John 5:17

But Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach in reply, said to them, Avi until now is working and I am working. + 5:17 Gn 2:3

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.

In Context

16And, because of this, those of Yehudah brought redifah (persecution) upon Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, because these things he was doing on Shabbos.

18Because of this, therefore, those of Yehudah were seeking all the more to kill Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, because not only was he mechallel Shabbos, but also Rebbe was saying that his own Av was Hashem, thereby making himself equal with Elohim. + 5:18 Yn 1:1

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Cross References

Psalms 65:6By nora'ot (awesome deeds, awe-inspiring things) of tzedek (justice) wilt Thou answer us, 1 O Elohei Yish'einu (G-d of our salvation); 1 Who art the hope of all the ends of eretz, 1 and of them that are on the farthest seas; 1

Matthew 10:29Are not two sparrows sold for the least valuable copper coin? And yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from Avichem!

John 14:10Do you not have emunah (faith) that Ani Hu in HaAv and HaAv is in me? The devarim which I speak to you I do not speak on my own, but HaAv dwelling in me does His pe'ulot.

Acts 17:28For “we live in Him and in Him we move and have our being,” as also some of your poets have said, “For we are all His offspring.” + 17:28 Dt 30:20; Job 12:10; Dan 5:23 ; Epimenides; Aratus

Colossians 1:16Because in Him were created all things in Shomayim and on Ha'Aretz, the visible and the nistar (hidden), whether thrones or dominions, whether rulers or authorities, all things through Him and for Him have been created. + 1:16 Ps 33:6

Matthew Henry on John 5:2-17

The Cure at the Pool of Bethesda. 1 After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 2 Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches. 3 In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water. 4 For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of… Read the whole commentary →

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