Focused Passage

John 5:1-18

The Son Who Gives Life, Judges, and Is Witnessed by the Father

Jesus heals a helpless man on the Sabbath, confronts opposition by revealing his equality and unity with the Father, declares his authority to give life and judge, and exposes the leaders' unbelief despite the testimony of John, works, the Father, Scripture, and Moses.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

BSB does not include verse 4 in this source text. The available verses in the requested range are shown below.

1 Some time later 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 with five covered colonnades, which in Hebrew is called Bethesda.

3 On these walkways lay a great number of the sick, the blind, the lame, and the paralyzed.

5 One man there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years.

6 When Jesus saw him lying there and realized that he had spent a long time in this condition, He asked him, “Do you want to get well?”

7 “Sir,” the invalid replied, “I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am on my way, someone else goes in before me.”

8 Then Jesus told him, “Get up, pick up your mat, and walk.”

9 Immediately the man was made well, and he picked up his mat and began to walk. Now this happened on the Sabbath day,

10 so the Jews said to the man who had been healed, “This is the Sabbath! It is unlawful for you to carry your mat.”

11 But he answered, “The man who made me well told me, ‘Pick up your mat and walk.’”

12 “Who is this man who told you to pick it up and walk?” they asked.

13 But the man who was healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had slipped away while the crowd was there.

14 Afterward, Jesus found the man at the temple and said to him, “See, you have been made well. Stop sinning, or something worse may happen to you.”

15 And the man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.

16 Now because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jews began to persecute Him.

17 But Jesus answered them, “To this very day My Father is at His work, and I too am working.”

18 Because of this, the Jews tried all the harder to kill Him. Not only was He breaking the Sabbath, but He was even calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God.

Study Helps

References and Original Words

Verse 1

Original words

Some time later Μετὰ G3326 Preposition . . . ταῦτα G3778 Demonstrative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Plural there was ἦν G1510 Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular a feast ἑορτὴ G1859 Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular of the τῶν G3588 Article - Genitive Masculine Plural Jews Ἰουδαίων G2453 Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural and καὶ G2532 Conjunction Jesus Ἰησοῦς G2424 Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular went up ἀνέβη G305 Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular to εἰς G1519 Preposition Jerusalem Ἱεροσόλυμα G2414 Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural
Verse 2

Original words

Now δὲ G1161 Conjunction there is Ἔστιν G1510 Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular in ἐν G1722 Preposition - τοῖς G3588 Article - Dative Neuter Plural Jerusalem Ἱεροσολύμοις G2414 Noun - Dative Neuter Plural near ἐπὶ G1909 Preposition the τῇ G3588 Article - Dative Feminine Singular Sheep Gate προβατικῇ G4262 Adjective - Dative Feminine Singular a pool κολυμβήθρα G2861 Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular with ἔχουσα G2192 Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Feminine Singular five πέντε G4002 Adjective - Accusative Feminine Plural covered colonnades στοὰς G4745 Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural which G3588 Article - Nominative Feminine Singular in Hebrew Ἑβραϊστὶ G1447 Adverb is called ἐπιλεγομένη G1951 Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Feminine Singular Bethesda Βηθεσδά G964 Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular

BSB notes

  • Or in Aramaic
  • NA, NE, and WH Bethzatha
Verse 3

Original words

On ἐν G1722 Preposition these [ walkways ] ταύταις G3778 Demonstrative Pronoun - Dative Feminine Plural lay κατέκειτο G2621 Verb - Imperfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular a great number πλῆθος G4128 Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular of the τῶν G3588 Article - Genitive Masculine Plural sick ἀσθενούντων G770 Verb - Present Participle Active - Genitive Masculine Plural [the] blind τυφλῶν G5185 Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural [the] lame χωλῶν G5560 Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural [and the] paralyzed ξηρῶν G3584 Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural

BSB notes

  • Literally In these
  • NE, BYZ, and TR include awaiting the moving of the waters. 4For from time to time an angel descended into the pool and stirred the water. As soon as it was stirred, the first to enter the pool would be healed of his disease.
Verse 5

Original words

- δέ G1161 Conjunction One τις G5100 Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular man ἄνθρωπος G444 Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular - Ἦν G1510 Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular there ἐκεῖ G1563 Adverb had been ἔχων G2192 Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular - ἐν G1722 Preposition - αὐτοῦ G846 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular - τῇ G3588 Article - Dative Feminine Singular [an] invalid ἀσθενείᾳ G769 Noun - Dative Feminine Singular [for] thirty-eight τριάκοντα G5144 Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural . . . καὶ G2532 Conjunction . . . ὀκτὼ G3638 Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural years ἔτη G2094 Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural
Verse 6

Original words

- G3588 Article - Nominative Masculine Singular When Jesus Ἰησοῦς G2424 Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular saw ἰδὼν G3708 Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular him τοῦτον G3778 Demonstrative Pronoun - Accusative Masculine Singular lying [there] κατακείμενον G2621 Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Accusative Masculine Singular and καὶ G2532 Conjunction realized γνοὺς G1097 Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular that ὅτι G3754 Conjunction he had spent ἔχει G2192 Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular vvv ἤδη G2235 Adverb a long πολὺν G4183 Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular time [in this condition] χρόνον G5550 Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular He asked λέγει G3004 Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular him αὐτῷ G846 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singular Do you want Θέλεις G2309 Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular to get γενέσθαι G1096 Verb - Aorist Infinitive Middle well ὑγιὴς G5199 Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular
Verse 7

