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John 5
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A Paralytic Is Healed

5 After these things there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 2 Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool called in Aramaic Bethzatha,[a] which has five porticoes. 3 In these were lying a large number of those who were sick, blind, lame, paralyzed.[b] 5 And a certain man was there who had been thirty-eight years in his sickness. 6 Jesus, when he[c] saw this one lying there and knew that he had been sick[d] a long time already, said to him, “Do you want to become well?” 7 The one who was sick answered him, “Sir, I do not have anyone that, whenever the water is stirred up, could put me into the pool. But while[e] I am coming, another goes down before me.” 8 Jesus said to him, “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 the Jews were saying to the one who had been healed, “It is the Sabbath, and it is not permitted for you to pick up the mat!”[g] 11 But he answered them, “The one who made me well—that one said to me, ‘Pick up your mat and walk!’” 12 So they asked him,[h] “Who is the man who said to you, ‘Pick up your mat[i] and walk?’” 13 But the one who was healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn while[j] a crowd was in the place.

Equal with God

14 After these things Jesus found him at the temple and said to him, “Look, you have become well! Sin no longer, lest something worse happen to you.” 15 The man went and reported to the Jews that Jesus was the one who made him well. 16 And on account of this the Jews began to persecute[k] Jesus, because he was doing these things on the Sabbath. 17 But he answered[l] them, “My Father is working until now, and I am working.” 18 So on account of this the Jews were seeking even more to kill him, because he not only was breaking the Sabbath, but also was calling God his own Father, thus[m] making himself equal with God.

The Authority of the Son

19 So Jesus answered and said to them, “Truly, truly I say to you, the Son can do nothing from himself except what he sees the Father doing. For whatever that one does, these things also the Son does likewise. 20 For the Father loves the Son and shows him everything that he himself is doing. And greater works than these he will show him, so that you will be astonished. 21 For just as the Father raises the dead and makes them[n] alive, thus also the Son makes alive whomever he wishes. 22 For the Father does not judge anyone, but he has given all judgment to the Son, 23 in order that all people[o] will honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. The one who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him. 24 Truly, truly I say to you that the one who hears my word and who believes the one who sent me has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life.

25 “Truly, truly I say to you, that an hour is coming—and now is here—when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and the ones who hear will live. 26 For just as the Father has life in himself, thus also he has granted to the Son to have life in himself. 27 And he has granted him authority to carry out judgment, because he is the Son of Man.

28 “Do not be astonished at this, because an hour is coming in which all those in the tombs will hear his voice 29 and they will come out—those who have done good things to a resurrection of life, but those who have practiced evil things to a resurrection of judgment. 30 I am able to do nothing from myself. Just as I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I do not seek my own will, but the will of the one who sent me.

Further Testimony About the Son

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 which he testifies about me is true. 33 You have sent to John and he has testified to the truth. 34 (And I do not receive testimony from people, but I say these things in order that you may be saved.) 35 That one was the lamp which was burning and shining, and you wanted to rejoice for an hour in his light.

36 “But I have a testimony greater than John’s, for the works which the Father has given to me that I should complete them—the very works which I am doing—these testify about me, that the Father has sent me. 37 And the Father who sent me, that one has testified about me. You have neither heard his voice at any time nor seen his form. 38 And you do not have his word residing in yourselves, because the one whom that one sent, in this one you do not believe. 39 You search[p] the scriptures because you think that you have eternal life in them, and it is these that testify about me. 40 And you are not willing to come to me so that you may have life.

41 “I do not accept glory[q] from people, 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 accept me. If another should come in his own name, you would accept that one! 44 How are you able to believe, if you[r] accept glory from one another, and do not seek the glory which is from the only God? 45 Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father! The one who accuses you is Moses, in whom you have put your hope! 46 For if you had believed Moses, you would believe me, for that one wrote about me. 47 But if you do not believe that one’s writings, how will you believe my words?”

Footnotes

  1. John 5:2 The majority of later manuscripts read “Bethesda,” while other early manuscripts read “Bethsaida”
  2. John 5:3 The majority of later manuscripts add the following words: “waiting for the moving of the water. 4  For an angel of the Lord from time to time went down in the pool and stirred up the water. So the one who went in first after the stirring of the water was healed of whatever disease he suffered.”
  3. John 5:6 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“saw”) which is understood as temporal
  4. John 5:6 The phrase “been sick” is not in the Greek text, but is supplied from the context
  5. John 5:7 Literally “during which time”
  6. John 5:9 *The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began to walk”)
  7. John 5:10 Some manuscripts have “your mat”
  8. John 5:12 Some manuscripts have “They asked him”
  9. John 5:12 In Greek the direct object (“your mat”) is not in the Greek text but the repetition is implied from the previous verse
  10. John 5:13 Here “while” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“was”)
  11. John 5:16 The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began to persecute”)
  12. John 5:17 Some manuscripts have “Jesus answered”
  13. John 5:18 Here “thus” is supplied as a component of the participle (“making”) which is understood as result
  14. John 5:21 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  15. John 5:23 The word “people” is not in the Greek text but is implied
  16. John 5:39 Or “Search” (an imperative)
  17. John 5:41 Or “honor”
  18. John 5:44 Here “if” is supplied as a component of the participle (“accept”) which is understood as conditional
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Juan 5
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Jesús sana al paralítico de Betzatá

5 Algún tiempo después, los judíos celebraban una fiesta, y Jesús volvió a Jerusalén. 2 En Jerusalén, cerca de la puerta llamada de las Ovejas, hay un estanque que en hebreo se llama Betzatá. Tiene cinco pórticos, 3 en los cuales se encontraban muchos enfermos, ciegos, cojos y tullidos echados en el suelo. 5 Había entre ellos un hombre que estaba enfermo desde hacía treinta y ocho años. 6 Cuando Jesús lo vio allí acostado y se enteró del mucho tiempo que llevaba así, le preguntó:

—¿Quieres recobrar la salud?

