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Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - John 5:1-47

Bethesda , the House of Mercy John 5:2-3 I. I ask you to look, first, at that sad, sick crowd. There was gathered a 'great multitude of impotent folk, blind, halt, withered'. That is a parable of humanity, looked at from the highest point of view, and considered in the deepest reality of their condition. The world is a sad world; but that is not the deepest thought about it. (1) Men are sinners, and therefore they are sorrowful. (2) The disease is universal. (3) This disease is unconscious.... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - John 5:15-47

Chapter 13JESUS LIFE-GIVER AND JUDGE.“The man went away, and told the Jews that it was Jesus which had made him whole. And for this cause did the Jews persecute Jesus, because He did these things on the sabbath. But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh even until now, and I work. 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. Jesus therefore answered and said unto them,... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - John 5:1-47

CHAPTER 5 1. The Healing of the Impotent Man. (John 5:1-9 .) 2. The Opposition of the Jews. (John 5:10-18 .) 3. His Unity with the Father. (John 5:19-23 .) 4. The Present Hour. Believers Delivered from Death and Judgment. (John 5:24-25 .) 5. The Future Hour. His Power to Raise the Dead. (John 5:26-29 .) 6. Witness Concerning Himself. (John 5:30-32 .) 7. The Witness of John. (John 5:33-35 .) 8. The Witness of His Works. (John 5:36 .) 9. The Witness of the Father. (John 5:37-38 .) 10.... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - John 5:31

5:31 If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not {p} true.(p) Faithful, that is, worthy to be credited; see John 8:14 . read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - John 5:1-47

AGAIN IN JERUSALEM: THE POOL OF BETHESDA (vs.1-15) Once more we find the Lord Jesus visiting Jerusalem, and as in Chapter 2:13 the feast is called "the Jews' Passover" rather than the Passover of Jehovah, so here "a feast of the Jews" is the occasion of His visit. The feasts (or "set times") instituted inLeviticus 23:1-44; Leviticus 23:1-44 were really for Jehovah's pleasure in His people; but these had degenerated into merely occasions for the Jews' pleasure. The pool of Bethesda (meaning... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - John 5:1-47

THIRD VISIT TO JUDEA This visit like the second was occasioned by the Passover, and a year later (John 5:6 ). What miracle was wrought on this occasion (5:2-9)? With what effect on the unbelieving Jews (John 5:10-16 )? How does Jesus justify such labor on the Sabbath day (John 5:17 )? On what two-fold ground did His enemies seek to kill Him (John 5:18 )? The latter of these grounds, because he said “God was His Father,” is deeply important. The Revised Version translates it because “He also... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - John 5:1-47

Bethesda Joh 5:2-8 "Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches. In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water" ( Joh 5:2-3 ). The porches spoken of in the text were once places of luxurious indulgence; rich, self-indulgent people were in the habit of using them for purposes of self-enjoyment. They lingered there, luxuriating in ease and quiet and... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - John 5:15-47

The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus which had made him whole. (16) And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath-day. (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,... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - John 5:31

If I bear witness of myself, &c. Christ tells the Jews elsewhere, (chap. viii. 14.) that though he should bear witness of himself, it would be true. But the sense of the words in this place is: I could allow you, that if I only gave testimony of myself you might seem to have some reason to except against my testimony: but now besides my own words, you have had also the testimony of John the Baptist, who divers times witnessed that I am the Messias, and the Son of God, come to take away... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - John 5:30-38

30-38 Our Lord returns to his declaration of the entire agreement between the Father and the Son, and declared himself the Son of God. He had higher testimony than that of John; his works bore witness to all he had said. But the Divine word had no abiding-place in their hearts, as they refused to believe in Him whom the Father had sent, according to his ancient promises. The voice of God, accompanied by the power of the Holy Ghost, thus made effectual to the conversion of sinners, still... read more