John 5:16

New Revised Standard

Therefore the Jews started persecuting Jesus, because he was doing such things on the sabbath.

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.

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

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 this there was a festival of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. ² Now in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate there is a pool, called in Hebrew Beth-zatha, which has five porticoes. ³ In these lay many invalids—blind, lame, and paralyzed. One man was there who had been ill for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had been there a long time, he said to him, "Do you want to be made well?" The sick man answered him, "Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up; and while I am making my way, someone else steps down ahead of me." Jesus said to him, "Stand up, take your mat and walk." At once the man was made well, and he took up his mat and began to walk. Now that day was a sabbath. So the Jews said to the man who had been cured, "It is the sabbath; it is not lawful for you to carry your mat." But he answered them, "The man who made me well said to me, ‘Take up your mat and walk.'" They asked him, "Who is the man who said to you, ‘Take it up and walk'?" Now the man who had been healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had disappeared in the crowd that was there. Later Jesus found him in the temple and said to him, "See, you have been made well! Do not sin any more, so that nothing worse happens to you." The man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well. Therefore the Jews started persecuting Jesus, because he was doing such things on the sabbath. But Jesus answered them, "My Father is still working, and I also am working." For this reason the Jews were seeking all the more to kill him, because he was not only breaking the sabbath, but was also calling God his own Father, thereby making himself equal to God. Jesus said to them, "Very truly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing on his own, but only what he sees the Father doing; for whatever the Father does, the Son does likewise. The Father loves the Son and shows him all that he himself is doing; and he will show him greater works than these, so that you will be astonished. Indeed, just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whomever he wishes. The Father judges no one but has given all judgment to the Son, so that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Anyone who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him. Very truly, I tell you, anyone who hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life, and does not come under judgment, but has passed from death to life. "Very truly, I tell you, the hour is coming, and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live. For just as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself; and he has given him authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of Man. Do not be astonished at this; for the hour is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice and will come out—those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation. "I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge; and my judgment is just, because I seek to do not my own will but the will of him who sent me. "If I testify about myself, my testimony is not true. There is another who testifies on my behalf, and I know that his testimony to me is true. You sent messengers to John, and he testified to the truth. Not that I accept such human testimony, but I say these things so that you may be saved. He was a burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light. But I have a testimony greater than John's. The works that the Father has given me to complete, the very works that I am doing, testify on my behalf that the Father has sent me. And the Father who sent me has himself testified on my behalf. You have never heard his voice or seen his form, and you do not have his word abiding in you, because you do not believe him whom he has sent. "You search the scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that testify on my behalf. ⁴ Yet you refuse to come to me to have life. I do not accept glory from human beings. But I know that you do not have the love of God in you. I have come in my Father's name, and you do not accept me; if another comes in his own name, you will accept him. How can you believe when you accept glory from one another and do not seek the glory that comes from the one who alone is God? Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father; your accuser is Moses, on whom you have set your hope. If you believed Moses, you would believe me, for he wrote about me. But if you do not believe what he wrote, how will you believe what I say?" ⁵ One man was there who had been ill for thirty-eight years. ⁶ When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had been there a long time, he said to him, "Do you want to be made well?" ⁷ The sick man answered him, "Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up; and while I am making my way, someone else steps down ahead of me." ⁸ Jesus said to him, "Stand up, take your mat and walk." ⁹ At once the man was made well, and he took up his mat and began to walk. Now that day was a sabbath. ¹⁰ So the Jews said to the man who had been cured, "It is the sabbath; it is not lawful for you to carry your 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.