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For he not only broke the Sabbath, he called God his Father, thereby making himself equal with God. <a href="/esv/john/5.htm">English Standard Version</a> This was why the Jews were seeking all the more to kill him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God. <a href="/bsb/john/5.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Because of this, the Jews tried all the harder to kill Him. Not only was He breaking the Sabbath, but He was even calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God. <a href="/blb/john/5.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> Therefore because of this, the Jews were seeking the more to kill Him, because not only was He breaking the Sabbath, but also He was calling God His own Father, making Himself equal to God. <a href="/kjv/john/5.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/john/5.htm">New King James Version</a> Therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill Him, because He not only broke the Sabbath, but also said that God was His Father, making Himself equal with God. <a href="/nasb_/john/5.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> For this reason therefore the Jews were seeking all the more to kill Him, because He not only was breaking the Sabbath, but also was calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God. <a href="/nasb/john/5.htm">NASB 1995</a> For this reason therefore the Jews were seeking all the more to kill Him, because He not only was breaking the Sabbath, but also was calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God. <a href="/nasb77/john/5.htm">NASB 1977 </a> For this cause therefore the Jews were seeking all the more to kill Him, because He not only was breaking the Sabbath, but also was calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God. <a href="/lsb/john/5.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> For this reason therefore the Jews were seeking all the more to kill Him, because He not only was breaking the Sabbath, but also was calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God. <a href="/amp/john/5.htm">Amplified Bible</a> This made the Jews more determined than ever to kill Him, for not only was He breaking the Sabbath [from their viewpoint], but He was also calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God. <a href="/csb/john/5.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> This is why the Jews began trying all the more to kill him: Not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal to God. <a href="/hcsb/john/5.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> This is why the Jews began trying all the more to kill Him: Not only was He breaking the Sabbath, but He was even calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God. <a href="/asv/john/5.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/cev/john/5.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Now the leaders wanted to kill Jesus for two reasons. First, he had broken the law of the Sabbath. But even worse, he had said God was his Father, which made him equal with God. <a href="/erv/john/5.htm">English Revised Version</a> 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. <a href="/gwt/john/5.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> His reply made the Jews more intent on killing him. Not only did he break the laws about the day of worship, but also he made himself equal to God when he said repeatedly that God was his Father. <a href="/gnt/john/5.htm">Good News Translation</a> This saying made the Jewish authorities all the more determined to kill him; not only had he broken the Sabbath law, but he had said that God was his own Father and in this way had made himself equal with God. <a href="/isv/john/5.htm">International Standard Version</a> So the Jewish leaders were trying all the harder to kill him, because he was not only breaking the Sabbath but was also calling God his own Father, thereby making himself equal to God. <a href="/msb/john/5.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Because of this, the Jews tried all the harder to kill Him. Not only was He breaking the Sabbath, but He was even calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God. <a href="/net/john/5.htm">NET Bible</a> For this reason the Jewish leaders were trying even harder to kill him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was also calling God his own Father, thus making himself equal with God. <a href="/nheb/john/5.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> For this cause therefore the Jewish leaders sought all the more to kill him, because he not only broke the Sabbath, but also called God his own Father, making himself equal with God. <a href="/wbt/john/5.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> 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. <a href="/wey/john/5.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> On this account then the Jews were all the more eager to put Him to death--because He not only broke the Sabbath, but also spoke of God as being in a special sense His Father, thus putting Himself on a level with God. <a href="/web/john/5.htm">World English Bible</a> For this cause therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill him, because he not only broke the Sabbath, but also called God his own Father, making himself equal with God. