John 5
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised
The Third Sign: Healing the Sick
5 After this, a Jewish festival took place, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.(A) 2 By the Sheep Gate(B) in Jerusalem there is a pool, called Bethesda[a] in Aramaic, which has five colonnades. 3 Within these lay a large number of the disabled – blind, lame, and paralysed.[b]
5 One man was there who had been disabled for thirty-eight years. 6 When Jesus saw him lying there and realised he had already been there a long time,(C) he said to him, ‘Do you want to get well? ’
7 ‘Sir,’(D) the disabled man answered, ‘I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, but while I’m coming, someone goes down ahead of me.’
8 ‘Get up,’ Jesus told him, ‘pick up your mat and walk.’ 9 Instantly the man got well, picked up his mat, and started to walk.
Now that day was the Sabbath,(E) 10 and so the Jews(F) said to the man who had been healed, ‘This is the Sabbath.(G) The law prohibits you from picking up your mat.’
11 He replied, ‘The man who made me well(H) told me, “Pick up your mat and walk.” ’
12 ‘Who is this man who told you, “Pick up your mat and walk”? ’ they asked. 13 But the man who was healed did not know who it was,(I) because Jesus had slipped away into the crowd that was there.[c]
14 After this, Jesus found him in the temple(J) and said to him, ‘See, you are well. Do not sin any more, so that something worse doesn’t happen to you.’ 15 The man went and reported to the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.(K) 16 Therefore, the Jews began persecuting(L) Jesus[d] because he was doing these things on the Sabbath.(M)
Honouring the Father and the Son
17 Jesus responded to them, ‘My Father(N) is still working, and I am working also.’ 18 This is why the Jews began trying all the more to kill him:(O) Not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal to God.
19 Jesus replied, ‘Truly I tell you, the Son is not able to do anything on his own, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father[e] does, the Son likewise does these things.(P) 20 For the Father loves the Son and shows him everything he is doing, and he will show him greater works(Q) than these so that you will be amazed. 21 And just as the Father raises(R) the dead and gives them life, so the Son also gives life to whom he wants.(S) 22 The Father,(T) in fact, judges no one but has given all judgement to the Son, 23 so that all people may honour the Son just as they honour the Father.(U) Anyone who does not honour the Son does not honour the Father who sent him.(V)
Life and Judgement
24 ‘Truly I tell you, anyone who hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life(W) and will not come under judgement but has passed from death to life.
25 ‘Truly I tell you, an hour is coming, and is now here,(X) when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.(Y) 26 For just as the Father has life in himself, so also he has granted to the Son(Z) to have life in himself. 27 And he has granted him the right to pass judgement,(AA) because he is the Son of Man.(AB) 28 Do not be amazed at this, because a time is coming when all who are in the graves will hear his voice 29 and come out – those who have done good things, to the resurrection of life, but those who have done wicked things, to the resurrection of condemnation.
30 ‘I can do nothing on my own. I judge only as I hear, and my judgement(AC) is just,(AD) because I do not seek my own will, but the will of him who sent me.(AE)
Witnesses to Jesus
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 he gives about me is true.(AF) 33 You sent messengers to John, and he testified to the truth.(AG) 34 I don’t receive human testimony, but I say these things so that you may be saved. 35 John[f](AH) was a burning and shining lamp,(AI) and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.(AJ)
36 ‘But I have a greater testimony than John’s because of the works that the Father has given me to accomplish.(AK) These very works I am doing testify about me that the Father has sent(AL) me. 37 The Father who sent me has himself testified(AM) about me. You have not heard his voice at any time, and you haven’t seen his form.(AN) 38 You don’t have his word residing in you, because you don’t believe the one he sent. 39 You pore over the Scriptures(AO) because you think you have eternal life in them, and yet they testify about me.(AP) 40 But you are not willing(AQ) to come to me(AR) so that you may have life.
41 ‘I do not accept glory(AS) from people, 42 but I know you – that you have no love for God(AT) within you. 43 I have come in my Father’s name,(AU) and yet you don’t accept me.(AV) 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 don’t seek the glory that comes from the only(AW) God?(AX) 45 Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father. Your accuser is Moses,(AY) on whom you have set your hope. 46 For if you believed Moses, you would believe me, because he wrote about me. 47 But if you don’t believe what he wrote,(AZ) how will you believe my words? ’(BA)
Footnotes
- 5:2 Some mss read Bethzatha; other mss read Bethsaida
- 5:3 Some mss include vv. 3b-4:#– #waiting for the moving of the water, 4 because an angel would go down into the pool from time to time and stir up the water. Then the first one who got in after the water was stirred up recovered from whatever ailment he had.
