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16 And for this reason, the Jews were persecuting Jesus— because He was doing these things on a Sabbath. 17 But Jesus answered them, “My Father is working until now, and[a] I am working”. 18 Therefore, for this reason the Jews were seeking more to kill Him: because He was not only breaking[b] the Sabbath, but He was also calling God His own Father, making Himself equal[c] to God!

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Footnotes

  1. John 5:17 Jesus places His working on the Sabbath on an equal plane with God’s doing so.
  2. John 5:18 That is, annulling the authority of the Sabbath over how people should live.
  3. John 5:18 If God is His own Father, then Jesus has the same nature and essence as God, as do all fathers and sons, and thus is Himself God. Jesus was killed for claiming this, 19:7.

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