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/john/5.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/blb/john/5.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> Therefore because of this, the Jews were seeking the more to kill Him, because not only was He breaking the Sabbath, but also He was calling God His own Father, making Himself equal to God. <a href="/ylt/john/5.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 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. <a href="/slt/john/5.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> For this therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, for not only did he loose the sabbath, but also he called God his own Father, making himself equal to God.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/john/5.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Hereupon therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he did not only break the sabbath, but also said God was his Father, making himself equal to God. <a href="/cpdv/john/5.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And so, because of this, the Jews were seeking to kill him even more so. For not only did he break the Sabbath, but he even said that God was his Father, making himself equal to God. <a href="/nabre/john/5.htm">New American Bible</a> For this reason the Jews tried all the more to kill him, because he not only broke the sabbath but he also called God his own father, making himself equal to God. <a href="/nrsvce/john/5.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> For this reason the Jews were seeking all the more to kill him, because he was not only breaking the sabbath, but was also calling God his own Father, thereby making himself equal to God.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/john/5.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And for this the Jews wanted the more to kill him, not only because he was weakening the sabbath, but also because he said concerning God that he is his Father, and was making himself equal with God. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/john/5.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> And because of this, the Jews were especially seeking to kill him, not only because he broke the Sabbath, but also because he said that God was his Father, and was making himself equal with God.<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/john/5.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> For this reason, therefore, the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he had not only broken the sabbath, but also said that God was his own father, making himself equal with God.<CM> <a href="/godbey/john/5.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> Therefore the Jews the more sought to kill Him, because He not only broke the Sabbath, but said that God was His Father, making himself equal to God. <a href="/haweis/john/5.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> Therefore sought they the more to kill him, because he had not only broken the sabbath, but called God his own Father, setting himself on an equality with God. <a href="/mace/john/5.htm">Mace New Testament</a> therefore the Jews were the more eager to kill him, because he had not only violated the sabbath, but likewise, because he had said that God was his proper father, making himself equal with God. <a href="/wey/john/5.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> On this account then the Jews were all the more eager to put Him to death--because He not only broke the Sabbath, but also spoke of God as being in a special sense His Father, thus putting Himself on a level with God. <a href="/worrell/john/5.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> For this cause, therefore, the Jews were seeking the more to kill Him, because He not only broke the sabbath, but also called God His Father, making Himself equal with God. <a href="/worsley/john/5.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> For this therefore the Jews sought the more to kill Him, because He had not only broken the sabbath, but had also called God his own Father, making Himself equal with God. <a href="/parallel/john/5-18.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ixy2bchmXZ0?start=1458" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/john/5.htm">The Father and the Son</a> …17But Jesus answered them, “To this very day My Father is at His work, and I too am working.” 18<a href="/greek/3767.htm" title="3767: oun (Conj) -- Therefore, then. Apparently a primary word; certainly, or accordingly."></a> <a href="/greek/1223.htm" title="1223: Dia (Prep) -- A primary preposition denoting the channel of an act; through.">Because of</a> <a href="/greek/3778.htm" title="3778: touto (DPro-ANS) -- This; he, she, it. ">this,</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: hoi (Art-NMP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/2453.htm" title="2453: Ioudaioi (Adj-NMP) -- Jewish. From Iouda; Judaean, i.e. Belonging to Jehudah.">Jews</a> <a href="/greek/2212.htm" title="2212: ezētoun (V-IIA-3P) -- To seek, search for, desire, require, demand. Of uncertain affinity; to seek; specially, to worship, or to plot.">tried</a> <a href="/greek/3123.htm" title="3123: mallon (Adv) -- More, rather. Neuter of the comparative of the same as malista; more) or rather.">all the harder</a> <a href="/greek/615.htm" title="615: apokteinai (V-ANA) -- To put to death, kill; fig: I abolish. From apo and kteino; to kill outright; figuratively, to destroy.">to kill</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: auton (PPro-AM3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">Him.