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Juan 5
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Juan 5
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El paralítico de Betesda
5 Después de estas cosas había una fiesta de los judíos, y Jesús subió a Jerusalén.
2 En Jerusalén, cerca de la puerta de las ovejas, hay un estanque, llamado en hebreo Betesda, el cual tiene cinco pórticos. 3 En ellos yacían muchos enfermos, ciegos, cojos y paralíticos [que esperaban el movimiento del agua, 4 porque un ángel descendía al estanque de vez en cuando, y agitaba el agua; y el primero que descendía al estanque después del movimiento del agua, quedaba sano de cualquier enfermedad que tuviera.][a] 5 Allí había un hombre que hacía treinta y ocho años que estaba enfermo. 6 Cuando Jesús lo vio acostado, y se enteró de que llevaba ya mucho tiempo así, le dijo: «¿Quieres ser sano?» 7 El enfermo le respondió: «Señor, no tengo a nadie que me meta en el estanque cuando el agua se agita; y en lo que llego, otro baja antes que yo.» 8 Jesús le dijo: «Levántate, toma tu lecho, y vete.» 9 Y al instante aquel hombre fue sanado, y tomó su lecho y se fue. Pero aquel día era día de reposo, 10 así que los judíos le dijeron a aquel que había sido sanado: «Hoy es día de reposo; no te está permitido llevar tu lecho.»(A) 11 Pero él les respondió: «El mismo que me sanó fue el que me dijo: “Toma tu lecho y anda”.» 12 Entonces le preguntaron: «¿Y quién fue el que te dijo: “Toma tu lecho y anda”?» 13 Pero el que había sido sanado no sabía quién lo había sanado, pues Jesús se había apartado de la gente que estaba en aquel lugar. 14 Después Jesús lo encontró en el templo, y le dijo: «Como puedes ver, has sido sanado; así que no peques más, para que no te sobrevenga algo peor.» 15 Aquel hombre se fue, y les hizo saber a los judíos que el que lo había sanado era Jesús, 16 y por eso los judíos lo perseguían y procuraban matarlo, porque hacía esto en el día de reposo. 17 Pero Jesús les respondió: «Hasta ahora mi Padre trabaja, y yo también trabajo.» 18 Por esto los judíos con más ganas procuraban matarlo, porque no sólo quebrantaba el día de reposo sino que, además, decía que Dios mismo era su Padre, con lo cual se hacía igual a Dios.
La autoridad del Hijo
19 Entonces Jesús les dijo: «De cierto, de cierto les digo: El Hijo no puede hacer nada por sí mismo, sino lo que ve que el Padre hace; porque todo lo que el Padre hace, eso mismo lo hace el Hijo. 20 Y es que el Padre ama al Hijo, y le muestra todo lo que él hace; y mayores obras que éstas le mostrará, para el asombro de ustedes. 21 Porque así como el Padre levanta a los muertos, y les da vida, así también el Hijo da vida a los que él quiere. 22 Pues el Padre no juzga a nadie, sino que todo el juicio se lo ha dado al Hijo, 23 para que todos honren al Hijo tal y como honran al Padre. El que no honra al Hijo, no honra al Padre que lo envió.
24 De cierto, de cierto les digo: El que oye mi palabra, y cree al que me envió, tiene vida eterna; y no será condenado, sino que ha pasado de muerte a vida. 25 De cierto, de cierto les digo: La hora viene, y ya llegó, 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 le ha dado al Hijo el tener vida en sí mismo; 27 y también le dio autoridad de hacer juicio, por cuanto es el Hijo del Hombre. 28 No se asombren de esto: Vendrá el tiempo cuando todos los que están en los sepulcros oirán su voz; 29 y los que hicieron lo bueno, saldrán a resurrección de vida; pero los que hicieron lo malo, a resurrección de condenación.(B)
Testigos de Cristo
30 »Yo no puedo hacer nada por mí mismo. Yo juzgo según lo que oigo; y mi juicio es justo, porque no busco hacer mi voluntad, sino hacer la voluntad del que me envió. 31 Si yo doy testimonio acerca de mí mismo, mi testimonio no es verdadero; 32 Pero el que da testimonio acerca de mí es otro, y yo sé que el testimonio que de mí da es verdadero. 33 Ustedes enviaron mensajeros a Juan, y él dio testimonio de la verdad.(C) 34 Yo no recibo el testimonio de ningún hombre, sino que digo esto para que ustedes sean salvos. 35 Juan era una antorcha que ardía y alumbraba, y por algún tiempo ustedes quisieron regocijarse en su luz. 36 Pero yo cuento con un testimonio mayor que el de Juan, y son las obras que el Padre me dio para que las llevara a cabo. Las obras mismas que yo hago son las que dan testimonio de mí, y de que el Padre me ha enviado. 37 También el Padre, que me envió, ha dado testimonio de mí.(D) Ustedes nunca han oído su voz, ni han visto su aspecto, 38 ni tienen su palabra permanentemente en ustedes, porque a quien él envió ustedes no le creen. 39 Ustedes escudriñan las Escrituras, porque les parece que en ellas tienen la vida eterna; ¡y son ellas las que dan testimonio de mí! 40 Pero ustedes no quieren venir a mí para que tengan vida. 41 Yo no recibo gloria de parte de los hombres. 42 Pero yo los conozco a ustedes, y sé que el amor de Dios no habita en ustedes. 43 Yo he venido en nombre de mi Padre, y ustedes no me reciben; pero si otro viniera en su propio nombre, a ése sí lo recibirían. 44 ¿Y cómo pueden ustedes creer, si se honran los unos de los otros, pero no buscan la honra que viene del Dios único? 45 No piensen que yo voy a acusarlos delante del Padre. Hay alguien que sí los acusa, y es Moisés, en quien ustedes tienen puesta su esperanza. 46 Si ustedes le creyeran a Moisés, me creerían a mí, porque él escribió acerca de mí. 47 Pero si no creen a sus escritos, ¿cómo van a creer a mis palabras?»
