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Jesus Heals the Man at the Pool of Bethesda

Some time later, there was a religious gathering of the Jews. Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In Jerusalem there is a pool with five porches called Bethesda near the sheep gate. Inside these porches lay many sick people. Some were blind. Some could not walk. Some could not move their bodies. (*An angel of the Lord came at certain times and made the water move. All of them were waiting for it to move. Whoever got in the water first after it was moving was healed of whatever sickness he had.)

A man was there who had been sick for thirty-eight years. Jesus saw him lying there and knew the man had been sick a long time. Jesus said to him, “Would you like to be healed?” The sick man said, “Sir, I have no one to put me in the pool when the water is moving. While I am coming, another one gets in first.” Jesus said to him, “Get up! Pick up your bed and walk.” At once the man was healed and picked up his bed and walked. This happened on the Day of Rest.

10 The Jews said to the man who had been healed, “This is the Day of Rest. It is against the Law for you to carry your bed.” 11 He said to them, “The Man Who healed me said to me, ‘Pick up your bed and walk.’ 12 Then the Jews asked him, “What man said to you, ‘Pick up your bed and walk’?” 13 The man who had been healed did not know Who He was. Jesus had gone away while many people were there.

14 Later Jesus found the man who had been healed in the house of God. He said to him, “Listen! You have been healed. Stop sinning or something worse will come to you.” 15 The man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus Who had healed him.

The Jews Want to Kill Jesus

16 Because Jesus did these things on the Day of Rest, the Jews made it very hard for Him. 17 Jesus said to them, “My Father is still working all the time so I am working also.” 18 The Jews tried all the more to kill Him, not only because He had worked on the Day of Rest, but because He had also called God His Own Father. This made Him the same as God.

Jesus Tells How He Works

19 Then Jesus said to them, “For sure, I tell you, the Son can do nothing by Himself. He does what He sees the Father doing. Whatever the Father does, the Son does also. 20 The Father loves the Son and shows the Son everything He does. The Father will show Him greater works than these. They will surprise you. 21 The Father raises up the dead and makes them live. The Son also gives life to anyone He chooses. 22 The Father does not say who is guilty. He gives this to the Son to do. 23 He does this so that all people will honor the Son as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father Who sent Him.

24 “For sure, I tell you, anyone who hears My Word and puts his trust in Him Who sent Me has life that lasts forever. He will not be guilty. He has already passed from death into life.

The Good People and the Sinful People Are Raised from the Dead

25 “For sure, I tell you, the time is coming. Yes, the time is here when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God. Those who hear will live. 26 The Father has life in Himself. He has given power to the Son to have life in Himself. 27 God has given Him the right and the power to say if people are guilty, because He is the Son of Man. 28 Do not be surprised at this. The time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear His voice. 29 They will come out. Those who have done good will be raised again and will have new life. Those who have been sinful will be raised again and will be told they are guilty and will be punished.

Jesus Tells of John and of Himself

30 “I can do nothing by Myself. I say who is guilty only as My Father tells Me. That way, what I say is right, because I am not trying to do what I want to do. I am doing what the Father, Who sent Me, wants Me to do. 31 If I tell about Myself, My words are worth nothing. 32 There is another One Who tells about Me. I know the words He says about Me are true.

33 “You sent to John the Baptist and he told you the truth. 34 I do not need words from men to say I am right. I say this that you might be saved from the punishment of sin. 35 John the Baptist was a burning and shining light. You were willing for awhile to be glad in his light. 36 I have something greater than John which tells of Me. I am doing works the Father has given Me to do and they are proving that the Father has sent Me. 37 The Father has told of Me and has sent Me. You have never heard His voice. You have never seen Him. 38 You do not have His Word living in your hearts because you do not put your trust in the One He sent.

39 “You do read the Holy Writings. You think you have life that lasts forever just because you read them. They do tell of Me. 40 But you do not want to come to Me so you might have life. 41 I do not take any honor from men. 42 I know you and you do not have the love of God in your hearts. 43 I have come in the name of My Father. You do not receive Me. If another person comes in his own name, you will receive him. 44 How can you believe when you are always wanting honor from each other? And yet you do not look for the honor that comes from the only God.

45 “Do not think that I will tell the Father you are guilty. The one who says you are guilty is Moses. You trust him. 46 If you had believed Moses, you would believe Me. For Moses wrote about Me. 47 If you do not believe what he wrote, how will you believe My Words?”

