John 5
The Message
Even on the Sabbath
5 1-6 Soon another Feast came around and Jesus was back in Jerusalem. Near the Sheep Gate in Jerusalem there was a pool, in Hebrew called Bethesda, with five alcoves. Hundreds of sick people—blind, crippled, paralyzed—were in these alcoves. One man had been an invalid there for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him stretched out by the pool and knew how long he had been there, he said, “Do you want to get well?”
7 The sick man said, “Sir, when the water is stirred, I don’t have anybody to put me in the pool. By the time I get there, somebody else is already in.”
8-9 Jesus said, “Get up, take your bedroll, start walking.” The man was healed on the spot. He picked up his bedroll and walked off.
9-10 That day happened to be the Sabbath. The Jews stopped the healed man and said, “It’s the Sabbath. You can’t carry your bedroll around. It’s against the rules.”
11 But he told them, “The man who made me well told me to. He said, ‘Take your bedroll and start walking.’”
12-13 They asked, “Who gave you the order to take it up and start walking?” But the healed man didn’t know, for Jesus had slipped away into the crowd.
14 A little later Jesus found him in the Temple and said, “You look wonderful! You’re well! Don’t return to a sinning life or something worse might happen.”
15-16 The man went back and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well. That is why the Jews were out to get Jesus—because he did this kind of thing on the Sabbath.
17 But Jesus defended himself. “My Father is working straight through, even on the Sabbath. So am I.”
18 That really set them off. The Jews were now not only out to expose him; they were out to kill him. Not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was calling God his own Father, putting himself on a level with God.
What the Father Does, the Son Does
19-20 So Jesus explained himself at length. “I’m telling you this straight. The Son can’t independently do a thing, only what he sees the Father doing. What the Father does, the Son does. The Father loves the Son and includes him in everything he is doing.
20-23 “But you haven’t seen the half of it yet, for in the same way that the Father raises the dead and creates life, so does the Son. The Son gives life to anyone he chooses. Neither he nor the Father shuts anyone out. The Father handed all authority to judge over to the Son so that the Son will be honored equally with the Father. Anyone who dishonors the Son, dishonors the Father, for it was the Father’s decision to put the Son in the place of honor.
24 “It’s urgent that you listen carefully to this: Anyone here who believes what I am saying right now and aligns himself with the Father, who has in fact put me in charge, has at this very moment the real, lasting life and is no longer condemned to be an outsider. This person has taken a giant step from the world of the dead to the world of the living.
25-27 “It’s urgent that you get this right: The time has arrived—I mean right now!—when dead men and women will hear the voice of the Son of God and, hearing, will come alive. Just as the Father has life in himself, he has conferred on the Son life in himself. And he has given him the authority, simply because he is the Son of Man, to decide and carry out matters of Judgment.
28-29 “Don’t act so surprised at all this. The time is coming when everyone dead and buried will hear his voice. Those who have lived the right way will walk out into a resurrection Life; those who have lived the wrong way, into a resurrection Judgment.
30-33 “I can’t do a solitary thing on my own: I listen, then I decide. You can trust my decision because I’m not out to get my own way but only to carry out orders. If I were simply speaking on my own account, it would be an empty, self-serving witness. But an independent witness confirms me, the most reliable Witness of all. Furthermore, you all saw and heard John, and he gave expert and reliable testimony about me, didn’t he?
34-38 “But my purpose is not to get your vote, and not to appeal to mere human testimony. I’m speaking to you this way so that you will be saved. John was a torch, blazing and bright, and you were glad enough to dance for an hour or so in his bright light. But the witness that really confirms me far exceeds John’s witness. It’s the work the Father gave me to complete. These very tasks, as I go about completing them, confirm that the Father, in fact, sent me. The Father who sent me, confirmed me. And you missed it. You never heard his voice, you never saw his appearance. There is nothing left in your memory of his Message because you do not take his Messenger seriously.
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39-40 “You have your heads in your Bibles constantly because you think you’ll find eternal life there. But you miss the forest for the trees. These Scriptures are all about me! And here I am, standing right before you, and you aren’t willing to receive from me the life you say you want.
41-44 “I’m not interested in crowd approval. And do you know why? Because I know you and your crowds. I know that love, especially God’s love, is not on your working agenda. I came with the authority of my Father, and you either dismiss me or avoid me. If another came, acting self-important, you would welcome him with open arms. How do you expect to get anywhere with God when you spend all your time jockeying for position with each other, ranking your rivals and ignoring God?
