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The Holy Gospel Of Jesus Christ,
According To John Chapter 5
2 One lying at the pool,
5 is healed of Christ on the Sabbath.
10 The Jews that rashly find fault with
that his deed,
17 he convinceth with the authority of
his Father,
19 He proveth his divine power by
many reasons,
45 and with Moses' testimony.
1 After (*) that, there was a feast of
the Jews, and Jesus went up to
Jerusalem.
(*) Leviticus 23:2; Deuteronomy 16:1 .
2 (1) And there is at Jerusalem by
(*) the place of the sheep, a (a)
() pool called in Hebrew (b)
() Bethesda, having five porches;
(1) There is no disease so old, which
Christ cannot heal.
(*) Or, the sheep market.
(a) Whereof cattle drank, and used
to be plunged in, whereof there could
not be but great store at Jerusalem.
() Where the sheep were washed, that
should be sacrificed.
(b) That is to say, the house of pouring
out, because great store of water was
poured out into that place.
() Which signifieth the house of pouring
out, because the water ran out by
conduits.
3 In the which lay a great multitude of
sick folk, of blind, halt, and withered,
waiting for the moving of the water.
4 For an Angel went down at a certain
season into the pool, and troubled the
water; whosoever then first, after the
stirring of the water, stepped in, was
made whole of whatsoever disease he
had.
5 And a certain man was there, which
had been diseased eight and thirty
years.
6 When Jesus saw him lie, and knew
that he now long time had been diseased,
he said unto him, Wilt thou be made
whole?
7 The sick man answered him, Sir, I
have no man, when the water is
troubled, to put me into the pool, but
while I am coming, another steppeth
down before me.
8 Jesus said unto him, Rise, (*) take
up thy bed, and walk.
(*) This was, to the end that the miracle
might be so evident, that no man could
speak against it.
9 And immediately the man was made
whole, and took up his bed, and walked;
and the same day was the Sabbath.
10 (2) The Jews therefore said to him
that was made whole, It is the Sabbath
day, (*) it is not lawful for thee to carry
thy bed.
(2) True religion is not more cruelly
assaulted by any means, than by the
pretence of religion itself.
(*) Jeremiah 17:22 .
11 He answered them, He that made me
whole he said unto me, Take up thy bed,
and walk.
12 Then asked they him, What man is that
which said unto thee, Take up thy bed,
and walk?
13 And he that was healed, knew not
who it was, for Jesus had conveyed
himself away from the multitude that
was in that place.
14 And after that, Jesus found him in the
Temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou
art made whole; (*) sin no more, lest a
worse thing come unto thee.
(*) The affliction that we endure, are
chastisements for our sins.
15 ¶ The man departed, and told the Jews
that it was Jesus that had made him whole.
16 And therefore the Jews did persecute
Jesus, and sought to slay him, because
he had done these things on the Sabbath
day.
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, but the works
of Christ are the works of the Father,
both because they are one God, and
also because the Father doeth not work
but in the Son.
18 (*) Therefore the Jews sought the
more to kill him, not only because he
had broken the Sabbath, but said also
that God was (c) () his () Father, and
made himself equal with God.
(*) John 7:19 .
(c) That is, his only and no man's else,
which they gather by that, that he saith,
(And I work) applying this word (work)
to himself, which is proper to God, and
therefore maketh himself equal to God.
() That is, proper and peculiar to him
alone.
() It was lawful for all Israel to call God
their Father,
Exodus 4:22;
but because Christ did attribute to
himself, that he had power over all things,
and wrought as his Father did, they
gathered that Christ did not only make
himself the Son of God, but also equal
with him.
19 Then answered Jesus, and said unto
them, Verily, verily I say unto you, The
Son can do nothing (d) of himself, save
that he (e) seeth the Father do; for
whatsoever things he doeth, the same
things doeth the Son (f) in like manner.
(d) Not only without his Father's authority,
but also without his mighty working and
power.
(e) This must be understood of Christ his
person, which consisteth of two natures,
and not simply of his Godhead; so then
he saith that his Father moveth and
governeth him in all things, but yet
notwithstanding, when he saith he
worketh with his Father, he voucheth
his Godhead.
(f) In like sort, jointly and together.
Not for that the Father doeth some things,
and then the son worketh after him, and
doth the like, but because the might and
power of the Father and the Son do
work equally and jointly together.
20 For the Father loveth the Son, and
(*) sheweth him all things, whatsoever
he himself doeth, and he will shew him
greater works than these, that ye should
marvel.
(*) That is, he doeth communicate with
him, having the same power and same
will.
21 (4) For likewise as the Father raiseth
up the dead, and quickeneth them, so the
Son quickeneth whom he will.
(4) The Father maketh no man partaker
of everlasting life, but in Christ, in whom
only also he is truly worshipped.
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 Synecdoche, for all government.
(h) These words are not so to be taken,
as though they simply denied that God
governeth the world, but as the Jews
imagined it, which separate the Father
from the Son, whereas indeed, the Father
doth not govern the world but only in the
person of his Son, being made manifest
in the flesh; so saith he afterward
John 5:30;
that he came not to do his own will, that
his doctrine is not his own,
John 7:16;
that the blind man and his parents sinned
not, ect.
