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The Priests Try To Snare Jesus: Shall We Pay Taxes To Caesar?

²⁰ And having closely-watched Him, they sent forth spies pretending themselves to be righteous, in order that they might take-hold-of a statement of His, so as to hand Him over to the rule and the authority of the governor. ²¹ And they questioned Him, saying, “Teacher, we know that You speak and teach correctly. And You do not receive^[a] the face, but You teach the way of God in accordance with truth. ²² Is it lawful that we should give a tribute^[b] to Caesar, or not?” ²³ But having perceived their craftiness, He said to them, ²⁴ “Show Me a denarius^[c]. Of whom does it have an image^[d] and inscription?” And the ones said, “Of Caesar”. ²⁵ And the One said to them, “Well-then^[e] give-back^[f] the things of Caesar to Caesar, and the things of God to God”. ²⁶ And they were not able to take-hold-of a word of His in the presence of the people. And having marveled at His answer, they became silent.

Sadducees Question Jesus About The Resurrection of a Wife With Seven Husbands

²⁷ And having come to Him, some of the Sadducees— the ones denying that there is a resurrection— questioned Him, ²⁸ saying, “Teacher, Moses wrote to us [in Deut 25:5] that if a brother of someone dies having a wife, and this^[g] one is childless, that his brother should take the wife and raise-up-from her a seed^[h] for his brother. ²⁹ So there were seven brothers. And the first, having taken a wife, died childless. ³⁰ And the second. ³¹ And the third took her. And similarly, the seven also did not leave-behind children, and died. ³² Last, the woman also died. ³³ The woman, therefore, at the resurrection— of which of them does she become the wife? For the seven had her as wife”. ³⁴ And Jesus said to them, “The sons of ^[i] this age marry and are given-in-marriage. ³⁵ But the ones having been considered-worthy to attain^[j] that age and the resurrection from the dead neither marry, nor are they given-in-marriage. ³⁶ For they are not even still able to die, for they are angel-like^[k]. And they are sons^[l] of God, being sons of ^[m] the resurrection. ³⁷ But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed^[n] at the bush [in Ex 3:16]— when he calls the Lord the ‘God of Abraham and God of Isaac and God of Jacob’. ³⁸ Now He is not God of dead ones, but of living ones. For to Him all are alive”. ³⁹ And having responded, some of the scribes said, “Teacher, You spoke well”. ⁴⁰ For they were no longer daring to ask Him anything.

Jesus Asks How The Messiah Can Be The Son of David Since David Calls Him His Lord

⁴¹ And He said to them, “How is it that they say that the Christ is David’s son? ⁴² For David himself says in the book of Psalms [110:1], ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Be sitting on My right side ⁴³ until I put Your enemies as a footstool of Your feet”’. ⁴⁴ Therefore David calls Him ‘Lord’. And how^[o] is He his son?”

Jesus Warns The Disciples To Beware of The Scribes

⁴⁵ And while all the people were listening, He said to His disciples, ⁴⁶ “Beware of the scribes— the ones delighting to walk around in robes, and loving greetings in the marketplaces and seats-of-honor in the synagogues and places-of-honor at the banquets; ⁴⁷ who are devouring^[p] the houses of the widows, and praying long for a pretense. These ones will receive greater condemnation”.

Jesus Uses The Widow’s Offering To Illustrate True Giving

21 And having looked-up, He saw the rich ones throwing their gifts into the treasury^[q]. ² And He saw a certain needy widow throwing two leptos^[r] there. ³ And He said, “Truly I say to you that this poor widow threw more than all. ⁴ For all these ones threw into the gifts out of the money abounding^[s] to them. But this one, out of her lack^[t], threw all the living^[u] which she was having.

Jesus Says The Temple Will Be Destroyed. The Disciples Ask, When?

⁵ And while some were talking about the temple— that it has been adorned with beautiful stones and gifts-dedicated-to-God— He said, ⁶ “As to these things which you are observing, days will come during which a stone on a stone will not be left which will not be torn-down^[v]”. ⁷ And they questioned Him, saying, “Teacher, when therefore will these things happen? And what will be the sign when these things are about to take place?”