Pinagaling ni Jesus ang Isang Lalaki sa Betesda

Pagkatapos nito, pumunta si Jesus sa Jerusalem upang dumalo sa isang pista ng mga Judio. Sa isang pintuan ng lungsod ng Jerusalem, kung saan idinadaan ang mga tupa ay may paliguan na ang tawag sa wikang Hebreo ay Betesda.[a] Sa paligid nito ay may limang silungan, kung saan nakahiga ang maraming may sakit – mga bulag, pilay at mga paralitiko. [Hinihintay nilang gumalaw ang tubig, dahil paminsan-minsan, may isang anghel ng Dios na bumababa at kinakalawkaw ang tubig. Ang unang makalusong sa tubig pagkatapos makalawkaw ng anghel ay gumagaling, kahit ano pa ang kanyang sakit.][b] May isang lalaki roon na 38 taon nang may sakit. Nakita ni Jesus ang lalaki na nakahiga roon at nalaman niyang matagal na itong may sakit. Kaya tinanong siya ni Jesus, “Gusto mo bang gumaling?” Sumagot ang may sakit, “Gusto ko po sana, pero walang tumutulong sa aking lumusong sa tubig kapag kinakalawkaw na ito. Sa tuwing papunta pa lang ako, nauunahan na ako ng iba.” Sinabi ni Jesus sa kanya, “Tumayo ka, buhatin mo ang higaan mo at lumakad!” Agad na gumaling ang lalaki. Binuhat niya ang higaan niya at lumakad.

Nangyari ito sa Araw ng Pamamahinga. 10 Kaya sinabi ng mga pinuno ng mga Judio sa taong pinagaling, “Hindi baʼt Araw ng Pamamahinga ngayon? Labag sa Kautusan ang pagbubuhat mo ng higaan!” 11 Pero sumagot siya, “Ang taong nagpagaling sa akin ang nag-utos na buhatin ko ito at lumakad.” 12 Tinanong nila siya, “Sino ang nag-utos sa iyong buhatin ang higaan mo at lumakad?” 13 Pero hindi nakilala ng lalaki kung sino ang nagpagaling sa kanya, dahil nawala na si Jesus sa dami ng tao.

14 Hindi nagtagal, nakita ni Jesus sa templo ang taong pinagaling niya, at sinabihan, “O, magaling ka na ngayon. Huwag ka nang magkasala pa, at baka mas masama pa ang mangyari sa iyo.” 15 Umalis ang lalaki at pumunta sa mga pinuno ng mga Judio. Sinabi niya sa kanila na si Jesus ang nagpagaling sa kanya. 16 Kaya mula noon, sinimulang usigin ng mga pinuno ng mga Judio si Jesus, dahil nagpagaling siya sa Araw ng Pamamahinga.

17 Pero sinabihan sila ni Jesus, “Patuloy na gumagawa ang aking Ama, kaya patuloy din ako sa paggawa.” 18 Dahil sa sinabing ito ni Jesus, lalong sinikap ng mga pinuno ng mga Judio na patayin siya. Sapagkat hindi lang niya nilabag ang batas tungkol sa Araw ng Pamamahinga, kundi tinawag pa niyang sariling Ama ang Dios, at sa gayoʼy ipinapantay ang sarili sa Dios.

Ang Kapangyarihan ng Anak ng Dios

19 Kaya sinabi ni Jesus sa kanila, “Sinasabi ko sa inyo ang totoo, ako na Anak ng Dios ay walang magagawa kung sa sarili ko lang, kundi ginagawa ko lang ang nakikita ko na ginagawa ng aking Ama. Kaya kung ano ang ginagawa ng Ama ay siya ring ginagawa ko bilang Anak. 20 Minamahal ng Ama ang Anak, kaya ipinapakita niya sa Anak ang lahat ng ginagawa niya. At higit pa sa mga bagay na ito ang mga gawaing ipapakita niya sa akin na gagawin ko para mamangha kayo. 21 Kung paanong ibinabangon ng Ama ang mga patay at binibigyang-buhay ang mga ito, ganoon din naman, binibigyang-buhay ng Anak ang sinumang gusto niyang bigyan nito. 22 Hindi ang Ama ang hahatol sa mga tao kundi ako na kanyang Anak, dahil ibinigay niya sa akin ang lahat ng kapangyarihang humatol, 23 upang parangalan ng lahat ang Anak tulad ng pagpaparangal nila sa Ama. Kaya, ang hindi nagpaparangal sa Anak ay hindi rin nagpaparangal sa Ama na nagsugo sa kanya.

