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Lexham English Bible

John 5:16

And on account of this the Jews began to persecute Jesus, because he was doing these things on the Sabbath.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Jesus, the Christ;   Miracles;   Persecution;   Temple;   Scofield Reference Index - Judgments;   Thompson Chain Reference - Church;   Persecution;   Plots Laid;   Plotting;   Suffering for Righteousness' S;   The Topic Concordance - Persecution;   Sabbath;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Persecution;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Sabbath;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Create, Creation;   Feasts and Festivals of Israel;   Power;   Sabbath;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Jesus Christ;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Hour;   John, the Gospel of;   Persecution in the Bible;   Sabbath;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Jesus Christ;   Law;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Dates (2);   Death of Christ;   Dropsy;   Grace ;   Humanity of Christ;   Israel, Israelite;   Persecution;   Profaning, Profanity;   Sabbath ;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - 31 To Do, Work, Labour;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Jesus of Nazareth;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Therefore, the Jews began persecuting Jesus because he was doing these things on the Sabbath.
King James Version (1611)
And therefore did the Iewes persecute Iesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the Sabbath day.
King James Version
And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day.
English Standard Version
And this was why the Jews were persecuting Jesus, because he was doing these things on the Sabbath.
New American Standard Bible
For this reason the Jews were persecuting Jesus, because He was doing these things on a Sabbath.
New Century Version
Because Jesus was doing this on the Sabbath day, some evil people began to persecute him.
Amplified Bible
For this reason the Jews began to persecute Jesus continually because He was doing these things on the Sabbath.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
For this reason the Jews were persecuting Jesus, because He was doing these things on the Sabbath.
Legacy Standard Bible
And for this reason the Jews were persecuting Jesus, because He was doing these things on the Sabbath.
Berean Standard Bible
Now because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jews began to persecute Him.
Contemporary English Version
They started making a lot of trouble for Jesus because he did things like this on the Sabbath.
Complete Jewish Bible
and on account of this, the Judeans began harassing Yeshua because he did these things on Shabbat.
Darby Translation
And for this the Jews persecuted Jesus [and sought to kill him], because he had done these things on sabbath.
Easy-to-Read Version
Jesus was doing all this on the Sabbath day. So these Jews began trying to make him stop.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And therefore the Iewes did persecute Iesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the Sabbath day.
George Lamsa Translation
And for this reason the Jews persecuted Jesus and wanted to kill him, because he was doing these things on the sabbath.
Good News Translation
So they began to persecute Jesus, because he had done this healing on a Sabbath.
Literal Translation
And because of this, the Jews persecuted Jesus and lusted to kill Him, because He did these things on a sabbath.
American Standard Version
And for this cause the Jews persecuted Jesus, because he did these things on the sabbath.
Bible in Basic English
And for this reason the Jews were turned against Jesus, because he was doing these things on the Sabbath.
Hebrew Names Version
For this cause the Yehudim persecuted Yeshua, and sought to kill him, because he did these things on the Shabbat.
International Standard Version
So the Jews[fn] began persecuting Jesus because he kept doing such things on the Sabbath.
Etheridge Translation
On account of this the Jihudoyee persecuted Jeshu, and sought to kill him, because these things he had done on the shabath.
Murdock Translation
And for this cause the Jews persecuted Jesus, and sought to kill him; because he had done these things on the sabbath.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And therefore the Iewes dyd persecute Iesus, and sought [the meanes] to slea hym, because he hadde done these thynges on the Sabboth day.
English Revised Version
And for this cause did the Jews persecute Jesus, because he did these things on the sabbath.
World English Bible
For this cause the Jews persecuted Jesus, and sought to kill him, because he did these things on the Sabbath.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And therefore the Jews persecuted Jesus, and sought to kill him, because he had done these things on the sabbath.
Weymouth's New Testament
and on this account the Jews began to persecute Jesus--because He did these things on the Sabbath.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor the Jewis pursueden Jhesu, for he dide this thing in the sabat.
Update Bible Version
And for this cause the Jews persecuted Jesus, because he did these things on the Sabbath.
Webster's Bible Translation
And therefore the Jews persecuted Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath.
New English Translation
Now because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jewish leaders began persecuting him.
New King James Version
For this reason the Jews persecuted Jesus, and sought to kill Him, [fn] because He had done these things on the Sabbath.
New Living Translation
So the Jewish leaders began harassing Jesus for breaking the Sabbath rules.
New Life Bible
Because Jesus did these things on the Day of Rest, the Jews made it very hard for Him.
New Revised Standard
Therefore the Jews started persecuting Jesus, because he was doing such things on the sabbath.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, on this account, were the Jews persecuting Jesus, because, these things, he had been doing, on Sabbath.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, because he did these things on the sabbath.
Revised Standard Version
And this was why the Jews persecuted Jesus, because he did this on the sabbath.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And therfore the Iewes dyd persecute Iesus and sought the meanes to slee him because he had done these thinges on the Saboth daye.
Young's Literal Translation
and because of this were the Jews persecuting Jesus, and seeking to kill him, because these things he was doing on a sabbath.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Therfore dyd ye Iewes persecute Iesus, and sought to slaye him, because he had done this vpo ye Sabbath.
Mace New Testament (1729)
upon which occasion the Jews persecuted Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he did such things on the sabbath-day.
Simplified Cowboy Version
So the Jewish leaders started nit-picking Jesus about healing a man on the day of rest.