Do Not Be Deceived By False Christs Or Frightened By Wars And Disturbances

⁸ And the One said, “Be watching-out that you may not be deceived. For many will come on the basis of My name, saying ‘I am^[w] the One’, and ‘The time has drawn-near’. Do not go after them. ⁹ And whenever you hear-of wars and disturbances^[x], do not be frightened. For these things must take place first, but it is not immediately the end”.

There Will Be Disasters On Earth And Great Signs From Heaven

¹⁰ Then He was saying to them, “Nation will arise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. ¹¹ There will be both great earthquakes, and famines and plagues in various places. There will be both fearful^[y] things and great signs from heaven.

But Before All This, You Will Be Imprisoned

¹² “But before all these things, they will put their hands on you and persecute you— they handing you over to the synagogues and prisons, you being led-away before kings and governors for-the-sake-of ^[z] My name. ¹³ It will turn-out for you to be for a testimony. ¹⁴ So put in your hearts not to prepare-beforehand to speak-a-defense. ¹⁵ For I will give you a mouth, and wisdom which all the ones being opposed to you will not be able to resist or to speak-against^[aa]. ¹⁶ And you will be handed-over even by parents and brothers and relatives and friends. And they will put some of you to death. ¹⁷ And you will be being hated by all because of My name. ¹⁸ And a hair of your head will by no means be^[ab] lost. ¹⁹ Gain^[ac] your souls^[ad] by your endurance.

And You Will See Days of Vengeance And Wrath Against This People

²⁰ “But when you see Jerusalem being surrounded by army-encampments, then recognize that her desolation has drawn-near. ²¹ Then^[ae] let the ones in Judea be fleeing to the mountains. And let the ones in the midst of her^[af] be going-out. And let the ones in the fields not be entering into her. ²² Because these are days of vengeance, that all the things having been written may be fulfilled. ²³ Woe to the ones having a child in the womb, and to the ones nursing in those days. For there will be a great distress^[ag] upon the land, and wrath against this people. ²⁴ And they will fall by the edge of the sword. And they will be taken-captive to all the nations. And Jerusalem will be being trampled^[ah] by the Gentiles^[ai] until which time the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

Then They Will See The Son Coming On The Clouds With Great Glory

²⁵ “And there will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on earth the anguish of nations in perplexity about the roar of the sea and wave-tossing— ²⁶ people fainting^[aj] from fear and the expectation of the things coming-upon the world. For the powers of the heavens will be shaken. ²⁷ And then^[ak] they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. ²⁸ Now [when] these things [are] beginning to take place, straighten-up and lift-up your heads, because your redemption is drawing-near”.

The Parable of The Fig Tree: When You See This You Know The Kingdom Is Near

²⁹ And He spoke a parable to them: “Look at the fig-tree, and all the trees. ³⁰ When they already put-forth leaves, seeing it, you know from^[al] yourselves that summer is already near. ³¹ So also you— when you see these things taking place, you know^[am] that the kingdom of God is near. ³² Truly I say to you that this generation^[an] will by no means pass away until all things take place. ³³ Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by-no-means pass away.

Be Prepared And Keep Alert

³⁴ “But take heed to yourselves that your hearts may not at any time be weighed-down with carousing and drunkenness and anxieties^[ao] pertaining-to-life, and that unexpected^[ap] day suddenly-come-upon^[aq] you ³⁵ like a snare. For it will come-in-upon all the ones sitting on the face of all the earth. ³⁶ And be keeping-alert^[ar] in every season, praying that you may have strength to escape^[as] all these things being about to take place, and to stand before the Son of Man”.

Jesus Spends His Days In The Temple and His Nights On The Mount of Olives

³⁷ Now as to the days, He was teaching in the temple. But as to the nights, going out [of Jerusalem], He was spending-the-night on the mountain being called ‘of Olives’. ³⁸ And all the people were arising-very-early^[at] to come to Him in the temple to hear Him.

The Priests Plot How To Kill Jesus

22 Now the Feast of Unleavened-Bread, the one being called Passover, was drawing-near. ² And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking as to how they might kill^[au] Him, for they were fearing the people.

Judas Betrays Jesus To The Priests

³ And Satan entered into Judas, the one being called “Iscariot”, being one of the number of the twelve. ⁴ And having gone, he talked-with the chief priests and [temple] captains as to how he might hand Him over to them. ⁵ And they rejoiced^[av] and agreed to give him money. ⁶ And he consented, and was seeking a favorable-opportunity that he might hand Him over without^[aw] a crowd with them.