Original words

Sir Κύριε G2962 Noun - Vocative Masculine Singular the G3588 Article - Nominative Masculine Singular invalid ἀσθενῶν G770 Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular replied Ἀπεκρίθη G611 Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular - αὐτῷ G846 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singular I have ἔχω G2192 Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular no οὐκ G3756 Adverb one ἄνθρωπον G444 Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular to help βάλῃ G906 Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singular me με G1473 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Singular into εἰς G1519 Preposition the τὴν G3588 Article - Accusative Feminine Singular pool κολυμβήθραν G2861 Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular - ἵνα G2443 Conjunction when ὅταν G3752 Conjunction the τὸ G3588 Article - Nominative Neuter Singular water ὕδωρ G5204 Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular is stirred ταραχθῇ G5015 Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Passive - 3rd Person Singular - δὲ G1161 Conjunction While ἐν G1722 Preposition . . . G3739 Personal / Relative Pronoun - Dative Masculine Singular I ἐγὼ G1473 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Singular am on my way ἔρχομαι G2064 Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 1st Person Singular someone else ἄλλος G243 Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular goes in καταβαίνει G2597 Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular before πρὸ G4253 Preposition me ἐμοῦ G1473 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Singular
Verse 8

Original words

Then G3588 Article - Nominative Masculine Singular Jesus Ἰησοῦς G2424 Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular told Λέγει G3004 Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular him αὐτῷ G846 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singular Get up Ἔγειρε G1453 Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular pick up ἆρον G142 Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular your σου G4771 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Singular - τὸν G3588 Article - Accusative Masculine Singular mat κράβαττόν G2895 Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular and καὶ G2532 Conjunction walk περιπάτει G4043 Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular
Verse 9

Original words

- Καὶ G2532 Conjunction Immediately εὐθέως G2112 Adverb the G3588 Article - Nominative Masculine Singular man ἄνθρωπος G444 Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular was made ἐγένετο G1096 Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular well ὑγιὴς G5199 Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular and καὶ G2532 Conjunction he picked up ἦρεν G142 Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular his αὐτοῦ G846 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular - τὸν G3588 Article - Accusative Masculine Singular mat κράβαττον G2895 Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular and καὶ G2532 Conjunction began to walk περιεπάτει G4043 Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Now δὲ G1161 Conjunction this happened Ἦν G1510 Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular on ἐν G1722 Preposition - ἐκείνῃ G1565 Demonstrative Pronoun - Dative Feminine Singular the τῇ G3588 Article - Dative Feminine Singular Sabbath σάββατον G4521 Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular day ἡμέρᾳ G2250 Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Verse 10

Original words

so οὖν G3767 Conjunction the οἱ G3588 Article - Nominative Masculine Plural Jews Ἰουδαῖοι G2453 Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural said ἔλεγον G2036 Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural to the [man] τῷ G3588 Article - Dative Masculine Singular who had been healed τεθεραπευμένῳ G2323 Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Dative Masculine Singular This is ἐστιν G1510 Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular [the] Sabbath Σάββατόν G4521 Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular - καὶ G2532 Conjunction vvv οὐκ G3756 Adverb It is unlawful ἔξεστίν G1832 Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular for you σοι G4771 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Singular to carry ἆραι G142 Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active your σου G4771 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Singular - τὸν G3588 Article - Accusative Masculine Singular mat κράβαττον G2895 Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Verse 11

Original words

But δὲ G1161 Conjunction - ὃς G3739 Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular he answered ἀπεκρίθη G611 Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular - αὐτοῖς G846 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Plural The [man who] G3588 Article - Nominative Masculine Singular made ποιήσας G4160 Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular me με G1473 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Singular well ὑγιῆ G5199 Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular - ἐκεῖνός G1565 Demonstrative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular told εἶπεν G2036 Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular me μοι G1473 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 1st Person Singular Pick up Ἆρον G142 Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular - τὸν G3588 Article - Accusative Masculine Singular your σου G4771 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Singular mat κράβαττόν G2895 Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular and καὶ G2532 Conjunction walk περιπάτει G4043 Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular
Verse 12

Original words

Who Τίς G5101 Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular is ἐστιν G1510 Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular [this] G3588 Article - Nominative Masculine Singular man ἄνθρωπος G444 Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular who G3588 Article - Nominative Masculine Singular told εἰπών G2036 Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular you σοι G4771 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Singular to pick [it] up Ἆρον G142 Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular and καὶ G2532 Conjunction walk περιπάτει G4043 Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular - οὖν G3767 Conjunction they asked Ἠρώτησαν G2065 Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural - αὐτόν G846 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Verse 13

