coming, another steps down before me.” 8 Jesus *said to him, “(E)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 (G)the Jews were saying to the man who had been healed, “It is the Sabbath, and (H)it is not lawful for you to carry your mat.” 11 But he answered them, “He who made me well was the one who said to me, ‘Pick up your mat and walk.’” 12 They asked him, “Who is the man who said to you, ‘Pick up your mat and walk’?” 13 But the man who was healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had slipped away while there was a crowd in that place. 14 Afterward Jesus *found him in the temple and said to him, “Behold, you have become well; do not (I)sin anymore, (J)so that nothing worse happens to you.” 15 The man went away, and disclosed to (K)the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well. 16 And for this reason (L)the Jews were persecuting Jesus, because He was doing these things on the Sabbath. 17 But He answered them, “My Father is working until now, and I Myself am working.”

Jesus’ Equality with the Father

18 For this reason therefore (M)the Jews (N)were seeking all the more to kill Him, because He not only was breaking the Sabbath, but also was calling God His own Father, (O)making Himself equal with God.

19 Therefore Jesus answered and was saying to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, (P)the Son can do nothing from Himself, unless it is something He sees the Father doing; for whatever [d]the Father does, these things the Son also does in the same manner. 20 (Q)For the Father loves the Son, and shows Him all things that He Himself is doing; and the Father will show Him (R)greater works than these, so that you will marvel. 21 For just as the Father raises the dead and (S)gives them life, even so (T)the Son also gives life to whom He wishes. 22 For not even the Father judges anyone, but (U)He has given all judgment to the Son, 23 so that all will honor the Son even as they honor the Father. (V)He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.

24 “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and (W)believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and (X)does not come into judgment, but has (Y)passed out of death into life.

Two Resurrections

25 Truly, truly, I say to you, (Z)an hour is coming and now is, when (AA)the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who (AB)hear will live. 26 For just as the Father has life in Himself, even so He (AC)gave to the Son also to have life in Himself; 27 and He gave Him authority to (AD)execute judgment, because He is [e]the Son of Man. 28 Do not marvel at this; for (AE)an hour is coming, in which (AF)all who are in the tombs will hear His voice, 29 and will come forth; (AG)those who did the good deeds to a resurrection of life, those who committed the evil deeds to a resurrection of judgment.

30 “(AH)I can do nothing from Myself. As I hear, I judge; and (AI)My judgment is righteous, because I do not seek My own will, but (AJ)the will of Him who sent Me.

31 “(AK)If I alone bear witness about Myself, My witness is not [f]true. 32 There is (AL)another who bears witness about Me, and I know that the witness which He gives about Me is true.

Witnesses to Jesus: The Father and the Scriptures

33 You have sent to John, and he (AM)has borne witness to the truth. 34 But (AN)the witness I receive is not from man, but I say these things so that you may be saved. 35 He was (AO)the lamp that was burning and shining and you (AP)were willing to rejoice for [g]a while in his light. 36 But the witness I have is greater than the witness of John; for (AQ)the works which the Father has given Me (AR)to finish—the very works that I do—bear witness about Me, that the Father (AS)has sent Me. 37 And the Father who sent Me, (AT)He has borne witness about Me. You have neither heard His voice at any time nor seen His form. 38 And you do not have (AU)His word abiding in you, for you do not believe Him whom He (AV)sent. 39 [h](AW)You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; it is (AX)these that bear witness about Me; 40 and you are unwilling to come to Me so that you may have life. 41 (AY)I do not receive glory from men; 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 receive Me; (AZ)if another comes in his own name, you will receive him. 44 How can you believe, when you (BA)receive [i]glory from one another and you do not seek (BB)the [j]glory that is from (BC)the only God? 45 Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father; the one who accuses you is (BD)Moses, in whom you have set your hope. 46 For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me, for (BE)he wrote about Me. 47 But (BF)if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe My words?”

Footnotes

  1. John 5:2 Jewish Aramaic
  2. John 5:2 Some early mss Bethsaida, Bethzatha
  3. John 5:3 Early mss omit rest of v 3, and v 4
  4. John 5:19 Lit that One
  5. John 5:27 Or a son of man
  6. John 5:31 Admissible as legal evidence
  7. John 5:35 Lit an hour
  8. John 5:39 Or Search the Scriptures!; Gr imperative
  9. John 5:44 Or honor, fame
  10. John 5:44 Or honor, fame
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Juan 5
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Jesús sana a un inválido

5 Algún tiempo después, Jesús regresó a Jerusalén, donde se celebraba una fiesta de los judíos.

2 Allí en Jerusalén, junto a la puerta de las Ovejas, había un estanque rodeado de cinco pórticos. El estanque, se llamaba en arameo, Betzatá.

3 En los pórticos estaban acostados muchos enfermos, ciegos, cojos y paralíticos que esperaban que se moviera el agua. 4 De cuando en cuando un ángel del Señor bajaba al estanque y movía el agua. El primero que se metía al agua después de que había sido removida, quedaba sano de cualquier enfermedad que tuviera. 5 Entre ellos había un hombre inválido que llevaba enfermo treinta y ocho años.

