Jesus Heals a Man at the Pool
1Some time later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem for one of the Jewish feasts. 2In Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate is a pool. In the Aramaic language it is called Bethesda. It is surrounded by five rows of columns with a roof over them. 3-4Here a great number of disabled people used to lie down. Among them were those who were blind, those who could not walk, and those who could hardly move. 5One person was there who had not been able to walk for 38 years. 6Jesus saw him lying there. He knew that the man had been in that condition for a long time. So he asked him, “Do you want to get well?”
7“Sir,” the disabled man replied, “I have no one to help me into the pool when an angel stirs up the water. I try to get in, but someone else always goes down ahead of me.”
8Then Jesus said to him, “Get up! Pick up your mat and walk.” 9The man was healed right away. He picked up his mat and walked.
This happened on a Sabbath day. 10So the Jewish leaders said to the man who had been healed, “It is the Sabbath day. The law does not allow you to carry your mat.”
11But he replied, “The one who made me well said to me, ‘Pick up your mat and walk.’ ”
12They asked him, “Who is this fellow? Who told you to pick it up and walk?”
13The one who was healed had no idea who it was. Jesus had slipped away into the crowd that was there.
14Later Jesus found him at the temple. Jesus said to him, “See, you are well again. Stop sinning, or something worse may happen to you.” 15The man went away. He told the Jewish leaders it was Jesus who had made him well.
The Authority of the Son
16Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath day. So the Jewish leaders began to oppose him. 17Jesus defended himself. He said to them, “My Father is always doing his work. He is working right up to this day. I am working too.” 18For this reason the Jewish leaders tried even harder to kill him. According to them, Jesus was not only breaking the law of the Sabbath day. He was even calling God his own Father. He was making himself equal with God.
19Jesus answered, “What I’m about to tell you is true. The Son can do nothing by himself. He can do only what he sees his Father doing. What the Father does, the Son also does. 20This is because the Father loves the Son. The Father shows him everything he does. Yes, and the Father will show the Son even greater works than these. And you will be amazed. 21The Father raises the dead and gives them life. In the same way, the Son gives life to anyone he wants to. 22Also, the Father does not judge anyone. He has given the Son the task of judging. 23Then all people will honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father, who sent him.
24“What I’m about to tell you is true. Anyone who hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. They will not be judged. They have crossed over from death to life. 25What I’m about to tell you is true. A time is coming for me to give life. In fact, it has already begun. The dead will hear the voice of the Son of God. Those who hear it will live. 26The Father has life in himself. He has allowed the Son also to have life in himself. 27And the Father has given him the authority to judge. This is because he is the Son of Man.
28“Do not be amazed at this. A time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice. 29They will all come out of their graves. People who have done what is good will rise and live again. People who have done what is evil will rise and be found guilty. 30I can do nothing by myself. I judge only as I hear. And my judging is fair. I do not try to please myself. I try to please the one who sent me.
Being a Witness About Jesus
31“If I am a witness about myself, what I say is not true. 32There is someone else who is a witness in my favor. And I know that what he says about me is true.
33“You have sent people to John the Baptist. He has been a witness to the truth. 34I do not accept what a person says. I only talk about what John says so that you can be saved. 35John was like a lamp that burned and gave light. For a while you chose to enjoy his light.
36“What I say about myself is more important than what John says about me. I am doing the works the Father gave me to finish. These works are a witness that the Father has sent me. 37The Father who sent me is himself a witness about me. You have never heard his voice. You have never seen what he really looks like. 38And his word does not live in you. That’s because you do not believe the one he sent. 39You study the Scriptures carefully. You study them because you think they will give you eternal life. The Scriptures you study are a witness about me. 40But you refuse to come to me and receive life.
41“I do not accept praise from human beings. 42But I know you. I know that you do not have love for God in your hearts. 43I have come in my Father’s name, and you do not accept me. But if someone else comes in his own name, you will accept him. 44You accept praise from one another. But you do not seek the praise that comes from the only God. So how can you believe?
45“Do not think I will bring charges against you in front of the Father. Moses is the one who does that. And he is the one you build your hopes on. 46Do you believe Moses? Then you should believe me. He wrote about me. 47But you do not believe what he wrote. So how are you going to believe what I say?”