45-47 “But don’t think I’m going to accuse you before my Father. Moses, in whom you put so much stock, is your accuser. If you believed, really believed, what Moses said, you would believe me. He wrote of me. If you won’t take seriously what he wrote, how can I expect you to take seriously what I speak?”
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?
Juan 5
Ang Bagong Tipan: Filipino Standard Version
Pinagaling ni Jesus ang mga may Sakit
5 Matapos ang mga ito, habang nagdiriwang ng Pista ang mga Judio, pumunta si Jesus sa Jerusalem. 2 Sa Jerusalem, sa tabi ng Bakod ng mga Tupa ay may imbakan ng tubig na sa wikang Hebreo ay tinatawag na Bethzatha na may limang malaking haligi. 3 Sa mga ito'y nakahiga ang maraming may sakit—mga bulag, mga pilay, at mga paralitiko. 4 Sapagkat isang anghel ng Panginoon ang bumababa sa imbakan ng tubig at kinalawkaw ang tubig doon; ang sinumang maunang makarating doon ay gagaling.[a] 5 Naroon ang isang lalaking tatlumpu't walong taon nang may karamdaman. 6 Nakita ni Jesus ang lalaking ito at alam niyang ito'y nakahiga na roon nang mahabang panahon, kaya't sinabi niya sa kanya, “Gusto mo bang gumaling?” 7 Sinagot siya ng lalaki, “Ginoo, wala po akong kasama na maglulusong sa akin sa imbakan ng tubig habang ito'y kinakalawkaw, at kapag ako'y papunta na roon, may nauuna na sa akin.” 8 Sinabi ni Jesus sa kanya, “Tumayo ka, dalhin mo ang iyong higaan at lumakad ka.” 9 At gumaling kaagad ang lalaki, dinala niya ang kanyang higaan at siya'y naglakad. Nangyari ito nang araw ng Sabbath. 10 (A)Kaya't sinabi ng mga Judio sa lalaking pinagaling, “Sabbath ngayon, at hindi naaayon sa batas na dalhin ang iyong higaan.” 11 Ngunit sila'y kanyang sinagot, “Ang lalaking nagpagaling sa akin ang nagsabi na dalhin ko ang aking higaan at lumakad ako.” 12 Siya'y kanilang tinanong, “Sino ang nagsabi sa iyong dalhin mo ang iyong higaan at lumakad?” 13 Ngunit hindi nakilala ng lalaki kung sino ang nagpagaling sa kanya, dahil umalis si Jesus nang dumami na ang tao sa lugar na iyon. 14 Pagkalipas ng mga ito, natagpuan siya ni Jesus sa templo, at sinabi sa kanya, “Tingnan mo, magaling ka na! Huwag ka nang gumawa ng kasalanan upang wala nang masamang mangyari sa iyo.” 15 Umalis ang lalaki at ibinalita sa mga Judio na si Jesus ang nagpagaling sa kanya. 16 Kaya, inusig ng mga Judio si Jesus, sapagkat ginawa niya ang mga ito sa araw ng Sabbath. 17 Ngunit sinagot sila ni Jesus, “Ang aking Ama ay patuloy sa gawain at ako'y ganoon din.” 18 (B)Dahil dito, lalong nagsumikap ang mga Judio na patayin siya, dahil hindi lamang niya nilabag ang tuntunin ukol sa Sabbath, kundi sinabi rin niyang sarili niyang Ama ang Diyos, sa gayo'y ipinapantay ang sarili niya sa Diyos.