Jesus Celebrates Passover With The Twelve

⁷ And the [first] day of the Feast of Unleavened-Bread came— on which it-was-necessary that the Passover [lamb] be sacrificed. ⁸ And He sent-forth Peter and John, having said, “Having gone, prepare the Passover [meal] for us in order that we may eat it ”. ⁹ And the ones said to Him, “Where do You want us to prepare it?” ¹⁰ And the One said to them, “Behold— you having entered into the city, a man will meet you carrying a jar of water. Follow him to the house into which he proceeds. ¹¹ And you will say to the master of the house, ‘The Teacher says to you, “Where is the guest-room where I may eat the Passover [meal] with My disciples?”’ ¹² And that one will show you a large upstairs-room having been spread [with furnishings]. Prepare it there”. ¹³ And having gone, they found it just as He had told them. And they prepared the Passover [meal].

The Bread And The Wine Are Given a New Meaning

¹⁴ And when the hour came, He fell back [to eat], and the apostles with Him. ¹⁵ And He said to them, “I greatly desired to eat this Passover [meal] with you before I suffer. ¹⁶ For I say to you that I will by no means eat it until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God”. ¹⁷ And having taken a cup^[ax], having given-thanks, He said “Take this and distribute it to yourselves. ¹⁸ For I say to you that I will by no means drink from the fruit of the grapevine from now on until which time the kingdom of God comes”. ¹⁹ And having taken bread, having given-thanks, He broke it and gave it to them, saying “This is My body, the one being given for you. Be doing this for My remembrance”. ²⁰ And similarly the cup after the dining, saying “This cup is the new covenant in My blood— the blood being poured-out for you. ²¹ Yet behold— the hand of the one handing Me over is with Mine on the table! ²² Because the Son of Man is proceeding according-to the thing having been determined^[ay]— nevertheless, woe to that man by whom He is being handed-over!” ²³ And they began to discuss with themselves as to which of them then the one going to do this thing might be.

The Disciples Argue Over Who Is Greatest. The Greatest Is The Servant of All

²⁴ And a contention also took place among them as to which of them seems^[az] to be greater^[ba]. ²⁵ And the One said to them, “The kings of the Gentiles are lording-over^[bb] them. And the ones having-authority over them are calling-themselves ‘Benefactors^[bc]’. ²⁶ But you shall not be so. But let the greater^[bd] one among you be like the younger one; and the one leading like the one serving. ²⁷ For who is greater, the one reclining-back [to eat] or the one serving? Is it not the one reclining-back? But I am in your midst as the One serving! ²⁸ But you are the ones having continued with Me in My trials. ²⁹ And I am conferring^[be] you a kingdom, just as My Father conferred Me ³⁰ so that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom. And you will sit on thrones judging^[bf] the twelve tribes of Israel.

Peter Will Deny Jesus

³¹ “Simon, Simon. Behold— Satan asked-for^[bg] you^[bh] all that he might sift^[bi] you like wheat. ³² But I prayed for you^[bj], that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned-back, establish^[bk] your brothers”. ³³ But the one said to Him, “Lord, I am prepared to go with You even^[bl] to prison and to death!” ³⁴ And the One said, “I say to you, Peter, a rooster will not crow today until you deny three-times that you know Me”.

Jesus Tells The Disciples To Prepare For a New Assignment

³⁵ And He said to them, “When I sent you out without money-bag and [traveler’s] bag and sandals, you did not lack anything, did you?” And the ones said, “Nothing”. ³⁶ And He said to them, “But now^[bm] let the one having a money-bag take it. Likewise also a [traveler’s] bag. And let the one not having one sell his cloak and buy a sword. ³⁷ For I say to you that this [saying] having been written [in Isa 53:12] must be fulfilled in Me: ‘And He was counted^[bn] with lawless ones’. For indeed the thing concerning Me has a fulfillment^[bo]”. ³⁸ And the ones said, “Lord, behold— here are two swords”. And the One said to them, “It is enough”.