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 near the Sheep Gate a pool called in Aramaic Bethzatha, which has five porticoes. 3 In these were lying a large number of those who were sick, blind, lame, paralyzed. And a certain man was there who had been thirty-eight years in his sickness. Jesus, when he saw this one lying there and knew that he had been sick a long time already, said to him, "Do you want to become well?" The one who was sick answered him, "Sir, I do not have anyone that, whenever the water is stirred up, could put me into the pool. But while I am coming, another goes down before me." Jesus said to him, "Get up! Pick up your mat and walk!" And immediately the man became well and picked up his mat and began to walk. (Now it was the Sabbath on that day.) So the Jews were saying to the one who had been healed, "It is the Sabbath, and it is not permitted for you to pick up the mat!" But he answered them, "The one who made me well—that one said to me, ‘Pick up your mat and walk!'" So they asked him, "Who is the man who said to you, ‘Pick up your mat and walk?'" But the one who was healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn while a crowd was in the place. After these things Jesus found him at the temple and said to him, "Look, you have become well! Sin no longer, lest something worse happen to you." The man went and reported to the Jews that Jesus was the one who made him well. And on account of this the Jews began to persecute Jesus, because he was doing these things on the Sabbath. But he answered them, "My Father is working until now, and I am working." So on account of this the Jews were seeking even more to kill him, because he not only was breaking the Sabbath, but also was calling God his own Father, thus making himself equal with God. So Jesus answered and said to them, "Truly, truly I say to you, the Son can do nothing from himself except what he sees the Father doing. For whatever that one does, these things also the Son does likewise. For the Father loves the Son and shows him everything that he himself is doing. And greater works than these he will show him, so that you will be astonished. For just as the Father raises the dead and makes them alive, thus also the Son makes alive whomever he wishes. For the Father does not judge anyone, but he has given all judgment to the Son, in order that all people will honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. The one who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him. Truly, truly I say to you that the one who hears my word and who believes the one who sent me has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life. "Truly, truly I say to you, that an hour is coming—and now is here—when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and the ones who hear will live. For just as the Father has life in himself, thus also he has granted to the Son to have life in himself. And he has granted him authority to carry out judgment, because he is the Son of Man. "Do not be astonished at this, because an hour is coming in which all those in the tombs will hear his voice and they will come out—those who have done good things to a resurrection of life, but those who have practiced evil things to a resurrection of judgment. I am able to do nothing from myself. Just as I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I do not seek my own will, but the will of the one who sent me. "If I testify about myself, my testimony is not true. There is another who testifies about me, and I know that the testimony which he testifies about me is true. You have sent to John and he has testified to the truth. (And I do not receive testimony from people, but I say these things in order that you may be saved.) That one was the lamp which was burning and shining, and you wanted to rejoice for an hour in his light. "But I have a testimony greater than John's, for the works which the Father has given to me that I should complete them—the very works which I am doing—these testify about me, that the Father has sent me. And the Father who sent me, that one has testified about me. You have neither heard his voice at any time nor seen his form. And you do not have his word residing in yourselves, because the one whom that one sent, in this one you do not believe. You search the scriptures because you think that you have eternal life in them, and it is these that testify about me. 4 And you are not willing to come to me so that you may have life. "I do not accept glory from people, but I know you, that you do not have the love of God in yourselves. I have come in my Father's name, and you do not accept me. If another should come in his own name, you would accept that one! How are you able to believe, if you accept glory from one another, and do not seek the glory which is from the only God? Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father! The one who accuses you is Moses, in whom you have put your hope! For if you had believed Moses, you would believe me, for that one wrote about me. But if you do not believe that one's writings, how will you believe my words?" 5 And a certain man was there who had been thirty-eight years in his sickness. 6 Jesus, when he saw this one lying there and knew that he had been sick a long time already, said to him, "Do you want to become well?" 7 The one who was sick answered him, "Sir, I do not have anyone that, whenever the water is stirred up, could put me into the pool. But while I am coming, another goes down before me." 8 Jesus said to him, "Get up! Pick up your mat and walk!" 9 And immediately the man became well and picked up his mat and began to walk. (Now it was the Sabbath on that day.) 10 So the Jews were saying to the one who had been healed, "It is the Sabbath, and it is not permitted for you to pick up the mat!"

