John 5:1

American Standard Version

After these things there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
After this, a Jewish festival took place, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

King James Version (1611)
After this there was a feast of the Iewes, and Iesus went vp to Hierusalem.

King James Version
After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

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

New American Standard Bible
After these things there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

New Century Version
Later Jesus went to Jerusalem for a special feast.

Amplified Bible
Later on there was a Jewish feast (festival), and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
After these things there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

Legacy Standard Bible
After these things there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

Berean Standard Bible
Some time later there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

Contemporary English Version
Later, Jesus went to Jerusalem for another Jewish festival.

Complete Jewish Bible
After this, there was a Judean festival; and Yeshua went up to Yerushalayim.

Darby Translation
After these things was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

Easy-to-Read Version
Later, Jesus went to Jerusalem for a special Jewish festival.

Geneva Bible (1587)
After that, there was a feast of the Iewes, and Iesus went vp to Hierusalem.

George Lamsa Translation
AFTER these things there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

Good News Translation
After this, Jesus went to Jerusalem for a religious festival.

Lexham English Bible
After these things there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

Literal Translation
After these things, there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

Bible in Basic English
After these things there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

Hebrew Names Version
After these things, there was a feast of the Yehudim, and Yeshua went up to Yerushalayim.

International Standard Version
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Etheridge Translation
AFTER these there was a feast of the Jihudoyee, and Jeshu went up to Urishlem.

Murdock Translation
After these things there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
After this, was there a feast day of the Iewes, and Iesus went vp to Hierusalem.

English Revised Version
After these things there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

World English Bible
After these things, there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

Weymouth's New Testament
After this there was a Festival of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Aftir these thingis ther was a feeste dai of Jewis, and Jhesus wente vp to Jerusalem.

Update Bible Version
After these things there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

Webster's Bible Translation
After this there was a feast of the Jews: and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

New English Translation
After this there was a Jewish feast, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

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

New Living Translation
Afterward Jesus returned to Jerusalem for one of the Jewish holy days.

New Life Bible
Some time later, there was a religious gathering of the Jews. Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

New Revised Standard
After this there was a festival of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
After these things, was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up unto Jerusalem.

Douay-Rheims Bible
After these things was a festival day of the Jews: and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

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

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
After that ther was a feast of the Iewes and Iesus went vp to Ierusalem.

Young's Literal Translation
After these things there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Afterwarde, there was a feast of the Iewes, and Iesus wente vpto Ierusalem.

Mace New Testament (1729)
Some time after this the feast of the Jews being come, Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

THE MESSAGE
Soon another Feast came around and Jesus was back in Jerusalem. Near the Sheep Gate in Jerusalem there was a pool, in Hebrew called Bethesda, with five alcoves. Hundreds of sick people—blind, crippled, paralyzed—were in these alcoves. One man had been an invalid there for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him stretched out by the pool and knew how long he had been there, he said, "Do you want to get well?"

Simplified Cowboy Version
Later on, Jesus went back to Jerusalem for another Jewish festival.

Contextual Overview

¹ After these things there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. ² Now there is in Jerusalem by the sheep gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew Bethesda, having five porches. ³ In these lay a multitude of them that were sick, blind, halt, withered. And a certain man was there, who had been thirty and eight years in his infirmity. When Jesus saw him lying, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he saith unto him, Wouldest thou be made whole? The sick man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me. Jesus saith unto him, Arise, take up thy bed, and walk. And straightway the man was made whole, and took up his bed and walked. Now it was the sabbath on that day. So the Jews said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath, and it is not lawful for thee to take up thy bed. But he answered them, He that made me whole, the same said unto me, Take up thy bed, and walk. They asked him, Who is the man that said unto thee, Take up thy bed, and walk? But he that was healed knew not who it was; for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in the place. Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing befall thee. The man went away, and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him whole. And for this cause the Jews persecuted Jesus, because he did these things on the sabbath. But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh even until now, and I work. For this cause therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only brake the sabbath, but also called God his own Father, making himself equal with God. Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father doing: for what things soever he doeth, these the Son also doeth in like manner. For the Father loveth the Son, and showeth him all things that himself doeth: and greater works than these will he show him, that ye may marvel. For as the Father raiseth the dead and giveth them life, even so the Son also giveth life to whom he will. For neither doth the Father judge any man, but he hath given all judgment unto the Son; that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He that honoreth not the Son honoreth not the Father that sent him. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth him that sent me, hath eternal life, and cometh not into judgment, but hath passed out of death into life. Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour cometh, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God; and they that hear shall live. For as the Father hath life in himself, even so gave he to the Son also to have life in himself: and he gave him authority to execute judgment, because he is a son of man. Marvel not at this: for the hour cometh, in which all that are in the tombs shall hear his voice, and shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of judgment. I can of myself do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is righteous; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of him that sent me. If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true. It is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true. Ye have sent unto John, and he hath borne witness unto the truth. But the witness which I receive is not from man: howbeit I say these things, that ye may be saved. He was the lamp that burneth and shineth; and ye were willing to rejoice for a season in his light. But the witness which I have is greater than that of John; for the works which the Father hath given me to accomplish, the very works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me. And the Father that sent me, he hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his form. And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he sent, him ye believe not. Ye search the scriptures, because ye think that in them ye have eternal life; and these are they which bear witness of me; ⁴ and ye will not come to me, that ye may have life. I receive not glory from men. But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in yourselves. I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive. How can ye believe, who receive glory one of another, and the glory that cometh from the only God ye seek not? Think not that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, on whom ye have set your hope. For if ye believed Moses, ye would believe me; for he wrote of me. But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words? ⁵ And a certain man was there, who had been thirty and eight years in his infirmity. ⁶ When Jesus saw him lying, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he saith unto him, Wouldest thou be made whole? ⁷ The sick man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me. ⁸ Jesus saith unto him, Arise, take up thy bed, and walk. ⁹ And straightway the man was made whole, and took up his bed and walked. Now it was the sabbath on that day. ¹⁰ So the Jews said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath, and it is not lawful for thee to take up thy bed.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