</a> <a href="/greek/3754.htm" title="3754: hoti (Conj) -- Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because."></a> <a href="/greek/3756.htm" title="3756: ou (Adv) -- No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not.">Not</a> <a href="/greek/3440.htm" title="3440: monon (Adv) -- Alone, but, only. Neuter of monos as adverb; merely.">only</a> <a href="/greek/3089.htm" title="3089: elyen (V-IIA-3S) -- A primary verb; to loosen.">was He breaking</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: to (Art-ANS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/4521.htm" title="4521: sabbaton (N-ANS) -- The Sabbath, a week. ">Sabbath,</a> <a href="/greek/235.htm" title="235: alla (Conj) -- But, except, however. Neuter plural of allos; properly, other things, i.e. contrariwise.">but</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. "></a> <a href="/greek/2036.htm" title="2036: elegen (V-IIA-3S) -- Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say.">He was even calling</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ton (Art-AMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/2316.htm" title="2316: Theon (N-AMS) -- A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.">God</a> <a href="/greek/2398.htm" title="2398: idion (Adj-AMS) -- Pertaining to self, i.e. One's own; by implication, private or separate.">His own</a> <a href="/greek/3962.htm" title="3962: Patera (N-AMS) -- Father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior. Apparently a primary word; a father.">Father,</a> <a href="/greek/4160.htm" title="4160: poiōn (V-PPA-NMS) -- (a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do.">making</a> <a href="/greek/1438.htm" title="1438: heauton (RefPro-AM3S) -- Himself, herself, itself. ">Himself</a> <a href="/greek/2470.htm" title="2470: ison (Adj-AMS) -- Equal, equivalent, identical. Probably from eido; similar.">equal</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tō (Art-DMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">with</a> <a href="/greek/2316.htm" title="2316: Theō (N-DMS) -- A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.">God.</a> 19So Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing by Himself, unless He sees the Father doing it. For whatever the Father does, the Son also does.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/philippians/2-6.htm">Philippians 2:6</a> Who, existing in the form of God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, <a href="/john/10-30.htm">John 10:30-33</a> I and the Father are one.” / At this, the Jews again picked up stones to stone Him. / But Jesus responded, “I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these do you stone Me?” ... <a href="/colossians/2-9.htm">Colossians 2:9</a> For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity dwells in bodily form. <a href="/hebrews/1-3.htm">Hebrews 1:3</a> The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His nature, upholding all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high. <a href="/john/1-1.htm">John 1:1-3</a> In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. / He was with God in the beginning. / Through Him all things were made, and without Him nothing was made that has been made. <a href="/john/8-58.htm">John 8:58-59</a> “Truly, truly, I tell you,” Jesus declared, “before Abraham was born, I am!” / At this, they picked up stones to throw at Him. But Jesus was hidden and went out of the temple area. <a href="/john/14-9.htm">John 14:9</a> Jesus replied, “Philip, I have been with you all this time, and still you do not know Me? Anyone who has seen Me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? <a href="/matthew/12-14.htm">Matthew 12:14</a> But the Pharisees went out and plotted how they might kill Jesus. <a href="/mark/2-7.htm">Mark 2:7</a> “Why does this man speak like this? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?” <a href="/john/19-7.htm">John 19:7</a> “We have a law,” answered the Jews, “and according to that law He must die, because He declared Himself to be the Son of God.” <a href="/romans/9-5.htm">Romans 9:5</a> Theirs are the patriarchs, and from them proceeds the human descent of Christ, who is God over all, forever worthy of praise! Amen. <a href="/isaiah/9-6.htm">Isaiah 9:6</a> For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. <a href="/genesis/1-26.htm">Genesis 1:26</a> Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it.” <a href="/exodus/3-14.htm">Exodus 3:14</a> God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’” <a href="/psalms/2-7.htm">Psalm 2:7</a> I will proclaim the decree spoken to Me by the LORD: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>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.the Jews.<a href="/john/7-19.htm">John 7:19</a> Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me?broken.<a href="/john/7-22.htm">John 7:22,23</a> Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision; (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers;) and ye on the sabbath day circumcise a man… <a href="/matthew/12-5.htm">Matthew 12:5</a> Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?God was.