Original words

But δὲ G1161 Conjunction the [man who] G3588 Article - Nominative Masculine Singular was healed ἰαθεὶς G2390 Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Nominative Masculine Singular {did} not οὐκ G3756 Adverb know ᾔδει G1492 Verb - Pluperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular who τίς G5101 Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular it was ἐστιν G1510 Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular for γὰρ G1063 Conjunction - G3588 Article - Nominative Masculine Singular Jesus Ἰησοῦς G2424 Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular had slipped away ἐξένευσεν G1593 Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular [while the] crowd ὄχλου G3793 Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular was ὄντος G1510 Verb - Present Participle Active - Genitive Masculine Singular vvv ἐν G1722 Preposition vvv τῷ G3588 Article - Dative Masculine Singular there τόπῳ G5117 Noun - Dative Masculine Singular
Verse 14

Original words

Afterward Μετὰ G3326 Preposition . . . ταῦτα G3778 Demonstrative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Plural - G3588 Article - Nominative Masculine Singular Jesus Ἰησοῦς G2424 Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular found εὑρίσκει G2147 Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular [the man] αὐτὸν G846 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular at ἐν G1722 Preposition the τῷ G3588 Article - Dative Neuter Singular temple ἱερῷ G2411 Noun - Dative Neuter Singular and καὶ G2532 Conjunction said εἶπεν G2036 Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular to him αὐτῷ G846 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singular See Ἴδε G2400 Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular you have been γέγονας G1096 Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular made well ὑγιὴς G5199 Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular Stop μηκέτι G3371 Adverb sinning ἁμάρτανε G264 Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular or ἵνα G2443 Conjunction . . . μὴ G3361 Adverb something τι G5100 Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Neuter Singular worse χεῖρόν G5501 Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular - Comparative may happen γένηται G1096 Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Middle - 3rd Person Singular to you σοί G4771 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Singular
Verse 15

Original words

[And] the G3588 Article - Nominative Masculine Singular man ἄνθρωπος G444 Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular went away ἀπῆλθεν G565 Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular and καὶ G2532 Conjunction told ἀνήγγειλεν* G312 Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular the τοῖς G3588 Article - Dative Masculine Plural Jews Ἰουδαίοις G2453 Adjective - Dative Masculine Plural that ὅτι G3754 Conjunction it was ἐστιν G1510 Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Jesus Ἰησοῦς G2424 Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular who G3588 Article - Nominative Masculine Singular had made ποιήσας G4160 Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular him αὐτὸν G846 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular well ὑγιῆ G5199 Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular
Verse 16

Original words

Now Καὶ G2532 Conjunction because διὰ G1223 Preposition . . . τοῦτο G3778 Demonstrative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singular - ὅτι G3754 Conjunction [Jesus] was doing ἐποίει G4160 Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular these things ταῦτα G3778 Demonstrative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Plural on ἐν G1722 Preposition [the] Sabbath σαββάτῳ G4521 Noun - Dative Neuter Singular the οἱ G3588 Article - Nominative Masculine Plural Jews Ἰουδαῖοι G2453 Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural began to persecute ἐδίωκον G1377 Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural - τὸν G3588 Article - Accusative Masculine Singular [Him] Ἰησοῦν G2424 Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Verse 17

Original words

But δὲ G1161 Conjunction Jesus Ἰησοῦς G2424 Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular - G3588 Article - Nominative Masculine Singular answered ἀπεκρίνατο G611 Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular them αὐτοῖς G846 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Plural To ἕως G2193 Preposition this very day ἄρτι G737 Adverb My μου G1473 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Singular - G3588 Article - Nominative Masculine Singular Father Πατήρ G3962 Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular is at His work ἐργάζεται G2038 Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular and I too κἀγὼ G2504 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Singular am working ἐργάζομαι G2038 Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 1st Person Singular
Verse 18

Original words

vvv οὖν G3767 Conjunction Because of Διὰ G1223 Preposition this τοῦτο G3778 Demonstrative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singular the οἱ G3588 Article - Nominative Masculine Plural Jews Ἰουδαῖοι G2453 Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural tried ἐζήτουν G2212 Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural all the harder μᾶλλον G3123 Adverb to kill ἀποκτεῖναι G615 Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active Him αὐτὸν G846 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular - ὅτι G3754 Conjunction Not οὐ G3756 Adverb only μόνον G3440 Adverb was He breaking ἔλυεν G3089 Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular the τὸ G3588 Article - Accusative Neuter Singular Sabbath σάββατον G4521 Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular but ἀλλὰ G235 Conjunction vvv καὶ G2532 Conjunction He was even calling ἔλεγεν G2036 Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular - τὸν G3588 Article - Accusative Masculine Singular God Θεόν G2316 Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular His own ἴδιον G2398 Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular Father Πατέρα G3962 Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular making ποιῶν G4160 Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular Himself ἑαυτὸν G1438 Reflexive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular equal ἴσον G2470 Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular with τῷ G3588 Article - Dative Masculine Singular God Θεῷ G2316 Noun - Dative Masculine Singular

Berean Standard Bible (BSB): CC0 Public Domain Scripture text. Focused passages are drawn from the same reader contract as the full chapter. Reference sources explains external study-link sources.