24 “Sinasabi ko sa inyo ang totoo, ang sumusunod sa aking mga salita at sumasampalataya sa nagsugo sa akin ay may buhay na walang hanggan. Hindi na siya hahatulan sapagkat inilipat na nga siya sa buhay mula sa kamatayan. 25 Sinasabi ko sa inyo ang totoo, darating ang panahon, at dumating na nga, na maririnig ng mga patay ang salita[c] ng Anak ng Dios, at ang makinig sa kanya ay mabubuhay. 26 May kapangyarihan ang Ama na magbigay ng buhay. Ganoon din naman, may kapangyarihan ako na kanyang Anak na magbigay ng buhay, dahil binigyan niya ako ng kapangyarihang ito. 27 Ibinigay din niya sa akin ang kapangyarihang humatol dahil ako ang Anak ng Tao. 28 Huwag kayong magtaka tungkol dito, dahil darating ang panahon na maririnig ng lahat ng patay ang aking salita, 29 at babangon sila mula sa kanilang libingan. Ang mga gumawa ng mabuti ay bibigyan ng buhay na walang hanggan, at ang mga gumawa ng masama ay parurusahan.”

Ang mga Nagpapatotoo kay Jesus

30 Sinabi pa ni Jesus, “Wala akong magagawa kung sa sarili ko lang. Humahatol nga ako, ngunit ang aking paghatol ay ayon lamang sa sinasabi ng aking Ama. Kaya makatarungan ang hatol ko dahil hindi ang sarili kong kalooban ang aking sinusunod kundi ang kalooban ng nagsugo sa akin. 31 Ngayon, kung ako lang ang nagpapatotoo tungkol sa aking sarili, magduda kayo sa sinasabi ko. 32 Ngunit may isang nagpapatotoo tungkol sa akin, at alam kong totoo ang kanyang sinasabi. 33 Maging si Juan na tagapagbautismo ay nagpatotoo tungkol sa akin, at sinabi niya sa inyo ang katotohanan nang magsugo kayo ng ilang tao upang tanungin siya. 34 Binanggit ko ang tungkol kay Juan, hindi dahil sa kailangan ko ang patotoo ng isang tao, kundi upang sumampalataya kayo sa akin at maligtas. 35 Si Juan ay tulad ng isang ilaw na nagliliwanag, at lubos kayong nasiyahan sa liwanag niya sa inyo kahit saglit lang. 36 Ngunit may nagpapatotoo pa tungkol sa akin na higit pa kay Juan. Itoʼy walang iba kundi ang mga ipinapagawa sa akin ng Ama. Ito ang nagpapatunay na ang Ama ang nagsugo sa akin. 37 At ang Amang nagsugo sa akin ay nagpapatotoo rin tungkol sa akin. Kailanman ay hindi nʼyo narinig ang tinig niya o nakita ang anyo niya. 38 At hindi nʼyo tinanggap ang kanyang salita dahil hindi kayo sumasampalataya sa akin na kanyang sugo. 39 Sinasaliksik nʼyo ang Kasulatan sa pag-aakala na sa pamamagitan nitoʼy magkakaroon kayo ng buhay na walang hanggan. Ang Kasulatan mismo ang nagpapatotoo tungkol sa akin, 40 pero ayaw ninyong lumapit sa akin upang magkaroon ng buhay na walang hanggan.

41 “Hindi ko hinahangad ang papuri ng mga tao. 42 Kilala ko talaga kayo at alam kong wala sa mga puso ninyo ang pagmamahal sa Dios. 43 Naparito ako sa pangalan[d] ng aking Ama, ngunit ayaw ninyo akong tanggapin. Pero kung may dumating sa sarili niyang pangalan ay tinatanggap ninyo siya. 44 Paano kayo sasampalataya sa akin kung ang papuri lang ng kapwa ang hangad ninyo, at hindi ang papuri ng nag-iisang Dios? 45 Huwag ninyong isipin na ako ang mag-aakusa sa inyo sa harap ng Ama. Si Moises na inaasahan ninyo ang siyang mag-aakusa sa inyo. 46 Dahil kung totoong naniniwala kayo kay Moises, maniniwala rin kayo sa akin, dahil si Moises mismo ay sumulat tungkol sa akin. 47 Ngunit kung hindi kayo naniniwala sa mga isinulat niya, paano kayo maniniwala sa mga sinasabi ko?”

Footnotes

  1. 5:2 Betesda: Sa ibang tekstong Griego, Betsata o, Betsaida.
  2. 5:4 Ang talatang ito ay hindi makikita sa ibang lumang teksto ng Griego.
  3. 5:25 salita: sa literal, tinig.
  4. 5:43 pangalan: o, kapangyarihan.