- 5:13 Lit slipped away, there being a crowd in that place
- 5:16 Other mss add and trying to kill him
- 5:19 Lit whatever that one
- 5:35 Lit That man
Johannes 5
En Levende Bok
Jesus helbreder en lam mann ved dammen Betesda
5 Litt seinere gikk Jesus til Jerusalem for å delta i en av de jødiske høytidene. 2 Inne i byen, nær Saueporten, var det en dam som på arameisk[a] blir kalt Betesda, og den har fem bueganger. 3 Mange lamme og blinde og andre som var handikappet lå i disse buegangene [og ventet på at vannet skulle komme i bevegelse. 4 En Herrens engel steg nemlig nå og da ned i dammen og rørte opp vannet. Den første som steg ned i dammen etter at vannet var blitt rørt opp, ble frisk, samme hvilken sykdom han enn led av.][b]
5 En av dem som lå der, var en mann som hadde vært lam i 38 år. 6 Da Jesus så han og fikk vite at han hadde vært syk så lenge, spurte han mannen: ”Vil du bli frisk?”
7 ”Herre, det er nok umulig”, sa mannen. ”Jeg har ingen som kan hjelper meg ned i dammen når vannet kommer i bevegelse. Mens jeg ennå er på vei, rekker noen andre ut i vannet før meg.”
8 Da sa Jesus til ham: ”Reis deg opp, ta liggematten din og gå!” 9 Straks ble mannen frisk, og han rullet sammen liggematten og gikk av sted.
Dette skjedde på hviledagen[c]. 10 Derfor protesterte de religiøse lederne. De sa til mannen som var blitt helbredet: ”Du får ikke lov til å arbeide på hviledagen. Det er forbudt å bære liggematten din!”
11 Mannen svarte: ”Han som gjorde meg frisk sa til meg at jeg skulle ta liggematten og gå.”
12 Da spurte de: ”Hvem sa til deg at du skulle bære liggematten?”
13 Men han visste det ikke, for Jesus hadde forsvunnet fra stedet etter som det samlet seg mye folk. 14 Senere møtte Jesus mannen i templet og sa til ham: ”Nå er du frisk. Ikke synd mer, for at det ikke skal hende deg noe verre.”
15 Mannen gikk til de religiøse lederne og fortalte at det var Jesus som hadde gjort ham frisk.
Jesus forklarer at han er Guds sønn
16 Fra og med nå begynte de religiøse lederne å forfølge Jesus. De mente han hadde arbeidet på hviledagen[d] ved å helbrede en syk mann. 17 Jesus sa: ”Min Far i himmelen er uavbrutt i arbeid og derfor arbeider også jeg.”
18 Da ble de religiøse lederne enda mer ivrige etter å drepe ham. Ikke bare gjorde han ugyldig Guds befaling om å hvile på den sjuende dagen, men i tillegg snakket han om Gud som sin far. Gjennom dette hadde han jo gjort seg lik med Gud.
19 Jesus sa: ”Jeg forsikrer dere at Sønnen kan ikke gjøre noe av seg selv. Han gjør bare det som han ser sin Far i himmelen gjøre. Det Far i himmelen gjør, det gjør også Sønnen. 20 Far i himmelen elsker Sønnen og viser ham alt det han gjør. Han skal la Sønnen gjøre enda større mirakler, så store at alle blir forbløffet. 21 Sønnen skal gi evig liv til hvem han vil, på samme måten som Far i himmelen vekker opp døde og gir dem liv. 22 Far i himmelen har overlatt retten til å dømme til Sønnen. 23 Alle skal ære Sønnen på samme måten som de ærer Far i himmelen. Men om dere nekter å ære Sønnen, da ærer dere heller ikke Far i himmelen som har sendt ham.
24 Jeg forsikrer dere at den som hører budskapet mitt og tror på ham som har sendt meg, han har evig liv. Han kommer ikke til å bli dømt for syndene sine, men har allerede gått over fra døden til det evige livet. 25 Ja, jeg forsikrer dere at det kommer en dag, ja den er faktisk allerede her og nå, da de døde skal høre Guds sønns stemme. De som hører den, skal få liv. 26 Far i himmelen har liv i seg selv, og han har også gitt Sønnen liv i seg selv. 27 Han har gitt meg rett til å dømme alle mennesker, etter som jeg er Menneskesønnen[e]. 28 Bli ikke forskrekket. Det kommer en dag da alle som ligger i sine graver, skal høre min stemme. 29 De skal stå opp fra de døde. De som har gjort det gode, skal få evig liv, og de som har gjort det onde, skal bli dømt.