Jesus Waits And Prays On The Mount of Olives

³⁹ And having gone out, He went in accordance with His custom to the Mount of Olives. And the disciples also, they followed Him. ⁴⁰ And having come-to-be at the place, He said to them, “Be praying that you may not enter into temptation”. ⁴¹ And He withdrew from them about a stone’s throw. And having put down His knees, He was praying, ⁴² saying “Father, if You are willing, remove this cup from Me. Yet let not My will, but Yours be done”. ⁴³ And^[bp] an angel from heaven appeared to Him, strengthening Him. ⁴⁴ And having come-to-be in agony, He was praying more-fervently. And His sweat became like^[bq] drops of blood going down upon the ground. ⁴⁵ And having arisen from prayer, having come to the disciples, He found them being asleep because of grief. ⁴⁶ And He said to them, “Why are you sleeping? Having stood-up, be praying that^[br] you may not enter into temptation”.

Jesus Is Betrayed With a Kiss, And Arrested

⁴⁷ While He was still speaking, behold— a crowd. And the one being called Judas, one of the twelve, was preceding^[bs] them. And he drew-near to Jesus to kiss Him. ⁴⁸ And Jesus said to him, “Judas, are you handing-over the Son of Man with a kiss?” ⁴⁹ And the ones around Him, having seen the thing which will happen, said “Lord, shall we strike with a sword?” ⁵⁰ And a certain one of them struck the slave of the high priest and took-off his right ear. ⁵¹ But having responded, Jesus said, “Allow^[bt] up to this”. And having touched his ear, He healed him. ⁵² And Jesus said to the chief priests and captains of the temple and elders having come against Him, “Did you come out with swords and clubs as-if against a robber? ⁵³ Daily while I was being with you in the temple, you did not stretch-out your hands against Me. But this is your hour, and the authority of darkness”.

Jesus Is Led Into The House of The High Priest; Peter Denies Him Three Times

⁵⁴ And having arrested Him, they led Him, and brought Him into the house of the high priest. And Peter was following at-a-distance. ⁵⁵ And they having kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard, and having sat-down-together, Peter was sitting amidst them. ⁵⁶ And a certain servant-girl, having seen him sitting toward the light, and having looked-intently at him, said “This one also was with Him”. ⁵⁷ But the one denied it, saying “I do not know Him, woman”. ⁵⁸ And after a short time, another man having seen him said, “You also are one of them”. But Peter said, “Man, I am not!” ⁵⁹ And about one hour having passed^[bu], a certain other man was insisting, saying “In accordance with truth, this one also was with Him, for he also is a Galilean”. ⁶⁰ But Peter said, “Man, I do not know what you are saying”. And at-once, while he was still speaking, a rooster crowed. ⁶¹ And having turned, the Lord looked-at Peter. And Peter was reminded of the word of the Lord— how He said to him that “Before a rooster crows today, you will deny Me three-times”. ⁶² And having gone outside, he wept bitterly. ⁶³ And the men holding Him were mocking Him while beating Him. ⁶⁴ And having covered Him, they were asking Him, saying “Prophesy— who is the one having hit You?” ⁶⁵ And blaspheming, they were saying many other things against Him.

Jesus Is Led Before The Sanhedrin. He Tells Them He Is The Son of God

⁶⁶ And when it became day, the Council-of-elders of the people was gathered together— both chief priests and scribes. And they led Him away to their council^[bv] [chamber], ⁶⁷ saying “If You are the Christ, tell us”. But He said to them, “If I tell you, you will by no means believe. ⁶⁸ And if I question you, you will by no means answer. ⁶⁹ But from now on, the Son of Man will be sitting^[bw] on the right side of the power of God”. ⁷⁰ And they all said, “Are You then the Son of God?” And the One said to them, “You are saying^[bx] that I am”. ⁷¹ And the ones said, “What further need do we have of testimony? For we ourselves heard it from His mouth”.

Jesus Is Led Before Pilate. He Tells Him He Is The King of The Jews

23 And having arisen, the whole assembly of them led Him before Pilate. ² And they began to accuse Him, saying “We found this One perverting our nation, and forbidding to give tributes^[by] to Caesar, and saying that He is Christ, a King”. ³ And Pilate asked Him, saying “Are You the King of the Jews?” And the One, having responded to him, said “You are saying^[bz] it ”. ⁴ And Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, “I find no guilt^[ca] in this man”. ⁵ But the ones were insisting^[cb], saying that “He is stirring-up the people, teaching throughout all Judea— having indeed begun from Galilee, as far as here”. ⁶ And Pilate, having heard it, asked if the man was a Galilean. ⁷ And having learned that He was from the authority of Herod^[cc], he sent Him up to Herod— he also being in Jerusalem during these days.