<a href="/john/5-23.htm">John 5:23</a> That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.<a href="/john/8-54.htm">John 8:54,58</a> Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God: … <a href="/john/10-30.htm">John 10:30,33</a> I and my Father are one… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/john/5-16.htm">Account</a> <a href="/luke/24-30.htm">Brake</a> <a href="/luke/24-35.htm">Broke</a> <a href="/luke/24-30.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/john/5-16.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/john/4-47.htm">Death</a> <a href="/john/5-6.htm">Desire</a> <a href="/luke/6-20.htm">Eager</a> <a href="/luke/20-36.htm">Equal</a> <a href="/john/4-12.htm">Greater</a> <a href="/ezekiel/3-9.htm">Harder</a> <a href="/john/5-17.htm">Jesus</a> <a href="/john/5-16.htm">Jews</a> <a href="/john/5-16.htm">Kill</a> <a href="/john/4-1.htm">Making</a> <a href="/john/5-16.htm">Sabbath</a> <a href="/luke/18-34.htm">Sense</a> <a href="/john/5-16.htm">Sought</a> <a href="/luke/9-21.htm">Special</a> <a href="/luke/20-19.htm">Tried</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/john/6-37.htm">Account</a> <a href="/john/19-32.htm">Brake</a> <a href="/john/19-32.htm">Broke</a> <a href="/john/6-12.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/john/6-61.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/john/5-24.htm">Death</a> <a href="/john/5-30.htm">Desire</a> <a href="/romans/1-15.htm">Eager</a> <a href="/acts/11-17.htm">Equal</a> <a href="/john/5-20.htm">Greater</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/15-10.htm">Harder</a> <a href="/john/5-19.htm">Jesus</a> <a href="/john/6-4.htm">Jews</a> <a href="/john/7-1.htm">Kill</a> <a href="/john/10-33.htm">Making</a> <a href="/john/7-22.htm">Sabbath</a> <a href="/john/12-34.htm">Sense</a> <a href="/john/7-1.htm">Sought</a> <a href="/john/19-31.htm">Special</a> <a href="/john/7-30.htm">Tried</a><div class="vheading2">John 5</div>1. <a href="/john/5-1.htm">Jesus on the Sabbath day cures him who was diseased thirty-eight years.</a> 10. <a href="/john/5-10.htm">The Jews therefore object, and persecute him for it.</a> 17. <a href="/john/5-17.htm">He answers for himself, and reproves them, showing by the testimony of his Father,</a> 31. <a href="/john/5-31.htm">of John,</a> 36. <a href="/john/5-36.htm">of his works,</a> 39. <a href="/john/5-39.htm">and of the Scriptures, who he is.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/john/5.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/john/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/john/5.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Because of this, the Jews tried all the harder to kill Him. This phrase highlights the growing tension between Jesus and the Jewish religious leaders. The "Jews" here refers to the Jewish authorities, particularly the Pharisees and Sadducees, who were responsible for maintaining religious law and order. Their increasing hostility towards Jesus was due to His actions and teachings, which they perceived as a threat to their authority and interpretation of the Law. The desire to kill Jesus reflects the severity of the conflict, as blasphemy and Sabbath-breaking were considered capital offenses under Jewish law (<a href="/leviticus/24-16.htm">Leviticus 24:16</a>).Not only was He breaking the Sabbath, Jesus' actions on the Sabbath, such as healing the sick, were seen as violations of the traditional Jewish Sabbath laws. The Sabbath was a day of rest, instituted by God in the Ten Commandments (<a href="/exodus/20-8.htm">Exodus 20:8-11</a>), and was strictly observed by the Jewish people. However, Jesus challenged the prevailing interpretations by emphasizing the spirit of the law over the letter, teaching that acts of mercy and necessity were lawful on the Sabbath (<a href="/mark/2-27.htm">Mark 2:27-28</a>). This reinterpretation was radical and controversial, leading to accusations of law-breaking.but He was even calling God His own Father, By referring to God as His own Father, Jesus was making a profound theological statement about His unique relationship with God. In Jewish culture, calling God "Father" was not uncommon, but the personal and intimate way Jesus did so implied a special status and authority. This claim was understood by the Jewish leaders as a direct challenge to their monotheistic beliefs, as it suggested a unique divine sonship that went beyond the traditional understanding of God as the Father of Israel (<a href="/deuteronomy/32-6.htm">Deuteronomy 32:6</a>).making Himself equal with God. This phrase underscores the central issue of the Jewish leaders' opposition to Jesus: His claim to divinity. By equating Himself with God, Jesus was asserting His divine nature and authority, which was considered blasphemous by the Jewish authorities. This claim is consistent with other New Testament passages that affirm the deity of Christ (<a href="/john/1.htm">John 1:1</a>, <a href="/colossians/2-9.htm">Colossians 2:9</a>). The assertion of equality with God is a cornerstone of Christian doctrine, emphasizing the belief in the Trinity and the incarnation of God in Jesus Christ. This claim also fulfills Old Testament prophecies about the coming Messiah, who would be both divine and human (<a href="/isaiah/9-6.htm">Isaiah 9:6</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jesus_christ.htm">Jesus Christ</a> Central figure in the passage, whose actions and claims provoke a strong reaction from the Jewish leaders. