John 5:18
And for this, the Jews sought the more to kill him, not only because he had broken the sabbath, but because he had said of God, that he was his Father, and had equalled himself with God.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
17But Jesus said to them: My Father worketh until now, and I work.
Cross References
John 5:16And for this cause the Jews persecuted Jesus, and sought to kill him; because he had done these things on the sabbath.
John 7:1After these things Jesus walked in Galilee, for he would not walk in Judaea, because the Jews sought to slay him.
John 7:22Because Moses gave you circumcision, (not that it was from Moses, but it was from the fathers,) ye circumcise a child on the sabbath.
John 8:58Jesus said to them: Verily, verily I say to you, That before Abraham existed, I was.
John 10:33The Jews said to him: It is not on account of good works, that we stone thee: but because thou blasphemest; and, whilst thou art a man, thou makest thyself God.
Matthew Henry on John 5:18-31
Christ's Discourse with the Jews; All Judgment Committed to Christ; The Christian Charter. 17 But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work. 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. 19 Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth… Read the whole commentary →