1 L ater on there was a Jewish festival (feast) for which Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

After these things there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

2 N ow there is in Jerusalem a pool near the Sheep Gate. This pool in the Hebrew is called Bethesda, having five porches (alcoves, colonnades, doorways).

Now there is in Jerusalem by the sheep gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew Bethesda, having five porches.

3 I n these lay a great number of sick folk—some blind, some crippled, and some paralyzed (shriveled up)— waiting for the bubbling up of the water.

In these lay a multitude of them that were sick, blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water.

4 F or an angel of the Lord went down at appointed seasons into the pool and moved and stirred up the water; whoever then first, after the stirring up of the water, stepped in was cured of whatever disease with which he was afflicted.

for an angel of the Lord went down at certain seasons into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the waters stepped in was made whole, with whatsoever disease he was holden.

5 T here was a certain man there who had suffered with a deep-seated and lingering disorder for thirty-eight years.

And a certain man was there, who had been thirty and eight years in his infirmity.

6 W hen Jesus noticed him lying there, knowing that he had already been a long time in that condition, He said to him, Do you want to become well?

When Jesus saw him lying, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he saith unto him, Wouldest thou be made whole?

7 T he invalid answered, Sir, I have nobody when the water is moving to put me into the pool; but while I am trying to come myself, somebody else steps down ahead of me.

The sick man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me.

8 J esus said to him, Get up! Pick up your bed (sleeping pad) and walk!

Jesus saith unto him, Arise, take up thy bed, and walk.

9 I nstantly the man became well and recovered his strength and picked up his bed and walked. But that happened on the Sabbath.

And straightway the man was made whole, and took up his bed and walked. Now it was the sabbath on that day.

10 S o the Jews kept saying to the man who had been healed, It is the Sabbath, and you have no right to pick up your bed.

So the Jews said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath, and it is not lawful for thee to take up thy bed.

11 H e answered them, The Man Who healed me and gave me back my strength, He Himself said to me, Pick up your bed and walk!

But he answered them, He that made me whole, the same said unto me, Take up thy bed, and walk.

12 T hey asked him, Who is the Man Who told you, Pick up your bed and walk?

They asked him, Who is the man that said unto thee, Take up thy bed, and walk?

13 N ow the invalid who had been healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had quietly gone away, since there was a crowd in the place.

But he that was healed knew not who it was; for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in the place.

14 A fterward, when Jesus found him in the temple, He said to him, See, you are well! Stop sinning or something worse may happen to you.

Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing befall thee.

15 T he man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus Who had made him well.

The man went away, and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him whole.

16 F or this reason the Jews began to persecute (annoy, torment) Jesus and sought to kill Him, because He was doing these things on the Sabbath.

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

17 B ut Jesus answered them, My Father has worked until now, and I, too, must be at work.

But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh even until now, and I work.

18 T his made the Jews more determined than ever to kill Him; because He not only was breaking (weakening, violating) the Sabbath, but He actually was speaking of God as being His own Father, making Himself equal with God.

For this cause therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only brake the sabbath, but also called God his own Father, making himself equal with God.

19 S o Jesus answered them by saying, I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, the Son is able to do nothing of Himself (of His own accord); but He is able to do only what He sees the Father doing, for whatever the Father does is what the Son does in the same way.

Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father doing: for what things soever he doeth, these the Son also doeth in like manner.

20 T he Father dearly loves the Son and discloses to (shows) Him everything that He Himself does. And He will disclose to Him (let Him see) greater things yet than these, so that you may marvel and be full of wonder and astonishment.

For the Father loveth the Son, and showeth him all things that himself doeth: and greater works than these will he show him, that ye may marvel.

21 J ust as the Father raises up the dead and gives them life, even so the Son also gives life to whomever He wills and is pleased to give it.

For as the Father raiseth the dead and giveth them life, even so the Son also giveth life to whom he will.

22 E ven the Father judges no one, for He has given all judgment (the last judgment and the whole business of judging) entirely into the hands of the Son,

For neither doth the Father judge any man, but he hath given all judgment unto the Son;

23 S o that all men may give honor (reverence, homage) to the Son just as they give honor to the Father. whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father, Who has sent Him.

that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He that honoreth not the Son honoreth not the Father that sent him.