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_jews.htm">The Jews</a> Refers to the Jewish leaders and authorities who are opposing Jesus, particularly due to His actions on the Sabbath and His claims about His relationship with God. 3. <a href="/topical/s/sabbath.htm">Sabbath</a> A day of rest and worship in Jewish tradition, which Jesus is accused of breaking by performing miracles. 4. <a href="/topical/g/god_the_father.htm">God the Father</a> Jesus refers to God as His Father, which is a significant claim of His divine nature and equality with God. 5. <a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a> The setting of this event, where Jesus is interacting with the Jewish leaders.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/u/understanding_jesus'_divinity.htm">Understanding Jesus' Divinity</a> Jesus' claim to be equal with God is central to Christian faith. Recognizing His divinity is crucial for understanding His authority and the significance of His sacrifice. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_the_sabbath.htm">The Importance of the Sabbath</a> Jesus' actions on the Sabbath highlight the principle that mercy and compassion fulfill the law. Christians are called to prioritize love and service over legalistic observance. <a href="/topical/r/responding_to_opposition.htm">Responding to Opposition</a> Jesus faced significant opposition for His claims and actions. Believers can expect similar challenges and should be prepared to stand firm in their faith. <a href="/topical/t/the_father-son_relationship.htm">The Father-Son Relationship</a> Jesus' relationship with the Father is a model for believers. We are invited into a familial relationship with God, calling Him "Abba, Father." <a href="/topical/e/equality_with_god.htm">Equality with God</a> Jesus' equality with God challenges us to consider His authority in our lives. Acknowledging His lordship should lead to obedience and worship.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_john_5.htm">Top 10 Lessons from John 5</a> <a href="/q/what_does_'equality_with_god'_mean.htm">What does "Equality with God" mean?</a> <a href="/q/who_was_john_stott's_significance.htm">What does 'Equality with God' mean?</a> <a href="/q/did_jesus_judge_(john_8_15_vs._5_22).htm">Did Jesus judge others? (John 8:15 vs. John 5:22)</a> <a href="/q/is_jesus_god.htm">Is Jesus God?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/john/5.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(18) For "had broken," read did He break, and for "His Father," His own Father. They recognise as beyond doubt what He means by the term "My Father," and the attribute of ceaseless energy. It was a claim which none other had ever made, that God was in a peculiar sense His own Father. They feel it is a claim to divinity, a "making Himself equal with God."The more to kill him.--This implies what is included in the persecution of <a href="/john/5-16.htm" title="And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day.">John 5:16</a>. (Comp. <a href="/matthew/12-14.htm" title="Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how they might destroy him.">Matthew 12:14</a>; <a href="/mark/3-6.htm" title="And the Pharisees went forth, and straightway took counsel with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.">Mark 3:6</a>; <a href="/context/luke/6-7.htm" title="And the scribes and Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal on the sabbath day; that they might find an accusation against him.">Luke 6:7-11</a>.)<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/john/5.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 18. - On this account (the διὰ τοῦτο is still further defined by the ὅτι) therefore the Jews were seeking the more (μᾶλλον, i.e. more than they had sought before he made use of this sublime expression) to slay him, because not only in their opinion, though very falsely, he was violating (i.e. dissolving the authority of) the sabbath. Jesus was actually placing the sabbatic law where it has remained ever since, giving it sanctions, beauty, and hold on conscience it had never known before. He was abrogating the petty restrictions and abolishing the unspiritual somnolence by which it had been characterized and misunderstood. But there was another and more staggering charge which they were not at that moment able to condone. They sought the more to slay him because he was calling God his own (ἴδον) Father, making himself equal to, on a level with, God. He did use the phrase, "my Father," with a marked emphasis. He did not say, "our Father, or your Father;" he assumed a unique relation to the Father. The inmost centre of the Divine consciousness in him thrilled through the human. Though he did not wear now the "form of God," but the "form of the Servant," yet the Servant knew that he was Son and Lord of all. The Divine Personality which had always wrought out the eternal counsels of the Father's will was working now on identical and parallel lines in the human sphere. There were senses in which the Lord Jesus was the own and only begotten Son of God. This was a hard saying. This placing of himself on a level with God was the blasphemy which the Jews resented. Jesus knew what he said, and saw the impression his words produced, and took no steps to correct it. Two classes of result naturally followed. Some said, "He blasphemeth," "He hath a devil," and the high priest subsequently, in reply to a similar utterance of the Lord, rent his clothes; but other some felt concerning him that the relation between him and the Father was, so far as they knew, absolutely unique. The author of this Gospel exclaimed, "He who 'was with God and was God' has been manifested in the flesh, and we saw his glory, the glory of the Only Begotten of the Father." <a href="/commentaries/john/5-18.