6 Cuando Jesús lo vio allí acostado y supo que tenía mucho tiempo de estar enfermo, le preguntó:

―¿Quieres curarte?

7 El enfermo respondió:

―Señor, no tengo a nadie que me meta en el estanque mientras se remueve el agua. Cada vez que trato de hacerlo otro se me adelanta.

8 Jesús le dijo:

―Levántate, recoge tu camilla y anda.

9 En ese mismo momento el hombre quedó sano. De inmediato tomó su camilla y comenzó a andar.

Y ese día era sábado. 10 Por eso los judíos le dijeron al hombre que había sido sanado:

―Hoy es sábado, y no está permitido que andes cargando tu camilla.

11 Él les respondió:

―El que me sanó me dijo: “Recoge tu camilla y anda”.

12 Ellos le preguntaron:

―¿Quién es ese hombre que te dijo: “Recoge tu camilla y anda”?

13 El hombre no sabía quién lo había sanado, pues Jesús ya había desaparecido entre la multitud que había en el lugar. 14 Jesús encontró después al hombre en el templo y le dijo:

―Mira, ahora ya estás sano. No vuelvas a pecar porque te puede ocurrir algo peor.

15 El hombre se fue y les dijo a los judíos que Jesús era el que lo había sanado.

Vida mediante el Hijo

16 Por estas cosas los judíos perseguían a Jesús, por hacerlas en sábado.

17 Pero Jesús les dijo:

―Mi Padre siempre trabaja y por eso yo también trabajo.

18 Por esto los judíos trataban aún más de matarlo, ya que desobedecía la ley acerca del sábado y decía que Dios era su Padre, con lo cual se hacía igual a Dios. 19 Entonces Jesús les dijo:

―Les aseguro que el hijo no puede hacer nada por su propia cuenta, sino solamente lo que ve que hace su padre, porque cualquier cosa que hace el padre, la hace también el hijo. 20 El padre ama al hijo y le muestra todo lo que hace. Le mostrará cosas aun más grandes que estas y los dejará a ustedes asombrados. 21 Así como el Padre resucita a los muertos y les da vida, de la misma manera también el Hijo le da vida a quien él quiere. 22 Y el Padre no juzga a nadie, sino que le ha dado al Hijo el poder para juzgar, 23 para que todos honren al Hijo como honran al Padre. El que se niega a honrar al Hijo, tampoco honra al Padre que lo envió.

24 »Les aseguro que el que presta atención a lo que digo y cree en el que me envió, tiene vida eterna y no será condenado, porque ha pasado de la muerte a la vida. 25 Les aseguro que ya viene la hora, y ya ha llegado, en que los muertos oirán la voz del Hijo de Dios, y los que la oigan vivirán. 26 El Padre tiene vida en sí mismo y ha permitido que el Hijo tenga también vida en sí mismo, 27 y le ha dado autoridad para que juzgue, ya que es el Hijo del hombre.

28 »No se sorprendan por esto, porque viene la hora en que todos los muertos oirán su voz, 29 y saldrán de los sepulcros. Los que han hecho lo bueno resucitarán para tener vida, pero los que han hecho lo malo resucitarán para ser juzgados. 30 Yo no puedo hacer nada por mi propia cuenta. Juzgo por lo que oigo, y mi juicio es correcto, porque está de acuerdo con la voluntad del que me envió y no de acuerdo con mi propia voluntad.

Los testimonios a favor del Hijo

31 »Si yo hablara en mi favor, ese testimonio no tendría valor. 32 Pero es otro el que habla en mi favor, y me consta que tiene valor el testimonio que él da de mí.

33 »Ustedes enviaron a preguntarle a Juan, y él dio un testimonio que tiene valor. 34 No se trata de que yo necesite el testimonio de un hombre; más bien digo esto para que ustedes sean salvos. 35 Juan era una lámpara encendida que alumbraba, y ustedes quisieron disfrutar de su luz por un tiempo.

36 »Yo tengo un testimonio mayor que el de Juan, pues lo que el Padre me ha encomendado hacer es lo que estoy haciendo y es lo que demuestra que el Padre me ha enviado. 37 Y el Padre mismo que me envió ha testificado en mi favor. Pero ustedes nunca han oído su voz ni han visto su figura, 38 ni vive su palabra en ustedes, porque no han creído en aquel a quien él envió.

39 »Ustedes estudian con cuidado las Escrituras porque piensan que en ellas hallan la vida eterna. Y son ellas las que hablan de mí. 40 Sin embargo, ustedes no quieren venir a mí para tener vida eterna.

41 »Yo no acepto la gloria de los hombres, 42 porque los conozco a ustedes y sé que no aman realmente a Dios. 43 Yo he venido en nombre de mi Padre, y ustedes no me aceptan. En cambio, si otro viniera por su propia cuenta, a ese sí lo aceptarían. 44 ¿Cómo van a creer, si unos a otros se rinden gloria pero no buscan la gloria del Dios único?