30 Jeg kan ikke gjøre noe av meg selv. Jeg dømmer ikke før jeg har lyttet til min Far i himmelen. Dommen min er rettferdig, etter som jeg ikke dømmer etter min egen vilje, men etter hans vilje som har sendt meg.”
Jesus beviser hvem han er
31 Jesus fortsatte: ”Om jeg sier hvem jeg er, uten at noen bekrefter det jeg sier, da beviser det ingenting. 32 Det finnes en som kan vitne om hvem jeg er, og det er døperen Johannes, og jeg kan forsikre at det han sier om meg, er sant. 33 Dere sendte selv folk til ham for å høre da han fortalte sannheten om meg. 34 Jeg har ikke noe behov for å høre det menneskene mener om meg, men jeg forteller dette for at dere skal tro på meg og bli frelst. 35 Johannes var et skinnende lys som lyste klart en tid, og dere kunne glede dere i hans lys. 36 Ja, Johannes fortalte hvem jeg er. Men det finnes et enda sterkere bevis på hvem jeg er. Det er undervisningen min og mine mirakler. De inngår i det oppdraget som min Far i himmelen ga meg å fullføre. De beviser at han har sendt meg. 37 Ja, min Far i himmelen har selv fortalt hvem jeg er, men dere har ikke hørt stemmen hans eller sett ansiktet hans. 38 Dere har ikke tatt imot budskapet hans, for dere tror ikke på meg, han som min Far i himmelen har sendt.
39 Dere studerer i Skriften[f], etter som dere tror at den gir dere evig liv. Men til tross for at det nettopp er i Skriften Gud forteller hvem jeg er, 40 så nekter dere å komme til meg for å få evig liv.
41-42 Jeg strever ikke etter å bli æret av dere, for jeg vet at dere ikke elsker Gud. 43 Jeg har blitt sendt hit av min Far i himmelen, og dere nekter å ta imot meg. Men om noen opptrer på egen hånd, da tar dere imot ham. 44 Det eneste dere er interessert i, er å bli æret av hverandre. Dere bryr dere ikke om dere blir godkjent av ham som er den eneste sanne. Gud. Synes dere det er noe rart at dere ikke kan tro!
45 Det er ikke jeg som en dag skal anklage dere for min Far i himmelen. Nei, det skal Moses gjøre! Dere tror at dere skal bli reddet ved å følge Moseloven[g]. 46 Dersom dere virkelig trodde på det Moses har skrevet, da ville dere også tro på meg, for det er meg han har skrevet om. 47 Etter som dere ikke tror på det han har skrevet, tror dere heller ikke på det jeg sier.”
Footnotes
- 5:2 Eller: hebraisk, det vil si hebreerne eller jødene sitt språk. Men hverdagens språk for Israels folk var arameisk.
- 5:4 En del håndskrifter mangler ordene i parentes.
- 5:9 I grunnteksten: Sabbaten. Jødene sin hviledag er den sjuende dagen i deres uke, altså lørdagen. Den dagen utfører ikke jødene noe unødvendig arbeid. Hviledagen ble innstiftet av Gud allerede i Første Mosebok 2:3.
- 5:16 I grunnteksten: Sabbaten. Jødene sin hviledag er den sjuende dagen i deres uke, altså lørdagen. Den dagen utfører ikke jødene noe unødvendig arbeid. Hviledagen ble innstiftet av Gud allerede i Første Mosebok 2:3.
- 5:27 ”Menneskesønnen” er et hebraisk ord for å si ”av mennesker”. Det var en tittel på Messias, den lovede kongen, hentet fra Daniel 7:13-14.
- 5:39 ”Skriften” for jødene er Bibelens første del, den som vi kaller Det gamle testamente.
- 5:45 Moseloven, eller den jødiske loven, finnes skrevet ned i Første til Femte Mosebok.
John 5
New International Version
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
- John 5:2 Some manuscripts Bethzatha; other manuscripts Bethsaida
- 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.