7 El enfermo le contestó:

—Señor, no tengo a nadie que me meta en el estanque cuando se remueve el agua. Cada vez que quiero meterme, otro lo hace primero.

8 Jesús le dijo:

—Levántate, alza tu camilla y anda.

9 En aquel momento el hombre recobró la salud, alzó su camilla y comenzó a andar. Pero como era sábado, 10 los judíos dijeron al que había sido sanado:

—Hoy es sábado; no te está permitido llevar tu camilla.

11 Aquel hombre les contestó:

—El que me devolvió la salud, me dijo: “Alza tu camilla y anda.”

12 Ellos le preguntaron:

—¿Quién es el que te dijo: “Alza tu camilla y anda”?

13 Pero el hombre no sabía quién lo había sanado, porque Jesús había desaparecido entre la mucha gente que había allí. 14 Después Jesús lo encontró en el templo, y le dijo:

—Mira, ahora que ya estás sano, no vuelvas a pecar, para que no te pase algo peor.

15 El hombre se fue y comunicó a los judíos que Jesús era quien le había devuelto la salud. 16 Por eso los judíos perseguían a Jesús, pues hacía estas cosas en sábado. 17 Pero Jesús les dijo:

—Mi Padre siempre ha trabajado, y yo también trabajo.

18 Por esto, los judíos tenían aún más deseos de matarlo, porque no solamente no observaba el mandato sobre el sábado, sino que además se hacía igual a Dios al decir que Dios era su propio Padre.

La autoridad del Hijo de Dios

19 Jesús les dijo: «Les aseguro que el Hijo de Dios no puede hacer nada por su propia cuenta; solamente hace lo que ve hacer al Padre. Todo lo que hace el Padre, también lo hace el Hijo. 20 Pues el Padre ama al Hijo y le muestra todo lo que hace; y le mostrará cosas todavía más grandes, que los dejarán a ustedes asombrados. 21 Porque así como el Padre resucita a los muertos y les da vida, también el Hijo da vida a quienes quiere dársela. 22 Y el Padre no juzga a nadie, sino que le ha dado a su Hijo todo el poder de juzgar, 23 para que todos den al Hijo la misma honra que dan al Padre. El que no honra al Hijo, tampoco honra al Padre, que lo ha enviado.

24 »Les aseguro que quien presta atención a lo que yo digo y cree en el que me envió, tiene vida eterna; y no será condenado, pues ya ha pasado de la muerte a la vida. 25 Les aseguro que viene la hora, y es ahora mismo, cuando los muertos oirán la voz del Hijo de Dios; y los que la oigan, vivirán. 26 Porque así como el Padre tiene vida en sí mismo, así también ha hecho que el Hijo tenga vida en sí mismo, 27 y le ha dado autoridad para juzgar, por cuanto que es el Hijo del hombre. 28 No se admiren de esto, porque va a llegar la hora en que todos los muertos oirán su voz 29 y saldrán de las tumbas. Los que hicieron el bien, resucitarán para tener vida; pero los que hicieron el mal, resucitarán para ser condenados.

Pruebas de la autoridad de Jesús

30 »Yo no puedo hacer nada por mi propia cuenta. Juzgo según el Padre me ordena, y mi juicio es justo, pues no trato de hacer mi voluntad sino la voluntad del Padre, que me ha enviado. 31 Si yo diera testimonio en favor mío, mi testimonio no valdría como prueba. 32 Pero hay otro que da testimonio en favor mío, y me consta que su testimonio sí vale como prueba. 33 Ustedes enviaron a preguntarle a Juan, y él dio testimonio a favor de la verdad. 34 Pero yo no dependo del testimonio de ningún hombre. Sólo digo esto para que ustedes alcancen la salvación. 35 Juan era como una lámpara que ardía y alumbraba, y ustedes quisieron gozar de su luz por un corto tiempo. 36 Pero tengo a mi favor un testimonio más valioso que el de Juan. Lo que yo hago, que es lo que el Padre me encargó que hiciera, comprueba que de veras el Padre me ha enviado. 37 Y también el Padre, que me ha enviado, da testimonio a mi favor, a pesar de que ustedes nunca han oído su voz ni lo han visto, 38 ni dejan que su palabra permanezca en ustedes, porque no creen en aquel que el Padre envió. 39 Ustedes estudian las Escrituras con mucho cuidado, porque esperan encontrar en ellas la vida eterna; sin embargo, aunque las Escrituras dan testimonio de mí, 40 ustedes no quieren venir a mí para tener esa vida.

41 »Yo no acepto gloria que venga de los hombres. 42 Además, los conozco a ustedes y sé que no tienen el amor de Dios. 43 Yo he venido en nombre de mi Padre, y ustedes no me aceptan; en cambio, si viniera otro en nombre propio, a ése lo aceptarían. 44 ¿Cómo pueden creer ustedes, si reciben gloria los unos de los otros y no buscan la gloria que viene del Dios único? 45 No crean que yo los voy a acusar delante de mi Padre; el que los acusa es Moisés mismo, en quien ustedes han puesto su confianza. 46 Porque si ustedes le creyeran a Moisés, también me creerían a mí, porque Moisés escribió acerca de mí. 47 Pero si 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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