Before Herod, Jesus Says Nothing

⁸ Now Herod, having seen Jesus, rejoiced greatly. For he was wanting to see Him for considerable periods-of-time because of hearing about Him. And he was hoping to see some sign being done by Him. ⁹ And he was questioning Him with many words, but He answered him nothing. ¹⁰ And the chief priests and the scribes were standing there, accusing Him vigorously^[cd]. ¹¹ And Herod also— with his troops— having treated Him with contempt, and having mocked Him, having clothed Him with shining clothing, sent Him back to Pilate. ¹² Now both Herod and Pilate became friends with one another on the very day. For they were-previously existing with hostility^[ce] toward them.

Pilate Offers To Release Jesus. The Crowd Demands He Be Crucified

¹³ Now Pilate, having called-together the chief priests and the rulers and the people, ¹⁴ said to them, “You brought me this man as One turning-away^[cf] the people. And behold— I, having examined Him in your presence, found no guilt in this man of the things which you are accusing against Him. ¹⁵ But neither did Herod, for he sent Him back to us. And behold— nothing worthy of death has been committed by Him. ¹⁶ Therefore, having disciplined Him, I will release Him”. ^{17 [cg] 18} But they cried-out all-together, saying, “Take away this One, and release Barabbas for us”— ¹⁹ who had been thrown in prison because of a certain rebellion^[ch] having taken place in the city, and murder. ²⁰ And again Pilate addressed them, wanting to release Jesus. ²¹ But the ones were calling-out, saying “Crucify, crucify Him!” ²² And a third time the one said to them, “What indeed^[ci] did this One do wrong? I found no guilt worthy of death in Him. Therefore, having disciplined Him, I will release Him”. ²³ But the ones were pressing-upon him with loud voices, asking that He be crucified. And their voices were prevailing. ²⁴ And Pilate decided^[cj] that their request should be done. ²⁵ And he released the one having been thrown into prison because of rebellion and murder, whom they were asking-for. And he handed-over Jesus to their will.

Jesus Is Crucified

²⁶ And when they led Him away, having taken-hold-of a certain Simon, a Cyrenian^[ck] coming from the country, they laid the cross on him to carry behind Jesus. ²⁷ And a large crowd of the people, and of women who were beating-their-breasts and lamenting Him, was following Him. ²⁸ But having turned to them, Jesus said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not be weeping for Me. But weep for yourselves and for your children. ²⁹ Because behold— days are coming during which they will say, ‘Blessed^[cl] are the barren, and^[cm] the wombs which did not bear and breasts which did not feed^[cn]’. ³⁰ At-that-time they will begin to say to the mountains, ‘Fall on us’, and to the hills, ‘Cover us’. ³¹ Because if they are doing these things in-the-case-of the wet wood^[co], what will happen in-the-case-of the dry^[cp]?” ³² And two other^[cq] criminals were also being led to be executed with Him. ³³ And when they came to the place being called “The Skull^[cr]”, there they crucified Him and the criminals— one on the right side, and the other on the left side. ³⁴ But^[cs] Jesus was saying, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing”. And they cast lots, dividing His garments among themselves.

The King of The Jews Is Mocked While Hanging On The Cross

³⁵ And the people were standing there watching. And the rulers were also sneering-at Him, saying “He saved others. Let Him save Himself if this One is the Christ of God, the Chosen One”. ³⁶ And the soldiers also mocked Him, coming to Him, offering Him sour-wine^[ct], ³⁷ and saying “If You are the King of the Jews, save Yourself ”. ³⁸ And there was also an inscription over Him— “This is the King of the Jews”. ³⁹ And one of the criminals having been hung was blaspheming Him, saying “Are You not the Christ? Save Yourself and us”. ⁴⁰ But having responded, the other, rebuking him, said “Do you not even fear God? Because you are under the same condemnation^[cu]! ⁴¹ And we are suffering justly, for we are receiving-back things worthy of the things which we did— but this One did nothing out-of-place^[cv]”. ⁴² And he was saying, “Jesus, remember me when You come into Your kingdom”. ⁴³ And He said to him, “Truly I say to you, you will be with Me today in paradise”.