Ang kapangyarihan ng Anak
19 Sinabi ni Jesus sa kanila, “Katotohanang sinasabi ko sa inyo, walang anumang magagawa ang Anak mula sa kanyang sarili kundi ang nakikita niyang ginagawa ng Ama. Sapagkat kung anuman ang ginagawa ng Ama, iyon din ang ginagawa ng Anak. 20 Sapagkat mahal ng Ama ang Anak, at ipinapakita niya sa kanya ang lahat ng ginagawa niya; at mas higit pa sa mga bagay na ito ang ipapakita ng Ama sa kanya, nang sa gayon, kayo ay mamangha. 21 At kung paanong ibinabangon at binubuhay ng Ama ang mga patay, gayon din namang bubuhayin ng Anak ang sinumang naisin niya. 22 Hindi hinahatulan ng Ama ang sinuman, ngunit ibinigay niya sa Anak ang lahat ng paghatol. 23 Sa gayon, ang lahat ay magpaparangal sa Anak tulad ng pagpaparangal nila sa Ama. Ang sinumang hindi nagpaparangal sa Anak ay hindi rin nagpaparangal sa Ama na nagsugo sa kanya. 24 Katotohanang sinasabi ko sa inyo, ang nakikinig sa salita ko at sumasampalataya sa kanya na nagsugo sa akin ay may buhay na walang hanggan; hindi na siya daranas ng paghatol, sapagkat nailipat na siya mula sa kamatayan patungo sa buhay. 25 Katotohanang sinasabi ko sa inyo, darating ang oras, at ngayon na nga, kung saan maririnig ng mga patay ang tinig ng Anak ng Diyos, at ang mga makaririnig ay mabubuhay. 26 Sapagkat kung paanong ang Ama ay may buhay sa kanyang sarili, ipinagkaloob din niya sa Anak na magkaroon ng buhay sa kanyang sarili, 27 at ibinigay sa kanya ang kapangyarihang humatol, sapagkat siya ang Anak ng Tao. 28 Huwag kayong magtaka, sapagkat darating ang oras na ang lahat ng nasa libingan ay makaririnig sa kanyang tinig, 29 (C)at ang mga gumawa ng mabubuting bagay ay babangon tungo sa buhay, at ang mga gumawa ng masasamang bagay ay babangon tungo sa paghatol. 30 Hindi ako gumagawa nang ayon sa aking sariling kapangyarihan. Humahatol ako ayon sa naririnig ko. At ang hatol ko ay makatarungan, sapagkat hindi ko hangad ang sariling kalooban kundi ang kalooban ng nagsugo sa akin.
Mga Patotoo tungkol kay Jesus
31 “Kung ako lamang ang nagpapatotoo para sa aking sarili, ang aking patotoo ay hindi kapani-paniwala. 32 May iba pang nagpapatotoo tungkol sa akin, at alam kong ang patotoo niya ay kapani-paniwala. 33 (D)Kayo mismo ang nagpadala kay Juan ng mga sugo, at ang sinabi niya ay totoo. 34 Hindi sa kailangan ko ng patotoo ng tao, kundi sinasabi ko ang mga ito upang kayo ay maligtas. 35 (E)Si Juan ay ilawang nagliliyab at nagliliwanag, at ginusto ninyong masiyahan kahit sandali sa kanyang liwanag. 36 Ngunit ako mismo ay may patotoo na higit kaysa patotoo ni Juan, sapagkat ang mga gawaing ibinigay sa akin ng Ama upang gampanan, na siya namang ginagawa ko, ay nagpapatunay na ako ay sinugo ng Ama. 37 (F)Ang Ama na nagsugo sa akin ay siya ring nagpatotoo tungkol sa akin. Kailanma'y hindi ninyo narinig ang kanyang tinig ni nakita man ang kanyang anyo. 38 Hindi nananatili sa inyo ang kanyang salita, sapagkat hindi kayo naniniwala sa kanyang isinugo. 39 (G)Sinasaliksik ninyo ang mga kasulatan, sapagkat iniisip ninyo na sa pamamagitan ng mga ito'y magkakaroon kayo ng buhay na walang hanggan. Ang mga ito ay nagpapatotoo tungkol sa akin. 40 Subalit ayaw ninyong lumapit sa akin upang magkaroon kayo ng buhay. 41 Hindi ako tumatanggap ng papuring mula sa mga tao. 42 Subalit kilala ko kayo; wala kayong pag-ibig sa Diyos. 43 Naparito ako sa ngalan ng aking Ama, at hindi ninyo ako tinatanggap; subalit kung may isang darating sa sarili niyang pangalan, siya'y inyong tatanggapin. 44 Paano kayo maniniwala kung kayu-kayo ang pumupuri sa inyong sarili, at hindi ninyo hinahangad ang papuri mula sa iisang Diyos? 45 Huwag ninyong isipin na ako ang magsasakdal sa inyo sa harapan ng Ama. Ang nagsasakdal sa inyo ay si Moises na siyang pinaglalagakan ninyo ng pag-asa. 46 Kung pinaniwalaan ninyo si Moises, sana'y pinaniwalaan din ninyo ako, sapagkat siya ay sumulat tungkol sa akin. 47 Ngunit kung hindi ninyo pinaniniwalaan ang mga sinulat niya, paano ninyo paniniwalaan ang mga sinabi ko?”
Footnotes
- Juan 5:4 Sa ibang manuskrito'y wala ang talatang ito.
Copyright © 1993, 2002, 2018 by Eugene H. Peterson
Ang Bagong Tipan: Filipino Standard Version, Copyright © Philippine Bible Society 2009.
