5:17 {3} But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.(3) The work of God was never the breach of the sabbath, and the works of Christ are the works of the Father, both because they are one God, and also because the Father does not work except in the Son. read more
5:18 Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was {c} his Father, making himself equal with God.(c) That is, his alone and no one else’s, which they gather from his saying, "And I work", applying this word "work" to himself which properly belongs to God, and therefore makes himself equal to God. read more
5:19 Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing {d} of himself, but what he {e} seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son {f} likewise.(d) Not only without his Father’s authority, but also without his mighty working and power.(e) This must be understood of the person of Christ, which consists of two natures, and not simply of his Godhead: so then he says that his Father moves and governs him in all things,... read more
5:21 {4} For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth [them]; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.(4) The Father makes no man partaker of everlasting life except in Christ, in whom alone also he is truly worshipped. read more
5:22 For the Father {g} judgeth {h} no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son:(g) This word "judgeth" is taken by the figure of speech synecdoche to represent all governing.(h) These words are not to be taken as though they simply denied that God governed the world, but rather they deny that he governed as the Jews imagined it, who separate the Father from the Son, whereas indeed, the Father does not govern the world, but only in the person of his Son, being made manifest in the... read more
5:24 {5} Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.(5) The Father is not worshipped except by his Son’s word apprehended by faith, which is the only way that leads to eternal life. read more
5:25 {6} Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.(6) We are all dead in sin and cannot be made alive by any other means, except by the word of Christ apprehended by faith. read more
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
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
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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