Darkness Comes Over the Land And The Temple Curtain Is Torn. Jesus Dies

⁴⁴ And it was now about the sixth^[cw] hour. And a darkness came over the whole land^[cx] until the ninth hour, ⁴⁵ the sun having failed. And the curtain of the temple was torn^[cy] in-the-middle. ⁴⁶ And having called-out with a loud voice, Jesus said, “Father, I commend^[cz] My spirit into Your hands”. And having said this, He expired. ⁴⁷ And having seen the thing having taken place, the centurion was glorifying God, saying “This man really was righteous”. ⁴⁸ And all the crowds having come together for this sight, having watched the things having taken place, were returning striking their chests. ⁴⁹ But all His acquaintances and the women accompanying Him from Galilee were standing at a distance while seeing these things.

Jesus Is Buried In a Tomb On Friday Afternoon Before Sunset

⁵⁰ And behold, there was a man, Joseph by name— being a council-member and a good and righteous man (⁵¹ this one had not consented to the plan^[da] and their action)— from Arimathea, a city of the Jews, who was waiting-for the kingdom of God. ⁵² This one, having gone to Pilate, asked-for the body of Jesus. ⁵³ And having taken it down, he wrapped it in linen-cloth, and laid Him in a tomb cut-in-the-rock where no one was yet lying. ⁵⁴ And it was the day of Preparation^[db], and the Sabbath was dawning^[dc].

On Sunday Morning, The Women Go To The Tomb And Discover That Jesus Is Risen

⁵⁵ Now having closely-followed, the women who had come-with Him from Galilee saw the tomb and how His body was laid. ⁵⁶ And having returned, they prepared spices and perfumes. And on the Sabbath they rested in-accordance-with the commandment— 24 ¹ but on the first day of the week at deep dawn, they went to the tomb bringing the spices which they prepared. ² And they found the stone having been rolled-away from the tomb. ³ But having gone in, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. ⁴ And it came about during their being perplexed about this, that behold— two men^[dd] stood-near them in gleaming^[de] clothing. ⁵ And they^[df] having become terrified and bowing their faces to the ground, they^[dg] said to them, “Why are you seeking the Living One among the dead? ⁶ He is not here, but He arose. Remember how He spoke to you while still being in Galilee, ⁷ saying as to the Son of Man that He must be handed-over into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and rise-up on the third day”. ⁸ And they remembered His words.

The Women Report To The Others. Peter Runs To See

⁹ And having returned from the tomb, they reported all these things to the eleven and to all the rest. ¹⁰ Now the women were the Magdalene^[dh] Mary, and Joanna, and Mary the mother of James, and the other women with them. They were saying these things to the apostles. ¹¹ And these words appeared in their sight as if nonsense^[di], and they were not-believing^[dj] them. ¹² But Peter, having arisen, ran to the tomb. And having stooped-to-look, he sees the linen-cloths only^[dk]. And he went away marveling^[dl] to himself as to the thing having taken place.

Jesus Meets Two Disciples On The Way To Emmaus And Explains The Scriptures

¹³ And behold— two of them^[dm] were going on the very day to a village being sixty stades^[dn] distant from Jerusalem, for which the name was Emmaus. ¹⁴ And they were conversing with one another about all these things having happened. ¹⁵ And it came about during their conversing and discussing, that Jesus Himself, having drawn-near, was going with them. ¹⁶ But their eyes were being held-back that they might not^[do] recognize Him. ¹⁷ And He said to them, “What are these words which you are exchanging with one another while walking?” And they stood [still], sad-faced. ¹⁸ And having responded, one— Cleopas by name— said to Him, “Are You alone^[dp] staying in Jerusalem and did not know the things having taken place in it in these days?” ¹⁹ And He said to them, “What things?” And the ones said to Him, “The things concerning Jesus from-Nazareth, Who became a man who was a prophet, powerful in deed and word before God and all the people; ²⁰ and how the chief priests and our rulers handed Him over for condemnation to death, and they crucified Him. ²¹ But we were hoping that He was the One going to redeem Israel. Yet indeed also in-addition-to^[dq] all these things, it is the third day from which time these things took place. ²² Yet some women from-among us also astonished us. Having come-to-be at the tomb very-early, ²³ and not having found His body, they came saying also to have seen a vision of angels who say that He is alive. ²⁴ And some of the ones with us went to the tomb and found it so— just as the women indeed said. But they did not see Him”. ²⁵ And He said to them, “O foolish ones, and slow in the heart to be putting-faith upon all that the prophets spoke! ²⁶ Did not the Christ have-to suffer these things, and enter into His glory?” ²⁷ And beginning from Moses and from all the prophets, He interpreted^[dr] to them the things concerning Himself in all the Scriptures. ²⁸ And they drew-near to the village where they were going. And He made-as-if to be proceeding farther. ²⁹ And they strongly-urged Him, saying “Stay with us, because it is toward evening, and the day has already declined”. And He went in that He might stay with them. ³⁰ And it came about at His lying down [to eat] with them that having taken the bread, He blessed it ^[ds]. And having broken it, He was giving it to them. ³¹ And their eyes were opened, and they recognized Him. And He became invisible from them. ³² And they said to one another, “Was not our heart burning within us as He was speaking to us on the road, as He was opening the Scriptures to us?”

