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).

and there is in Jerusalem by the sheep- a pool that 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 were lying a great multitude of the ailing, blind, lame, 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 a messenger at a set time was going down in the pool, and was troubling the water, the first then having gone in after the troubling of the water, became whole of whatever sickness he was held.

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

and there was a certain man there being in ailment thirty and eight years,

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?

him Jesus having seen lying, and having known that he is already a long time, he saith to him, `Dost thou wish to become 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 ailing man answered him, `Sir, I have no man, that, when the water may be troubled, he may put me into the pool, and while I am coming, another doth go down before me.'

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

Jesus saith to him, `Rise, take up thy couch, and be walking;'

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 immediately the man became whole, and he took up his couch, and was walking, and it was a 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.

the Jews then said to him that hath been healed, `It is a sabbath; it is not lawful to thee to take up the couch.'

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!

He answered them, `He who made me whole -- that one said to me, Take up thy couch, and be walking;'

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

they questioned him, then, `Who is the man who is saying to thee, Take up thy couch and be walking?'

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 had not known who he is, for Jesus did move 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.

After these things, Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said to him, `Lo, thou hast become whole; sin no more, lest something worse may happen to 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 is Jesus who 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 because of this were the Jews persecuting Jesus, and seeking to kill him, because these things he was doing on a sabbath.

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

And Jesus answered them, `My Father till now doth work, 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.

because of this, then, were the Jews seeking the more to kill him, because not only was he breaking the sabbath, but he also called God his own Father, making himself equal to 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 responded and said to them, `Verily, verily, I say to you, The Son is not able to do anything of himself, if he may not see the Father doing anything; for whatever things He may do, these also the Son in like manner doth;

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 doth love the Son, and doth shew to him all things that He himself doth; and greater works than these He will shew him, that ye may wonder.

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 doth raise the dead, and doth make alive, so also the Son doth make alive whom he willeth;

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 one, but all the judgment He hath given to 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 honour the Son according as they honour the Father; he who is not honouring the Son, doth not honour the Father who 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 to you -- He who is hearing my word, and is believing Him who sent me, hath life age-during, and to judgment he doth not come, but hath passed out of the death to the 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 to you -- There cometh an hour, and it now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God, and those having heard 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, so He gave also to the Son 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 authority He gave him also to do judgment, because he is 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,

`Wonder not at this, because there doth come an hour in which all those 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 they shall come forth; those who did the good things to a rising again of life, and those who practised the evil things to a rising again 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 am not able of myself to do anything; according as I hear I judge, and my judgment is righteous, because I seek not my own will, but the will of the Father who sent me.

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

`If I testify concerning myself, my testimony 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.

another there is who is testifying concerning me, and I have known that the testimony that he doth testify concerning 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 testified to 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 I do not receive testimony from man, but these things I say 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 burning and shining lamp, and ye did will to be glad, for an hour, 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 I have the testimony greater than John's, for the works that the Father gave me, that I might finish them, the works themselves that I do, they testify concerning 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 who sent me Himself hath testified concerning me; ye have neither heard His voice at any time, nor His appearance have ye seen;

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 His word ye have not remaining in you, because whom He sent, him ye do not believe.

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 Writings, because ye think in them to have life age-during, and these are they that are testifying concerning me;

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

and ye do not will to come unto me, that ye may have life;

41 I receive not glory from men,

glory from man I do not receive,

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

but I have known you, that the love of God ye have not 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 have come in the name of my Father, and ye do not receive me; if another may 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 are ye able -- ye -- to believe, glory from one another receiving, and the glory that from God alone 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.

`Do not think that I will accuse you unto the Father; there is who is accusing you, Moses -- in whom ye have hoped;

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 were believing Moses, ye would have been believing me, for he wrote concerning me;

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

but if his writings ye believe not, how shall ye believe my sayings?'