The Gospel according to S. John. Chapter 5

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1 Iesus on the Sabbath day cureth him that was diseased eight & thirtie yeeres. 10 The Iewes therefore cauill, and persecute him for it. 17 He answereth for himselfe, and reprooueth them, shewing by the testimonie of his Father, 32 of Iohn, 36 of his workes, 39 and of the Scriptures, who he is.

¹After this there was a feast of the Iewes, and Iesus went vp to Hierusalem.¹

²Now there is at Hierusalem by the sheepe market, a poole, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, hauing fiue porches.²

³In these lay a great multitude of impotent folke, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the mouing of the water.

⁴For an Angel went downe at a certaine season into the poole, and troubled the water: whosoeuer then first after the troubling of the water stepped in, was made whole of whatsoeuer disease he had.

⁵And a certaine man was there, which had an infirmitie thirtie and eight yeeres.

⁶When Iesus saw him lie, & knew that hee had beene now a long time in that case, he sayth vnto him, Wilt thou be made whole?

⁷The impotent man answered him, Sir, I haue no man when the water is troubled, to put mee into the poole: but while I am comming, another steppeth downe before me.

⁸Iesus sayth vnto him, Rise, take vp thy bed, and walke.

⁹And immediatly the man was made whole, and tooke vp his bed, and walked: And on the same day was the Sabbath.

¹⁰¶ The Iewes therefore said vnto him that was cured, It is the Sabbath day, it is not lawfull for thee to cary thy bed.¹⁰

¹¹He answered them, He that made me whole, the same said vnto me, Take vp thy bed, and walke.

¹²Then asked they him, What man is that which said vnto thee, Take vp thy bed, and walke?

¹³And he that was healed, wist not who it was: for Iesus had conueyed himselfe away, a multitude being in that place.¹³

¹⁴Afterward Iesus findeth him in the Temple, & said vnto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sinne no more, lest a worse thing come vnto thee.

¹⁵The man departed, and tolde the Iewes that it was Iesus which had made him whole.

¹⁶And therefore did the Iewes persecute Iesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the Sabbath day.

¹⁷¶ But Iesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, & I worke.

¹⁸Therefore the Iewes sought the more to kill him, not onely because hee had broken the Sabbath, but said also, that God was his father, making himselfe equall with God.

¹⁹Then answered Iesus, and saide vnto them, Uerily, verily I say vnto you, The sonne can doe nothing of himselfe, but what he seeth the Father doe: for what things soeuer he doeth, these also doth the sonne likewise.

²⁰For the father loueth the sonne, and sheweth him all things that himselfe doth: & he will shew him greater works then these, that ye may marueile.

²¹For as the Father raiseth vp the dead, and quickeneth them: euen so the Sonne quickeneth whom he will.

²²For the Father iudgeth no man: but hath committed all iudgement vnto the Sonne:

²³That all men should honour the Son, euen as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not þ^e Sonne, honoreth not þ^e Father which hath sent him.

²⁴Uerily, verily I say vnto you, Hee that heareth my word, & beleeueth on him that sent mee, hath euerlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation: but is passed from death vnto life.

²⁵Uerily, verily I say vnto you, The houre is comming, & now is, when the dead shall heare the voice of the Sonne of God: and they that heare, shall liue.

²⁶For as the Father hath life in himselfe: so hath he giuen to the Sonne to haue life in himselfe:

²⁷And hath giuen him authority to execute iudgement also, because he is the Sonne of man.

²⁸Marueile not at this: for the houre is comming, in the which all that are in the graues shall heare his voice,

²⁹And shall come foorth, they that haue done good, vnto the resurrection of life, and they that haue done euill, vnto the resurrection of damnation.²⁹

³⁰I can of mine owne selfe doe nothing: as I heare, I iudge: and my iudgement is iust, because I seeke not mine owne will, but the will of the Father, which hath sent me.

³¹If I beare witnesse of my selfe, my witnesse is not true.³¹

³²¶ There is another that beareth witnesse of me, & I know that the witnesse which he witnesseth of me, is true.³²

³³Ye sent vnto Iohn, and he bare witnesse vnto the trueth.³³

³⁴But I receiue not testimonie from man: but these things I say, that ye might be saued.

³⁵He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to reioyce in his light.

³⁶¶ But I haue greater witnesse then that of Iohn: for the workes which the Father hath giuen me to finish, the same workes that I doe, beare witnesse of mee, that the Father hath sent me.

³⁷And the Father himselfe which hath sent me, hath borne witnesse of me. Ye haue neither heard his voyce at any time, nor seene his shape.³⁷

³⁸And ye haue not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye beleeue not.

³⁹¶ Search the Scriptures, for in them ye thinke ye haue eternall life, and they are they which testifie of me.

⁴⁰And ye will not come to me, that ye might haue life.

⁴¹I receiue not honour from men.

⁴²But I know you, that ye haue not the loue of God in you.

⁴³I am come in my Fathers name, and ye receiue me not: if another shall come in his owne Name, him ye will receiue.

⁴⁴How can ye beleeue, which receiue honour one of another, & seeke not the honour that commeth from God onely?⁴⁴

⁴⁵Doe not thinke that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, euen Moses, in whom ye trust?

⁴⁶For had ye beleeued Moses, ye would haue beleeued me: for he wrote of me.⁴⁶

⁴⁷But if ye beleeue not his writings, how shall ye beleeue my words?

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Original 1611 KJV Sidenote References for John Chapter 5

¹ Leuit. 23. 2. deut. 16.
² Or, gate.
¹⁰ Ier.17.22
¹³ Or, from the multitude that was.
²⁹ Matth.25. 46.
³¹ Chap.8. 14.
³² Matth.3. 17.
³³ Chap.1.7
³⁷ Matth.3. 17. and 17. 5. , Deut.4. 12.
⁴⁴ Chap.12. 43.
⁴⁶ Gen.3.15. deut.18.15

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