Jesus Appears To The Eleven And Helps Them Understand The Scriptures

³³ And having arisen at the very hour, they returned to Jerusalem. And they found the eleven^[dt] and the ones with them having been assembled, ³⁴ saying that “The Lord really arose! And He appeared to Simon”. ³⁵ And they were describing^[du] the things on the road, and how He was recognized by them in^[dv] the breaking of the bread. ³⁶ And while they were speaking these things, He Himself stood in the midst of them. And He says to them, “Peace to you”. ³⁷ But having been frightened and having become terrified, they were thinking that they were seeing a spirit. ³⁸ And He said to them, “Why are you troubled? And for what reason are doubts coming-up in your heart? ³⁹ Look at My hands and My feet, that I am Myself. Touch^[dw] Me and see, because a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you observe Me having”. ⁴⁰ And having said this, He showed them His hands and His feet. ⁴¹ But while they were still not-believing it because of the joy, and marveling, He said to them, “Do you have something edible here?” ⁴² And the ones gave Him a part of a broiled fish. ⁴³ And having taken it, He ate it in their presence. ⁴⁴ And He said to them, “These are My words which I spoke to you while still being with you— that all the things having been written about Me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled”. ⁴⁵ Then He opened their mind that they might understand the Scriptures.

The Christ Had To Suffer And Rise Up, And The Message Go Forth. You Are Witnesses

⁴⁶ And^[dx] He said to them that “Thus it has been written— that the Christ suffers and rises-up from the dead on the third day, ⁴⁷ and that repentance for the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed on the basis of His name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem. ⁴⁸ You are witnesses of these things. ⁴⁹ And behold— I am sending-forth the promise^[dy] of My Father upon you. But you sit in the city^[dz] until which time you put-on^[ea] power from on-high”.

Jesus Ascends Into Heaven

⁵⁰ And He led them outside^[eb] until near Bethany. And having lifted-up His hands, He blessed them. ⁵¹ And it came about during His blessing them that He separated^[ec] from them, and was being carried-up^[ed] into heaven. ⁵² And they, having worshiped Him, returned to Jerusalem with great joy. ⁵³ And they were continually in the temple blessing God.

The Word Was With God, And The Word Was God. He Is The Light Shining In The Darkness

1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. ² This One was in the beginning with God. ³ All things came-into-being^[ee] through Him, and apart from Him not even one thing came into being which^[ef] has come-into-being. ⁴ In Him was life, and the life was the light of mankind. ⁵ And the light is shining in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome^[eg] it.

John Was Sent By God To Bear Witness To The Light In Order That All Might Believe

⁶ There came-to-be^[eh] a man, having been sent-forth from God. The name for him was John. ⁷ This one came for a testimony— in order that he might testify concerning the Light, in order that all might believe through him. ⁸ That one was not the Light, but came in order that he might testify concerning the Light— ⁹ the true^[ei] Light which gives-light-to^[ej] every person was coming into the world.

The World Did Not Accept The Light, But All Who Did Became Children of God

¹⁰ He was in the world, and the world came-into-being through Him, and the world did not know^[ek] Him. ¹¹ He came to His own things, and His own ones did not accept Him. ¹² But all who did receive Him, He gave them— the ones believing in His name— the right^[el] to become children of God, ¹³ who were born not of bloods^[em], nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of a husband, but of God^[en].

