4.
The need of the impotent — life's enlivening
5:1-47
a.
The inadequacy of religion's law-keeping and the sufficiency of the Son's life-giving
vv. 1-9
John 5
:1
5:1
After these things there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
John 5
:2
5:2
Now there is in Jerusalem near the
1asheepgate a pool, which is called in Hebrew
2Bethesda, having
3five porticoes.
John 5
:3
5:3
1In these lay a multitude of those who were sick, blind, lame,
and withered,
2waiting for the moving of the water.
John 5
:4
5:4
For an
1angel went down from time to time in the pool and
2stirred up the water; the first then to step in after the stirring up of the water was made
3well of whatever disease he was being held by.
John 5
:5
5:5
And a certain
1man was there, who had been thirty-eight years in his sickness.
John 5
:6
5:6
When Jesus saw this one lying
there and knew that he had already been a long time
in that condition, 1He said to him, Do you want to get well?
John 5
:7
5:7
The sick man answered Him,
1Sir,
2I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up; but while I am coming, another steps down before me.
John 5
:8
5:8
Jesus said to him,
aRise, take up your
1mat and walk.
John 5
:9
5:9
And immediately the man
1became well, and he
2took up his mat and walked. Now it was the
aSabbath on that day;
b.
Religion's opposition to life
vv. 10-16
John 5
:10
5:10
Therefore the Jews said to the one who had been healed, It is the
aSabbath, and
1bit is not lawful for you to take up your mat.
John 5
:11
5:11
But he answered them, He who made me well, that One said to me, Take up your mat and walk.
John 5
:12
5:12
They asked him, Who is the man who said to you, Take up
your mat and walk?
John 5
:13
5:13
But he who had been healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn, there being a crowd in that place.
John 5
:14
5:14
After these things Jesus found him in the temple and said to him, Behold, you have become well;
1asin no more so that nothing worse happens to you.
John 5
:15
5:15
The man went away and told the Jews that Jesus was the One who made him well.
John 5
:16
5:16
And because of this the Jews persecuted Jesus
1and asought to kill Him, because He did these things on the Sabbath.
c.
The Son equal with the Father in giving life and executing judgment
vv. 17-30
John 5
:17
5:17
But Jesus answered them, My Father is
1working until now, and I also am working.
John 5
:18
5:18
Because of this therefore the Jews
1sought all the more to
akill Him, because He not only broke the Sabbath but also called God His own Father, making Himself
2equal with
bGod.
John 5
:19
5:19
Then Jesus answered and said to them, Truly, truly, I say to you,
aThe Son can do nothing from Himself except what He sees the Father doing, for whatever that One does, these things the Son also does in like manner.
John 5
:20
5:20
For athe Father loves the Son and shows Him all things that He Himself is doing; and
bgreater works than these He will show Him that you may marvel.
John 5
:21
5:21
For just as the Father
araises the dead and gives
them life, so also the Son gives life to whom He wills.
John 5
:22
5:22
For neither does the Father judge anyone, but He has given all
ajudgment to the Son,
John 5
:23
5:23
In order that all may honor the Son even as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.
John 5
:24
5:24
Truly, truly, I say to you, He who hears My word and
abelieves Him who sent Me has
1eternal life, and does not come into
2judgment but has
bpassed out of
3death into life.
John 5
:25
5:25
Truly, truly, I say to you, An hour is coming, and it is now, when the
1adead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.
John 5
:26
5:26
For just as the Father has life in Himself, so He gave to the Son to also have
alife in Himself;
John 5
:27
5:27
And He gave Him authority to execute
ajudgment because He is the
1Son of Man.
John 5
:28
5:28
Do not marvel at this, for an hour is coming in which
1all in the tombs will hear His
avoice
John 5
:29
5:29
And will come forth:
athose who have done good, to the
1bresurrection of life; and those who have
2practiced evil, to the
3cresurrection of
4judgment.
John 5
:30
5:30
aI can do nothing from Myself; as I hear, I judge, and
bMy judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will but the
cwill of Him who sent Me.
d.
The Son's fourfold testimony
vv. 31-47
John 5
:31
5:31
If aI testify concerning Myself, My testimony is not true.
1)
The testimony of John the Baptist
vv. 32-35
John 5
:32
5:32
There is another who testifies concerning Me, and I know that the testimony which he testifies concerning Me is true.
John 5
:33
5:33
You have sent
people to John, and
ahe has testified to the
1truth.
John 5
:34
5:34
But it is not from man
that I receive My testimony, but I say these things that you may be saved.
John 5
:35
5:35
He was the lamp that was burning and shining, and you were willing to exult for a while in his light.
2)
The testimony of the Son's work
v.36
John 5
:36
5:36
But I have the testimony
which is greater than
that of John, for the
aworks which the Father has given Me to finish, the works themselves which I do, testify concerning Me that the Father has
1bsent Me.
3)
The testimony of the Father
vv. 37-38
John 5
:37
5:37
And the
aFather who sent Me, He has
1testified concerning Me. You have neither heard His voice at any time, nor have you seen His form,
John 5
:38
5:38
And you do not have His word abiding in you, for Him whom He sent, this One you do not believe.
4)
The testimony of the Scriptures
vv. 39-47
John 5
:39
5:39
You 1search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is these that testify concerning Me.
John 5
:40
5:40
Yet you are not willing to
1come to Me that you may have life.
John 5
:41
5:41
I do not receive glory from men.
John 5
:42
5:42
But I know you, that you do not have the love of God in yourselves.
John 5
:43
5:43
I have come
1ain the name of My Father, and you do not receive Me; if another comes in his own name, you will receive him.
John 5
:44
5:44
How can you believe when you receive glory from one another and do not seek the glory that is from the only God?
John 5
:45
5:45
Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father; there is one who accuses you: Moses, in whom you have set your hope.
John 5
:46
5:46
For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me; for
ahe wrote concerning Me.
John 5
:47
5:47
But aif you do not believe his writings, how will you believe My words?