- John 5:39 Or 39 Study
- John 5:44 Some early manuscripts the Only One
John 5
New King James Version
A Man Healed at the Pool of Bethesda
5 After (A)this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus (B)went up to Jerusalem. 2 Now there is in Jerusalem (C)by the Sheep Gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew, [a]Bethesda, having five porches. 3 In these lay a great multitude of sick people, blind, lame, [b]paralyzed, [c]waiting for the moving of the water. 4 For an angel went down at a certain time into the pool and stirred up the water; then whoever stepped in first, after the stirring of the water, was made well of whatever disease he had. 5 Now a certain man was there who had an infirmity thirty-eight years. 6 When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he already had been in that condition a long time, He said to him, “Do you want to be made well?”
7 The sick man answered Him, “Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up; but while I am coming, another steps down before me.”
8 Jesus said to him, (D)“Rise, take up your bed and walk.” 9 And immediately the man was made well, took up his bed, and walked.
And (E)that day was the Sabbath. 10 The Jews therefore said to him who was cured, “It is the Sabbath; (F)it is not lawful for you to carry your bed.”
11 He answered them, “He who made me well said to me, ‘Take up your bed and walk.’ ”
12 Then they asked him, “Who is the Man who said to you, ‘Take up your bed and walk’?” 13 But the one who was (G)healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn, a multitude being in that place. 14 Afterward Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him, “See, you have been made well. (H)Sin no more, lest a worse thing come upon you.”
15 The man departed and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.
Honor the Father and the Son
16 For this reason the Jews (I)persecuted Jesus, [d]and sought to kill Him, because He had done these things on the Sabbath. 17 But Jesus answered them, (J)“My Father has been working until now, and I have been working.”
18 Therefore the Jews (K)sought all the more to kill Him, because He not only broke the Sabbath, but also said that God was His Father, (L)making Himself equal with God. 19 Then Jesus answered and said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, (M)the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do; for whatever He does, the Son also does in like manner. 20 For (N)the Father loves the Son, and (O)shows Him all things that He Himself does; and He will show Him greater works than these, that you may marvel. 21 For as the Father raises the dead and gives life to them, (P)even so the Son gives life to whom He will. 22 For the Father judges no one, but (Q)has committed all judgment to the Son, 23 that all should honor the Son just as they honor the Father. (R)He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.
Life and Judgment Are Through the Son
24 “Most assuredly, I say to you, (S)he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, (T)but has passed from death into life. 25 Most assuredly, I say to you, the hour is coming, and now is, when (U)the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God; and those who hear will live. 26 For (V)as the Father has life in Himself, so He has granted the Son to have (W)life in Himself, 27 and (X)has given Him authority to execute judgment also, (Y)because He is the Son of Man. 28 Do not marvel at this; for the hour is coming in which all who are in the graves will (Z)hear His voice 29 (AA)and come forth—(AB)those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation. 30 (AC)I can of Myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is righteous, because (AD)I do not seek My own will but the will of the Father who sent Me.
The Fourfold Witness
31 (AE)“If I bear witness of Myself, My witness is not [e]true. 32 (AF)There is another who bears witness of Me, and I know that the witness which He witnesses of Me is true. 33 You have sent to John, (AG)and he has borne witness to the truth. 34 Yet I do not receive testimony from man, but I say these things that you may be saved. 35 He was the burning and (AH)shining lamp, and (AI)you were willing for a time to rejoice in his light. 36 But (AJ)I have a greater witness than John’s; for (AK)the works which the Father has given Me to finish—the very (AL)works that I do—bear witness of Me, that the Father has sent Me. 37 And the Father Himself, who sent Me, (AM)has testified of Me. You have neither heard His voice at any time, (AN)nor seen His form. 38 But you do not have His word abiding in you, because whom He sent, Him you do not believe. 39 (AO)You search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and (AP)these are they which testify of Me. 40 (AQ)But you are not willing to come to Me that you may have life.
41 (AR)“I do not receive honor from men. 42 But I know you, that you do not have the love of God in you. 43 I have come in My Father’s name, and you do not receive Me; if another comes in his own name, him you will receive. 44 (AS)How can you believe, who receive honor from one another, and do not seek (AT)the honor that comes from the only God? 45 Do not think that I shall accuse you to the Father; (AU)there is one who accuses you—Moses, in whom you trust. 46 For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me; (AV)for he wrote about Me. 47 But if you (AW)do not believe his writings, how will you believe My words?”
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