Footnotes
- Juan 5:4 El texto de la parte final del v. 3, y del v. 4, que aparece entre corchetes, se halla sólo en mss. tardíos.
John 5
New International Reader's Version
John 5
New International Reader's Version
Jesus Heals a Man at the Pool
5 Some time later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem for one of the Jewish feasts. 2 In Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate is a pool. In the Aramaic language it is called Bethesda. It is surrounded by five rows of columns with a roof over them. 3-4 Here a great number of disabled people used to lie down. Among them were those who were blind, those who could not walk, and those who could hardly move. 5 One person was there who had not been able to walk for 38 years. 6 Jesus saw him lying there. He knew that the man had been in that condition for a long time. So he asked him, “Do you want to get well?”
7 “Sir,” the disabled man replied, “I have no one to help me into the pool when an angel stirs up the water. I try to get in, but someone else always goes down ahead of me.”
8 Then Jesus said to him, “Get up! Pick up your mat and walk.” 9 The man was healed right away. He picked up his mat and walked.
This happened on a Sabbath day. 10 So the Jewish leaders said to the man who had been healed, “It is the Sabbath day. The law does not allow you to carry your mat.”
11 But he replied, “The one who made me well said to me, ‘Pick up your mat and walk.’ ”
12 They asked him, “Who is this fellow? Who told you to pick it up and walk?”
13 The one who was healed had no idea who it was. Jesus had slipped away into the crowd that was there.
14 Later Jesus found him at the temple. Jesus said to him, “See, you are well again. Stop sinning, or something worse may happen to you.” 15 The man went away. He told the Jewish leaders it was Jesus who had made him well.
The Authority of the Son
16 Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath day. So the Jewish leaders began to oppose him. 17 Jesus defended himself. He said to them, “My Father is always doing his work. He is working right up to this day. I am working too.” 18 For this reason the Jewish leaders tried even harder to kill him. According to them, Jesus was not only breaking the law of the Sabbath day. He was even calling God his own Father. He was making himself equal with God.
19 Jesus answered, “What I’m about to tell you is true. The Son can do nothing by himself. He can do only what he sees his Father doing. What the Father does, the Son also does. 20 This is because the Father loves the Son. The Father shows him everything he does. Yes, and the Father will show the Son even greater works than these. And you will be amazed. 21 The Father raises the dead and gives them life. In the same way, the Son gives life to anyone he wants to. 22 Also, the Father does not judge anyone. He has given the Son the task of judging. 23 Then all people will honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father, who sent him.
24 “What I’m about to tell you is true. Anyone who hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. They will not be judged. They have crossed over from death to life. 25 What I’m about to tell you is true. A time is coming for me to give life. In fact, it has already begun. The dead will hear the voice of the Son of God. Those who hear it will live. 26 The Father has life in himself. He has allowed the Son also to have life in himself. 27 And the Father has given him the authority to judge. This is because he is the Son of Man.
28 “Do not be amazed at this. A time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice. 29 They will all come out of their graves. People who have done what is good will rise and live again. People who have done what is evil will rise and be found guilty. 30 I can do nothing by myself. I judge only as I hear. And my judging is fair. I do not try to please myself. I try to please the one who sent me.
Being a Witness About Jesus
31 “If I am a witness about myself, what I say is not true. 32 There is someone else who is a witness in my favor. And I know that what he says about me is true.
33 “You have sent people to John the Baptist. He has been a witness to the truth. 34 I do not accept what a person says. I only talk about what John says so that you can be saved. 35 John was like a lamp that burned and gave light. For a while you chose to enjoy his light.
36 “What I say about myself is more important than what John says about me. I am doing the works the Father gave me to finish. These works are a witness that the Father has sent me. 37 The Father who sent me is himself a witness about me. You have never heard his voice. You have never seen what he really looks like. 38 And his word does not live in you. That’s because you do not believe the one he sent. 39 You study the Scriptures carefully. You study them because you think they will give you eternal life. The Scriptures you study are a witness about me. 40 But you refuse to come to me and receive life.
41 “I do not accept praise from human beings. 42 But I know you. I know that you do not have love for 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 You accept praise from one another. But you do not seek the praise that comes from the only God. So how can you believe?
45 “Do not think I will bring charges against you in front of the Father. Moses is the one who does that. And he is the one you build your hopes on. 46 Do you believe Moses? Then you should believe me. He wrote about me. 47 But you do not believe what he wrote. So how are you going to believe what I say?”
John 5
New International Version
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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