24 I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, the person whose ears are open to My words and believes and trusts in and clings to and relies on Him Who sent Me has (possesses now) eternal life. And he does not come into judgment, but he has already passed over out of death into life.

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth him that sent me, hath eternal life, and cometh not into judgment, but hath passed out of death into life.

25 B elieve Me when I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, the time is coming and is here now when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God and those who hear it shall live.

Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour cometh, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God; and they that hear shall live.

26 F or even as the Father has life in Himself and is self-existent, so He has given to the Son to have life in Himself and be self-existent.

For as the Father hath life in himself, even so gave he to the Son also to have life in himself:

27 A nd He has given Him authority and granted Him power to execute (exercise, practice) judgment because He is a Son of man.

and he gave him authority to execute judgment, because he is a son of man.

28 D o not be surprised and wonder at this, for the time is coming when all those who are in the tombs shall hear His voice,

Marvel not at this: for the hour cometh, in which all that are in the tombs shall hear his voice,

29 A nd they shall come out—those who have practiced doing good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil will be raised for judgment.

and shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of judgment.

30 I am able to do nothing from Myself. Even as I hear, I judge, and My judgment is right (just, righteous), because I do not seek or consult My own will but only the will and pleasure of the Father Who sent Me.

I can of myself do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is righteous; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.

31 I f I alone testify in My behalf, My testimony is not valid and cannot be worth anything.

If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.

32 T here is Another Who testifies concerning Me, and I know and am certain that His evidence on My behalf is true and valid.

It is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true.

33 Y ou yourselves have sent to John and he has been a witness to the truth.

Ye have sent unto John, and he hath borne witness unto the truth.

34 B ut I do not receive human witness; but I simply mention all these things in order that you may be saved (made and kept safe and sound).

But the witness which I receive is not from man: howbeit I say these things, that ye may be saved.

35 J ohn was the lamp that kept on burning and shining, and you were willing for a while to delight (sun) yourselves in his light.

He was the lamp that burneth and shineth; and ye were willing to rejoice for a season in his light.

36 B ut I have as My witness something greater (weightier, higher, better) than that of John; for the works that the Father has appointed Me to accomplish and finish, the very same works that I am now doing, are a witness and proof that the Father has sent Me.

But the witness which I have is greater than that of John; for the works which the Father hath given me to accomplish, the very works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me.

37 A nd the Father Who sent Me has Himself testified concerning Me. Not one of you has ever given ear to His voice or seen His form (His face—what He is like).

And the Father that sent me, he hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his form.

38 A nd you have not His word (His thought) living in your hearts, because you do not believe and adhere to and trust in and rely on Him Whom He has sent.

And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he sent, him ye believe not.

39 Y ou search and investigate and pore over the Scriptures diligently, because you suppose and trust that you have eternal life through them. And these testify about Me!

Ye search the scriptures, because ye think that in them ye have eternal life; and these are they which bear witness of me;

40 A nd still you are not willing to come to Me, so that you might have life.

and ye will not come to me, that ye may have life.

41 I receive not glory from men,

I receive not glory from men.

42 B ut I know you and recognize and understand that you have not the love of God in you.

But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in yourselves.

43 I have come in My Father’s name and with His power, and you do not receive Me; but if another comes in his own name and his own power and with no other authority but himself, you will receive him and give him your approval.

I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.

44 H ow is it possible for you to believe, you who receive praise and honor and glory from one another, and yet do not seek the praise and honor and glory which come from Him Who alone is God?

How can ye believe, who receive glory one of another, and the glory that cometh from the only God ye seek not?

45 P ut out of your minds the thought and do not suppose that I will accuse you before the Father. There is one who accuses you—it is Moses, the very one on whom you have built your hopes.

Think not that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, on whom ye have set your hope.

46 F or if you believed and relied on Moses, you would believe and rely on Me, for he wrote about Me.

For if ye believed Moses, ye would believe me; for he wrote of me.

47 B ut if you do not believe and trust his writings, how then will you believe and trust My teachings?

But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?