John 2:13, Exodus 23:14-17, Exodus 34:23, Leviticus 23:2-4, Deuteronomy 16:16, Matthew 3:15, Galatians 4:4

Reciprocal: Judges 21:19 - a feast Luke 19:26 - That unto John 6:4 - General John 11:55 - passover

Cross-References

Genesis 2:4
These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that Jehovah God made earth and heaven.

Genesis 5:26
and Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters:

Genesis 5:27
and all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.

Genesis 6:9
These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, and perfect in his generations: Noah walked with God.

Genesis 10:1
Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, namely, of Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.

1 Chronicles 1:1
Adam, Seth, Enosh,

Ecclesiastes 7:29
Behold, this only have I found: that God made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.

Ecclesiastes 12:1
Remember also thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;

Matthew 1:1
The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

1 Corinthians 11:7
For a man indeed ought not to have his head veiled, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

After this there was a feast of the Jews,.... After Christ had been in Samaria, which was four months ago, John 4:35, and had been in Galilee for that time, and had cured the nobleman's son, and had done other mighty works, the time came on for one of the three festivals of the Jews; either the feast of Pentecost, as some think; or as others, the feast of tabernacles; or rather, the feast of the passover, so called, in John 4:45 since John is very particular, in giving an account of the several passovers, in Christ's ministry:

and Jesus went up to Jerusalem; according to the law of God, which obliged all the males to appear there at that time; and to show his compliance with it, and obedience to it, whom it became to fulfil all righteousness; and this he did also, that he might have an opportunity of discoursing, and doing his miracles before all the people, which came at this time, from the several parts of the land.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

A feast - Probably the Passover, though it is not certain. There were two other feasts - the Pentecost and the Feast of Tabernacles - at which all the males were required to be present, and it might have been one of them. It is of no consequence, however, which of them is intended.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER V.

The man who had been diseased thirty-eight years healed on

the Sabbath day, 1-9.

The Jews cavil, persecute Christ, and seek to kill him, because

he had done this cure on the Sabbath, 10-16.

Our Lord vindicates his conduct, and shows, from the testimony

of the Father, the Scriptures, John the Baptist, and his own

works, that he came from God, to be the light and salvation of

the world, 17-39.

He reproves the Jews for their obstinacy, 40;

hatred to God, 41, 42;

pride, 43, 44;

and disbelief of their own law, 45-47.

NOTES ON CHAP. V.

Verse John 5:1. A feast — This is generally supposed, by the best critics, to have been the feast of the passover, which was the most eminent feast among the Jews. In several excellent MSS. the article is added, η εορτη, THE feast, the grand, the principal festival. Petavius supposes that the feast of Purim, or lots, is here meant; and one MS. reads η σκηνοπηγια, the feast of Tabernacles. Several of the primitive fathers believe Pentecost to be intended; and they are followed by many of the moderns, because, in John 7:2, mention is made of the feast of Tabernacles, which followed Pentecost, and was about the latter end of our September; and, in John 10:22, mention is made of the feast of Dedication, which was held about the latter end of November. See Bp. Pearce. See John 10:22.

Calmet, however, argues that there is no other feast with which all the circumstances marked here so well agree as with the passover; and Bp. Newcome, who is of Calmet's opinion, thinks Bp. Pearce's argument concerning the succession of the feasts to be inconclusive; because it is assumed, not proved, that the three feasts which he mentions above must have happened in the same year. See much on the same subject in Bp. Newcome's notes to his Harmony, p. 15, c.

Lightfoot has observed, that the other evangelists speak very sparingly of our Lord's acts in Judea. They mention nothing of the passovers, from our Lord's baptism till his death, excepting the very last: but John points at them all. The first he speaks of, John 2:13 the third, John 6:4; the fourth, John 13:1; and the second in this place: for although he does not call it the passover, but a feast in general, yet the circumstances agree best with this feast; and our Lord's words, John 4:35, seem to cast light on this subject. See the note there.