John 5:16 KJV — MannaFest

John 5:16

And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day.

KJV

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ASV

And for this cause the Jews persecuted Jesus, because he did these things on the sabbath.

WEB

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

YLT

and because of this were the Jews persecuting Jesus, and seeking to kill him, because these things he was doing on a sabbath.

DBT

And for this the Jews persecuted Jesus [and sought to kill him], because he had done these things on sabbath.

About this book

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John — The Gospel of sevens and signs. Seven signs, seven 'I AM' sayings, a prologue and an epilogue — written 'that ye might believe' (20:31).

Author: John the Apostle (2nd-century patristic attribution + internal claims)
Date: c. AD 85–95

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Cross-references

19 verses on the floor

John 7:1
After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him.
Hebrews 12:3
For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.
John 5:18
Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.
Luke 6:2
And certain of the Pharisees said unto them, Why do ye that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath days?
John 10:39
Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand,

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The sermon was Christ's vindication of himself before the sanhedrim, when he was prosecuted as a criminal for healing the man on the sabbath day, in which, 1. He asserts his authority as Messiah, and Mediator between God and man,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

The Jews--that is, those in authority. (See on Joh 1:19.) it is not lawful to carry thy bed--a glorious testimony to the cure, as instantaneous and complete, from the lips of the most prejudiced!

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

The Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day; but he here enlarges on it. He pleads that he was the Son of God, plainly intimated in his calling God his Father; and, if so, his holiness was unquestionable and his sovereignty incontestable; and he might make what alterations he pleased of the divine law.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

JHN 5:16JHN 10:39 JHN 8:59
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
JHN 5:16JHN 10:39 JHN 7:30
JHN 5:16JHN 10:39 JHN 7:44
JHN 5:16JHN 10:39 LUK 4:29-30
JHN 5:16MRK 3:6 MRK 12:13
JHN 5:16MRK 3:6 MAT 22:16
JHN 5:16JHN 5:13 LUK 24:31
JHN 5:16JHN 10:39 JHN 10:31

The whole web at once: see the Arc.

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