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

persecute: John 15:20, Acts 9:4, Acts 9:5

and sought: John 5:13, John 7:19, John 7:20, John 7:25, John 10:39, Matthew 12:13, Mark 3:6, Luke 6:11

Reciprocal: Exodus 35:2 - whosoever Matthew 12:2 - Behold Luke 6:2 - Why Luke 13:14 - with John 8:37 - but John 9:14 - General John 11:46 - General John 11:57 - had Hebrews 12:3 - contradiction

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus,.... With their tongues, reproaching and reviling him, as a sabbath breaker, a destroyer of the law, and a sinful wicked man:

and sought to slay him; either in a violent way, by setting the zealots, a sort of ruffians under the pretence of religion, upon him; or rather in a judicial way, summoning him before the sanhedrim, in order to condemn him to death for the breach of the sabbath, which by the law of Moses was punishable with death:

because he had done these things on the sabbath day; because he had cured the man of his disease, under which he had laboured eight and thirty years, and had ordered him to take up his bed, and walk home with it on his back on the sabbath day. This drew upon him their resentment to such a degree, that they not only persecuted him with their tongues, but sought to take away his life. Nothing would satisfy them but his blood.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Persecuted Jesus - They opposed him; attempted to ruin his character; to destroy his popularity; and probably held him up before the people as a violator of the law of God. Instead of making inquiry whether he had not given proof that he was the Messiah, they “assumed” that he must be wrong, and ought to be punished. Thus every bigot and persecutor does in regard to those who differ from them.

To slay him - To put him to death. This they attempted to do because it was directed in the law of Moses, Exodus 31:15; Exodus 35:2. See Luke 6:7, Luke 6:11; Luke 13:14. We see here,

1. How full of enmity and how bloody was the purpose of the Jews, All that Jesus had done was to restore an infirm man to health - a thing which they would have done for their cattle Luke 6:7, and yet they sought. his life because he had done it for a sick “man.”

2. Men are often extremely envious because good is done by others, especially if it is not done according to the way of their denomination or party.

3. Here was an instance of the common feelings of a hypocrite. He often covers his enmity against the power of religion by great zeal for the form of it. He hates and persecutes those who do good, who seek the conversion of sinners, who love revivals of religion and the spread of the gospel, because it is not according to some matter of form which has been established, and on which he supposes the whole safety of the church to hang. There was nothing that Jesus was more opposed to than hypocrisy, and nothing that he set himself more against than those who suppose all goodness to consist in “forms,” and all piety in the “shibboleths” of a party.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse John 5:16. And sought to slay him — This clause is omitted by BCDL, some others, and several ancient versions. Griesbach has left it out of the text; and Professor White says, certissime delenda: but it does not appear to me that it should be omitted. However, it was true of the Jews, whether the words were originally in the evangelist or not. For what cause did these persons seek to destroy our Lord? Because he had healed a poor man, who had been diseased thirty-eight years, and ordered him to carry home the couch on which he lay! How implacable must their malice have been! The spirit of religious persecution has always been the most fell and dangerous of all on this side perdition. Every other disposition appears to have its moderator; but this is wholly abandoned to the guidance of Satan, and has for its objects the men who know the truth, and who live to the glory of their God, and for the benefit of mankind. How strange that such should ever be objects of malice and hatred! But the Satanic nature in fallen man is ever opposed to whatever comes from God.


 
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