John 5
Christian Standard Bible
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 paralyzed.[b]
5 One man was there who had been disabled for thirty-eight years. 6 When Jesus saw him lying there and realized 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 anymore, 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)
Honoring 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 judgment to the Son, 23 so that all people may honor the Son just as they honor the Father.(U) Anyone who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.(V)
Life and Judgment
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 judgment 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 judgment,(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 judgment(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
Giovanni 5
La Bibbia della Gioia
I Farisei protestano
5 In seguito, Gesù tornò a Gerusalemme in occasione di una festa religiosa ebraica. 2 Nella città, vicino alla «Porta delle Pecore», cʼera la piscina di Betzaetà, circondata da cinque portici. 3 Molti malati, zoppi, ciechi e paralitici sostavano sotto questi portici, 4 aspettando che lʼacqua della vasca si muovesse. (Di tanto in tanto, infatti, un angelo del Signore veniva a smuovere lʼacqua; e la prima persona che vi si tuffava guariva). 5 Fra quelli in attesa, cʼera un uomo paralizzato da trentotto anni. 6 Quando Gesù lo vide, lì sdraiato, e seppe da quanto tempo era malato, gli chiese: «Non vorresti guarire?»
7 «Non posso», rispose lʼuomo, «perché non ho nessuno che mi aiuti a tuffarmi nella vasca, quando lʼacqua è mossa. Ogni volta che cerco di buttarmi cʼè sempre qualcun altro che arriva prima di me».
8 Allora Gesù gli disse: «Àlzati, prendi la tua coperta e cammina!»
9-10 Immediatamente lʼuomo guarì, prese la coperta e cominciò a camminare. Era sabato quando Gesù fece questo miracolo, perciò i capi giudei protestarono. Rivolgendosi allʼuomo che era stato guarito, gridarono: «Non puoi lavorare di sabato! È contro la legge portare quella coperta!»
11 «È stato quello che mi ha guarito a dirmi di portarla!» rispose lʼuomo.
12 «E chi sarebbe quello che ti ha detto una cosa del genere?» gli chiesero.
13 Lʼuomo non lo sapeva, perché Gesù si era allontanato tra la folla.
14 Ma, dopo un poʼ, Gesù lo ritrovò nel tempio e gli disse: «Ora che stai bene, non continuare a peccare come prima, che non ti accada anche di peggio!»
15 Allora lʼuomo andò dai capi giudei ad informarli che era stato Gesù a guarirlo.
16 Così essi cominciarono ad accusare Gesù (con lo scopo di farlo condannare a morte), perché guariva i malati di sabato. 17 Ma Gesù disse: «Mio Padre opera senza interruzione, ed io sto seguendo il suo esempio».
18 A queste parole i capi giudei si dettero ancora più da fare per ucciderlo, perché, oltre ad aver disubbidito alla legge sul sabato, aveva parlato di Dio come di suo Padre, considerandosi perciò uguale a lui.
19 Così replicò Gesù ai suoi accusatori: «Il Figlio non può fare niente da solo. Fa soltanto ciò che vede fare dal Padre, e allo stesso modo. 20-21 Perché il Padre ama il Figlio e gli fa vedere tutto ciò che fa. Con lʼaiuto del Padre, il Figlio farà miracoli ben più grandi della guarigione di questʼuomo, tali da farvi restare senza parole! Avrà perfino il potere di risuscitare chi vuole, proprio come il Padre.
22 Inoltre il Padre non giudica nessuno, perché ha dato al Figlio tutto il potere di giudicare il peccato. 23 Così tutti onoreranno il Figlio, proprio come onorano il Padre. Ma chi non onora il Figlio, che Dio stesso ha mandato, non onora nemmeno il Padre.
24 In tutta sincerità, vi dico che chi ascolta il mio messaggio e crede in Dio, che mi ha mandato, ha la vita eterna. Non sarà più condannato per i propri peccati, ma è già passato dalla morte alla vita. 25 Aggiungo questo: arriverà il momento, anzi è già arrivato, in cui i morti udranno la mia voce, la voce del Figlio di Dio, e chi lʼascolta, vivrà. 26-27 Il Padre è fonte di vita ed ha concesso anche al Figlio di essere fonte di vita; gli ha dato il potere di giudicare i peccati di tutta lʼumanità, perché è il Figlio dellʼUomo. 28-29 Non vi meravigliate! Si avvicina il momento in cui tutti i morti nelle loro tombe udranno la voce del Figlio di Dio; e risusciteranno: quelli che hanno agito bene, risorgeranno per avere la vita eterna, gli altri che hanno agito male, per essere condannati.
30 Io non posso fare nulla da solo. Non giudico senza aver prima ascoltato il consiglio di mio Padre. E il mio giudizio è onesto e imparziale, perché non cerco di fare ciò che voglio io, ma la volontà di Dio, che mi ha mandato.
31 Quando parlo di me stesso, non sono creduto, 32-33 ma cʼè qualcun altro, Giovanni Battista, che dice le stesse cose sul mio conto. Voi avete mandato la vostra gente ad interrogarlo e vi assicuro che tutto ciò che ha detto è la pura verità! 34 Ma la testimonianza più vera su di me non viene da un essere umano, anche se ho ricordato le parole di Giovanni, perché possiate credere in me ed essere salvati. 35 Giovanni era come una lampada splendente di verità, ma voi avete voluto approfittare della sua luce solo per poco tempo! 36 A mio favore, però, cʼè una testimonianza ben più grande di quella di Giovanni. Parlo dei miei miracoli, che il Padre mi ha concesso di fare. Sono proprio quei miracoli che vi danno la prova che il Padre mi ha mandato. 37 Oltre a ciò, il Padre stesso ha testimoniato per me. Certo, non vi è apparso di persona, né vi ha parlato direttamente, 38 ma siete voi a non volerlo ascoltare, perché vi rifiutate di credere in me, che sono mandato per portarvi il messaggio di Dio.
39 Voi esaminate attentamente le Scritture, perché è tramite le Scritture che credete di avere la vita eterna. E dire che sono proprio loro che parlano di me! 40 Eppure, non volete venire da me per avere la vita eterna!
41-42 A me non importa affatto avere o non avere la vostra approvazione, perché so bene che voi non amate Dio. 43 Lo so, perché sono venuto per farvi conoscere mio Padre e voi mi respingete, mentre sareste pronti a ricevere il primo che capita, che non fosse mandato da Dio! 44 Non cʼè da meravigliarsi, se non credete, perché vi compiacete della reciproca considerazione, mentre ve ne infischiate della gloria che viene dallʼunico Dio!
45 Tuttavia, non sarò io ad accusarvi di questo davanti al Padre. Lo farà Mosè, lo stesso Mosè, nelle cui leggi sperate tanto per entrare in cielo! 46 Però, se aveste creduto a Mosè, dovreste credere anche a me; infatti è stato proprio lui a scrivere sul mio conto. Invece non avete voluto credergli, di conseguenza, non credete neppure a me. 47 Quindi, se non credete a ciò che ha scritto lui, come potete credere alle mie parole?»
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
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