John 9:3 .
(*) In giving him power and rule over all.
23 Because that all men should honor
the Son, as they honor the Father.
He that honoreth not the Son, the same
honoreth not the Father which hath sent him.
24 (5) Verily, verily I say unto you, he
that heareth my word, and believeth in
him that sent me, hath everlasting life,
and shall not come into condemnation,
but hath passed from death unto life.
(5) The Father is not worshipped but by
his Son's word apprehended by faith,
which is the only way that leadeth to
eternal life.
25 (6) Verily, verily I say unto you, the
hour shall come, and now is, when the
dead shall hear the voice of the Son of
God, and they that (*) hear it shall live.
(6) We are all dead in sin and cannot be
quickened by any other means, than by
the word of Christ apprehended by faith.
(*) They that receive it by faith.
26 For as the Father hath life
in (*) himself, so likewise hath he given
to the Son to have life in himself.
(*) To communicate it with us.
27 And hath given him (i) power also
to execute (*) judgment, in that he is
the (k) Son of man.
(i) That is, high and sovereign power to
rule and govern all things, insomuch that
he hath power of life and death.
(*) That is, to govern and rule all things.
(k) That is, he shall not only judge the
world as he is God, but also as he is
man, he received this of his Father to
be judge of the world.
28 (7) Marvel not at this; for the hour
shall come, in the which all that are in
the graves, shall hear his voice.
(7) All shall appear before the
judgment seat of Christ at length to be
judged.
29 (8) And they shall come (l) forth,
(*) that have done good, unto the
(m) resurrection of life, but they that
have done evil, unto the resurrection
of condemnation.
(8) Faith and infidelity will be judged
by their fruits.
(l) Of their graves.
(*) Matthew 25:41 .
(m) To that resurrection which had life
everlasting following it; against which is
set the resurrection of condemnation;
that is, which condemnation followeth.
30 (9) I can (n) do nothing of my own
self; (o) as I hear, I judge; and my
judgment is just, because I seek not my
own will, but the will of the Father who
hath sent me.
(9) The Father is the author and
approver of all things which Christ
doth.
(n) Look verse John 5:22 .
(o) As my father directeth me,
who dwelleth in me.
31 If I (*) should bear witness of
myself, my witness were
not (p) () true.
(*) John 8:14 .
(p) Faithful, that is, worthy to be
credited, Look in
John 8:14 .
() Christ had respect to their weakness
that heard him, and therefore said his
own witness should not be sufficient.
32 (*) There is another that beareth
witness of me, and I know that the
witness, which he beareth of me, is
true.
(*) Matthew 3:17 .
33 (*) (10) Ye sent unto John, and he
bare witness unto the truth.
(*) John 1:27 .
(10) Christ is declared to be the only
Saviour by John's voice, and infinite
miracles, and by the testimonies of all
the Prophets.
But the world notwithstanding being
addicted to false prophets, and desirous
to seem religious, seeth none of all these
things.
34 But I receive not the record of man,
nevertheless these things I say, that ye
might be saved.
35 He was a burning and a shining (*)
candle, and ye would for (q) a () season
have rejoiced in his light.
(*) Or, lamp.
(q) A little while.
() But ye left him quickly and did not
persevere.
36 But I have greater witness than the
witness of John; for the works which
the Father hath given me to finish, the
same works that I do, bear witness of
me, that the Father sent me.
37 And the (*) Father himself, which hath
sent me, () beareth witness of me.
Ye have not heard his voice at any time,
() neither have ye seen his shape.
(*) Matthew 3:17; Matthew 17:5 .
() In the Law and Prophets.
() Deuteronomy 4:12 .
38 And his word have ye not abiding in
you, for whom he hath sent, him ye
believe not.
39 (*) Search the Scriptures, for in them
ye think to have eternal life, and they are
they which testify of me.
(*) Acts 17:11 .
40 But ye will not come to me, that ye
might have life.
41 I receive not the praise of men.
42 But I know you, that ye have not the
(r) love of God in you.
(r) Love toward God.
43 I am come in my Father's Name,
and ye receive me not; if (*) another
shall come in his own name, him will ye
receive.
(*) The people are more ready to receive
false prophets than Jesus Christ.
44 How can ye believe, which () receive
(*) honor one of another, and seek not
the honor that cometh of God alone?
() Vain glory is a great let for a man to
come to God.
(*) John 12:43 .
45 (s) Do not think that I will accuse you
to my Father; there is one that (*)
accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye
trust.
(s) This denial doth not put away that
which is here said, but correcteth it, as
if Christ said, the Jews shall have no
sorer an accuser than Moses.
(*) As Moses shall accuse them that
trust in him; so they shall have no
greater enemies at the day of judgment,
than the virgin Mary and the Saints upon
whom now they call; but whosoever
doeth accuse, Christ and their own
conscience shall condemn the reprobate.
46 For had ye believed Moses, ye would
have believed me, (*) for he wrote of me.
(*) Genesis 3:15; Genesis 22:18;
Genesis 49:10; Deuteronomy 18:15 .
47 But if ye believe not his writings, how
shall ye believe my words?
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