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>Because of Διὰ (Dia) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1223.htm">Strong's 1223: </a> A primary preposition denoting the channel of an act; through. this, τοῦτο (touto) Demonstrative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3778.htm">Strong's 3778: </a> This; he, she, it. the οἱ (hoi) Article - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. Jews Ἰουδαῖοι (Ioudaioi) Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_2453.htm">Strong's 2453: </a> Jewish. From Iouda; Judaean, i.e. Belonging to Jehudah. tried ἐζήτουν (ezētoun) Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_2212.htm">Strong's 2212: </a> To seek, search for, desire, require, demand. Of uncertain affinity; to seek; specially, to worship, or to plot. all the harder μᾶλλον (mallon) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_3123.htm">Strong's 3123: </a> More, rather. Neuter of the comparative of the same as malista; more) or rather. to kill ἀποκτεῖναι (apokteinai) Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active <a href="/greek/strongs_615.htm">Strong's 615: </a> To put to death, kill; fig: I abolish. From apo and kteino; to kill outright; figuratively, to destroy. Him. αὐτὸν (auton) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. Not οὐ (ou) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_3756.htm">Strong's 3756: </a> No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not. only μόνον (monon) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_3440.htm">Strong's 3440: </a> Alone, but, only. Neuter of monos as adverb; merely. was He breaking ἔλυεν (elyen) Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3089.htm">Strong's 3089: </a> A primary verb; to 'loosen'. the τὸ (to) Article - Accusative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. Sabbath, σάββατον (sabbaton) Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4521.htm">Strong's 4521: </a> The Sabbath, a week. but ἀλλὰ (alla) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_235.htm">Strong's 235: </a> But, except, however. Neuter plural of allos; properly, other things, i.e. contrariwise. He was even calling ἔλεγεν (elegen) Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2036.htm">Strong's 2036: </a> Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say. God Θεόν (Theon) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2316.htm">Strong's 2316: </a> A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very. His own ἴδιον (idion) Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2398.htm">Strong's 2398: </a> Pertaining to self, i.e. One's own; by implication, private or separate. Father, Πατέρα (Patera) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3962.htm">Strong's 3962: </a> Father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior. Apparently a primary word; a 'father'. making ποιῶν (poiōn) Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4160.htm">Strong's 4160: </a> (a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do. Himself ἑαυτὸν (heauton) Reflexive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1438.htm">Strong's 1438: </a> Himself, herself, itself. equal ἴσον (ison) Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2470.htm">Strong's 2470: </a> Equal, equivalent, identical. Probably from eido; similar. with τῷ (tō) Article - Dative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. God. Θεῷ (Theō) Noun - Dative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2316.htm">Strong's 2316: </a> A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very. <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/john/5-18.htm">John 5:18 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/john/5-18.htm">John 5:18 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/john/5-18.htm">John 5:18 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/john/5-18.htm">John 5:18 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/john/5-18.htm">John 5:18 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/john/5-18.htm">John 5:18 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/john/5-18.htm">John 5:18 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/john/5-18.htm">John 5:18 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/john/5-18.htm">John 5:18 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/john/5-18.htm">John 5:18 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/john/5-18.htm">NT Gospels: John 5:18 For this cause therefore the Jews sought (Jhn Jo Jn) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/john/5-17.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="John 5:17"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="John 5:17" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/john/5-19.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="John 5:19"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="John 5:19" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>