A Man Healed at the Pool of Bethesda

After (A)this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus (B)went up to Jerusalem. Now there is in Jerusalem (C)by the Sheep Gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew, [a]Bethesda, having five porches. In these lay a great multitude of sick people, blind, lame, [b]paralyzed, [c]waiting for the moving of the water. For an angel went down at a certain time into the pool and stirred up the water; then whoever stepped in first, after the stirring of the water, was made well of whatever disease he had. Now a certain man was there who had an infirmity thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he already had been in that condition a long time, He said to him, “Do you want to be made well?”

The sick man answered Him, “Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up; but while I am coming, another steps down before me.”

Jesus said to him, (D)“Rise, take up your bed and walk.” And immediately the man was made well, took up his bed, and walked.

And (E)that day was the Sabbath. 10 The Jews therefore said to him who was cured, “It is the Sabbath; (F)it is not lawful for you to carry your bed.”

11 He answered them, “He who made me well said to me, ‘Take up your bed and walk.’

12 Then they asked him, “Who is the Man who said to you, ‘Take up your bed and walk’?” 13 But the one who was (G)healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn, a multitude being in that place. 14 Afterward Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him, “See, you have been made well. (H)Sin no more, lest a worse thing come upon you.”

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

Honor the Father and the Son

16 For this reason the Jews (I)persecuted Jesus, [d]and sought to kill Him, because He had done these things on the Sabbath. 17 But Jesus answered them, (J)“My Father has been working until now, and I have been working.”

18 Therefore the Jews (K)sought all the more to kill Him, because He not only broke the Sabbath, but also said that God was His Father, (L)making Himself equal with God. 19 Then Jesus answered and said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, (M)the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do; for whatever He does, the Son also does in like manner. 20 For (N)the Father loves the Son, and (O)shows Him all things that He Himself does; and He will show Him greater works than these, that you may marvel. 21 For as the Father raises the dead and gives life to them, (P)even so the Son gives life to whom He will. 22 For the Father judges no one, but (Q)has committed all judgment to the Son, 23 that all should honor the Son just as they honor the Father. (R)He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.

Life and Judgment Are Through the Son

24 “Most assuredly, I say to you, (S)he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, (T)but has passed from death into life. 25 Most assuredly, I say to you, the hour is coming, and now is, when (U)the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God; and those who hear will live. 26 For (V)as the Father has life in Himself, so He has granted the Son to have (W)life in Himself, 27 and (X)has given Him authority to execute judgment also, (Y)because He is the Son of Man. 28 Do not marvel at this; for the hour is coming in which all who are in the graves will (Z)hear His voice 29 (AA)and come forth—(AB)those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation. 30 (AC)I can of Myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is righteous, because (AD)I do not seek My own will but the will of the Father who sent Me.

The Fourfold Witness

31 (AE)“If I bear witness of Myself, My witness is not [e]true. 32 (AF)There is another who bears witness of Me, and I know that the witness which He witnesses of Me is true. 33 You have sent to John, (AG)and he has borne witness to the truth. 34 Yet I do not receive testimony from man, but I say these things that you may be saved. 35 He was the burning and (AH)shining lamp, and (AI)you were willing for a time to rejoice in his light. 36 But (AJ)I have a greater witness than John’s; for (AK)the works which the Father has given Me to finish—the very (AL)works that I do—bear witness of Me, that the Father has sent Me. 37 And the Father Himself, who sent Me, (AM)has testified of Me. You have neither heard His voice at any time, (AN)nor seen His form. 38 But you do not have His word abiding in you, because whom He sent, Him you do not believe. 39 (AO)You search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and (AP)these are they which testify of Me. 40 (AQ)But you are not willing to come to Me that you may have life.

41 (AR)“I do not receive honor from men. 42 But I know you, that you do not have the love of God in you. 43 I have come in My Father’s name, and you do not receive Me; if another comes in his own name, him you will receive. 44 (AS)How can you believe, who receive honor from one another, and do not seek (AT)the honor that comes from the only God? 45 Do not think that I shall accuse you to the Father; (AU)there is one who accuses you—Moses, in whom you trust. 46 For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me; (AV)for he wrote about Me. 47 But if you (AW)do not believe his writings, how will you believe My words?”

Footnotes

  1. John 5:2 NU Bethzatha
  2. John 5:3 withered
  3. John 5:3 NU omits the rest of v. 3 and all of v. 4.
  4. John 5:16 NU omits and sought to kill Him
  5. John 5:31 valid as testimony

The Healing at the Pool

Some time later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem for one of the Jewish festivals. 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. Here a great number of disabled people used to lie—the blind, the lame, the paralyzed. [4] [b] One who was there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. 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?”

“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.”

Then Jesus said to him, “Get up! Pick up your mat and walk.”(C) 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. 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