耶稣在毕士大池边治病
1这事以后，犹太人的一个节期到了，耶稣便上耶路撒冷。 2耶路撒冷靠近羊门的地方有一个水池，希伯来话叫毕士大，池边有五条走廊， 3里面躺着瞎眼的、瘸腿的、瘫痪的等许多病人。 4他们都在等候天使来搅动池水。水动时，第一个下去的，无论患什么病都会痊愈。5:4 有些经卷无“他们都在等候天使来搅动池水。水动时，第一个下去的，无论患了什么病都会痊愈。”
5那里有一个人病了三十八年。 6耶稣看他躺着，知道他病了很久，就问他：“你想痊愈吗？”
7那人回答说：“先生，水动的时候，没有人把我放进池子里，我要下去的时候，别人总是先我一步。”
8耶稣对他说：“起来，拿起你的垫子走吧！”
9那人立刻痊愈了，拿起垫子开始行走。那天正好是安息日， 10犹太人便对那人说：“今天是安息日，你不可拿着垫子走路。”
11他说：“那位医好我的叫我拿起垫子走。”
12他们问他：“叫你拿起垫子走的人是谁？”
13那人不知道是谁，因为那里人多，耶稣已经躲开了。
14后来，耶稣在圣殿里遇见他，对他说：“现在你已经完全好了，别再犯罪了，免得你遭遇更不幸的事。”
15那人便去告诉犹太人医好他的是耶稣。 16因为耶稣在安息日给人治病，犹太人开始迫害祂。 17耶稣对他们说：“我父一直在工作，我也一直在工作。”
18犹太人听了，更想杀祂，因祂不但违犯了安息日的规矩，还称上帝为父，把自己看作与上帝平等。
圣子的权柄
19耶稣说：“我实实在在地告诉你们，子凭自己什么都不能做，唯有看见父做什么，子才做什么。无论父做什么，子也照样做。 20父因为爱子，便把自己的一切作为给祂看，而且还要把比这些更大的作为给祂看，叫你们惊奇。 21父如何使死人复活、赐生命给他们，子也照样想赐生命给谁，就赐给谁。 22父不审判人，祂将审判的事全交给子， 23叫人尊敬子如同尊敬父。不尊敬子的，就是不尊敬差子来的父。
24“我实实在在地告诉你们，谁听从我的话，又信差我来的那位，谁就有永生，不被定罪，已经出死入生了。 25我实实在在地告诉你们，时候快到了，现在就是，死人将听见上帝儿子的声音，听见的将存活。 26因为正如父自己是生命的源头，祂也同样让子作生命的源头， 27又把审判的权柄交给祂，因为祂是人子。 28你们不要因此而惊奇，时候一到，一切在坟墓里的死人都要听见上帝儿子的声音， 29他们都要从坟墓里出来。行善的人复活后得永生，作恶的人复活后被定罪。”
见证耶稣
30耶稣继续说：“我凭自己不能做什么，我按父上帝的旨意审判，我的审判是公平的；因为我不是按自己的旨意行，而是按差我来者的旨意行。
31“如果我为自己做见证，我的见证是无效的。 32然而，有别的人给我做见证，我知道他为我做的见证是真实的。 33你们曾派人到约翰那里，他为真理做过见证。 34其实我并不需要人的见证，我之所以提起这些事是为了使你们得救。 35约翰是一盏点亮的明灯，你们情愿暂时享受他的光。 36但是我有比约翰更大的见证，因为父交待我去完成的工作，就是我现在所做的工作，证明我是父差来的。 37差我来的父曾亲自为我做过见证。你们从未听过祂的声音，从未见过祂， 38心里也没有祂的道，因为你们不信祂所差来的那位。 39你们研读圣经，以为从圣经中可以得到永生。其实为我做见证的正是这圣经， 40但你们却不肯到我这里来得生命。
41“我不接受人所给予的荣耀， 42我知道你们没有爱上帝的心。 43我奉我父的名来，你们不接受我；若有人奉自己的名来，你们却接受他。 44你们喜欢互相恭维，却不追求从独一上帝来的荣耀，怎能信我呢？ 45不要以为我会在父面前控告你们，其实控告你们的是你们一直信赖的摩西。 46你们若信摩西，就应该信我，因为他的书里也提到我。 47如果你们连他写的都不信，又怎能信我的话呢？”
