You worship what you do not know; we know what we worship, for salvation is of the Jews.

A Man Healed at the Pool of Bethesda

After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

The Jews therefore said to him who was cured, “It is the Sabbath; it is not lawful for you to carry your bed.”

The man departed and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.

Honor the Father and the Son

For this reason the Jews persecuted Jesus, and sought to kill Him, because He had done these things on the Sabbath.

Therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill Him, because He not only broke the Sabbath, but also said that God was His Father, making Himself equal with God.

Now the Passover, a feast of the Jews, was near.

Rejected by His Own

The Jews then complained about Him, because He said, “I am the bread which came down from heaven.”

The Jews therefore quarreled among themselves, saying, “How can this Man give us His flesh to eat?”

Jesus’ Brothers Disbelieve

After these things Jesus walked in Galilee; for He did not want to walk in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill Him.

Now the Jews’ Feast of Tabernacles was at hand.

Then the Jews sought Him at the feast, and said, “Where is He?”

However, no one spoke openly of Him for fear of the Jews.

And the Jews marveled, saying, “How does this Man know letters, having never studied?”

Then the Jews said among themselves, “Where does He intend to go that we shall not find Him? Does He intend to go to the Dispersion among the Greeks and teach the Greeks?

So the Jews said, “Will He kill Himself, because He says, ‘Where I go you cannot come’ ?”

The Truth Shall Make You Free

Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, “If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed.

Before Abraham Was, I AM

Then the Jews answered and said to Him, “Do we not say rightly that You are a Samaritan and have a demon?”

Then the Jews said to Him, “Now we know that You have a demon! Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and You say, ‘If anyone keeps My word he shall never taste death.’

Then the Jews said to Him, “You are not yet fifty years old, and have You seen Abraham?”

But the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind and received his sight, until they called the parents of him who had received his sight.

His parents said these things because they feared the Jews, for the Jews had agreed already that if anyone confessed that He was Christ, he would be put out of the synagogue.

Therefore there was a division again among the Jews because of these sayings.

Then the Jews surrounded Him and said to Him, “How long do You keep us in doubt? If You are the Christ, tell us plainly.”

Renewed Efforts to Stone Jesus

Then the Jews took up stones again to stone Him.