John 5:16

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

Young's Literal Translation

In The 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.

In Context

15The man went away, and told the Jews that it is Jesus who made him whole,

17And Jesus answered them, 'My Father till now doth work, and I work;'

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Cross References

Matthew 12:13Then saith he to the man, 'Stretch forth thy hand,' and he stretched [it] forth, and it was restored whole as the other.

Luke 6:11and they were filled with madness, and were speaking with one another what they might do to Jesus.

John 7:19hath not Moses given you the law? and none of you doth the law; why me do ye seek to kill?'

John 10:39Therefore were they seeking again to seize him, and he went forth out of their hand,

Acts 9:4and having fallen upon the earth, he heard a voice saying to him, 'Saul, Saul, why me dost thou persecute?'

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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