45 »Pero no crean que yo voy a acusarlos con mi Padre. Moisés será el que los acuse, ya que en él tienen puesta su confianza. 46 Si creyeran a Moisés, me creerían a mí, porque él escribió acerca de mí. 47 Pero como no creen lo que él escribió, ¿cómo van a creer lo que yo les digo?».

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John 5
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The Healing at the Pool

5 Some time later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem for one of the Jewish festivals. 2 Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate(A) a pool, which in Aramaic(B) is called Bethesda[a] and which is surrounded by five covered colonnades. 3 Here a great number of disabled people used to lie—the blind, the lame, the paralyzed. [4] [b] 5 One who was there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. 6 When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in this condition for a long time, he asked him, “Do you want to get well?”

7 “Sir,” the invalid replied, “I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am trying to get in, someone else goes down ahead of me.”

8 Then Jesus said to him, “Get up! Pick up your mat and walk.”(C) 9 At once the man was cured; he picked up his mat and walked.

The day on which this took place was a Sabbath,(D) 10 and so the Jewish leaders(E) said to the man who had been healed, “It is the Sabbath; the law forbids you to carry your mat.”(F)

11 But he replied, “The man who made me well said to me, ‘Pick up your mat and walk.’ ”

12 So they asked him, “Who is this fellow who told you to pick it up and walk?”

13 The man who was healed had no idea who it was, for Jesus had slipped away into the crowd that was there.

14 Later Jesus found him at the temple and said to him, “See, you are well again. Stop sinning(G) or something worse may happen to you.” 15 The man went away and told the Jewish leaders(H) that it was Jesus who had made him well.

The Authority of the Son

16 So, because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jewish leaders began to persecute him. 17 In his defense Jesus said to them, “My Father(I) is always at his work(J) to this very day, and I too am working.” 18 For this reason they tried all the more to kill him;(K) not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God.(L)

19 Jesus gave them this answer: “Very truly I tell you, the Son can do nothing by himself;(M) he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does. 20 For the Father loves the Son(N) and shows him all he does. Yes, and he will show him even greater works than these,(O) so that you will be amazed. 21 For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life,(P) even so the Son gives life(Q) to whom he is pleased to give it. 22 Moreover, the Father judges no one, but has entrusted all judgment to the Son,(R) 23 that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father, who sent him.(S)

24 “Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me(T) has eternal life(U) and will not be judged(V) but has crossed over from death to life.(W) 25 Very truly I tell you, a time is coming and has now come(X) when the dead will hear(Y) the voice of the Son of God and those who hear will live. 26 For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life(Z) in himself. 27 And he has given him authority to judge(AA) because he is the Son of Man.

28 “Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming(AB) when all who are in their graves will hear his voice 29 and come out—those who have done what is good will rise to live, and those who have done what is evil will rise to be condemned.(AC) 30 By myself I can do nothing;(AD) I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just,(AE) for I seek not to please myself but him who sent me.(AF)

Testimonies About Jesus

31 “If I testify about myself, my testimony is not true.(AG) 32 There is another who testifies in my favor,(AH) and I know that his testimony about me is true.

33 “You have sent to John and he has testified(AI) to the truth. 34 Not that I accept human testimony;(AJ) but I mention it that you may be saved.(AK) 35 John was a lamp that burned and gave light,(AL) and you chose for a time to enjoy his light.

36 “I have testimony weightier than that of John.(AM) For the works that the Father has given me to finish—the very works that I am doing(AN)—testify that the Father has sent me.(AO) 37 And the Father who sent me has himself testified concerning me.(AP) You have never heard his voice nor seen his form,(AQ) 38 nor does his word dwell in you,(AR) for you do not believe(AS) the one he sent.(AT) 39 You study[c] the Scriptures(AU) diligently because you think that in them you have eternal life.(AV) These are the very Scriptures that testify about me,(AW) 40 yet you refuse to come to me(AX) to have life.

41 “I do not accept glory from human beings,(AY) 42 but I know you. I know that you do not have the love of God in your hearts. 43 I have come in my Father’s name, and you do not accept me; but if someone else comes in his own name, you will accept him. 44 How can you believe since you accept glory from one another but do not seek the glory that comes from the only God[d]?(AZ)

45 “But do not think I will accuse you before the Father. Your accuser is Moses,(BA) on whom your hopes are set.(BB) 46 If you believed Moses, you would believe me, for he wrote about me.(BC) 47 But since you do not believe what he wrote, how are you going to believe what I say?”(BD)

Footnotes

  1. John 5:2 Some manuscripts Bethzatha; other manuscripts Bethsaida
  2. John 5:4 Some manuscripts include here, wholly or in part, paralyzed—and they waited for the moving of the waters. 4 From time to time an angel of the Lord would come down and stir up the waters. The first one into the pool after each such disturbance would be cured of whatever disease they had.
  3. John 5:39 Or 39 Study
  4. John 5:44 Some early manuscripts the Only One
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