The Word Became Flesh And We Saw His Unique Glory. John Bore Witness To Him

¹⁴ And the Word became flesh and dwelt^[eo] among us, and we saw His glory— glory as of the only-born^[ep] from the Father, full of grace and truth. ¹⁵ John testifies concerning Him, and has cried-out saying, “This One was the One of Whom I said, ‘The One coming after me has become ahead of me, because He was before me’”.

We All Received From The Fullness of Grace And Truth He Brought

¹⁶ Because we all received from His fullness— even grace upon grace. ¹⁷ Because the Law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

The Only-Born God Revealed The Father To Us

¹⁸ No one has ever seen God; the only-born^[eq] God, the One being^[er] in the bosom of the Father— that One expounded^[es] Him.

John Came Baptizing To Make Straight The Way of The Lord, As Isaiah Prophesied

¹⁹ And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews from Jerusalem sent-out priests and Levites to him in order that they might ask him, “Who are you?”, ²⁰ and he confessed and did not deny. And he confessed that “I am not the Christ”, ²¹ and they asked him, “What then? Are you Elijah?” And he says, “I am not”. “Are you the^[et] Prophet?” And he answered, “No”. ²² Then they said to him, “Who are you, in order that we may give an answer to the ones having sent us? What do you say about yourself ?” ²³ He said, “I am the ‘voice of one shouting in the wilderness: “Make-straight the way of the Lord”’, just as Isaiah the prophet said [in Isa 40:3]”. ²⁴ And they^[eu] had been sent-out from the Pharisees. ²⁵ And they asked him, and said to him, “Why then are you baptizing if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?” ²⁶ John responded to them saying, “I am baptizing with^[ev] water. Amidst you stands One Whom you do not know— ²⁷ the One coming after me, of Whom I am not worthy that I may untie the strap of His sandal”. ²⁸ These things took place in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.

John Identifies Jesus As The Son of God Sent To Take Away The Sin of The World

²⁹ On the next day he sees Jesus coming toward him. And he says, “Look— the Lamb of God, the One taking-away the sin of the world. ³⁰ This One is the One about Whom I said, ‘A man is coming after me Who has become ahead of me, because He was before me’. ³¹ And I did not know Him. But I came baptizing with water for this reason— that He might be revealed to Israel”. ³² And John testified, saying that “I have seen the Spirit descending like a dove out of heaven. And He remained upon Him. ³³ And I did not know Him. But the One having sent me to baptize with water, that One said to me, ‘Upon whomever you see the Spirit descending and remaining upon Him— this One is the One baptizing with^[ew] the Holy Spirit’. ³⁴ And I have seen, and have testified that this One is the Son of God”.

John Points His Disciples To The Lamb of God. Andrew And Peter Find The Messiah

³⁵ On the next day John was again standing there, and two of his disciples. ³⁶ And having looked at Jesus walking, he says, “Look— the Lamb of God”. ³⁷ And the two disciples heard him speaking, and followed Jesus. ³⁸ And Jesus, having turned and seen them following, says to them, “What are you seeking?” And the ones said to Him, “Rabbi (which being translated means “Teacher”), where are You staying?” ³⁹ He says to them, “Come, and you will see”. So they went, and saw where He was staying, and stayed with Him that day. The hour was about the tenth^[ex]. ⁴⁰ Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, was one of the two having heard it from John, and having followed Him. ⁴¹ This one first finds his own brother Simon, and says to him, “We have found the Messiah” (which being translated is “Christ”). ⁴² He brought him to Jesus. Having looked-at him, Jesus said, “You are Simon, the son of John. You will be called Cephas^[ey]” (which is translated “Peter”).

Jesus Finds Philip, Who Finds Nathanael. They Follow The Son of God, The King of Israel

⁴³ On the next day He wanted^[ez] to go forth to Galilee. And He finds Philip. And Jesus says to him, “Be following Me”. ⁴⁴ Now Philip was from Bethsaida, of the city of Andrew and Peter. ⁴⁵ Philip finds Nathanael and says to him, “We have found the One of whom Moses wrote in the Law, and the Prophets wrote— Jesus, son of Joseph, from Nazareth”. ⁴⁶ And Nathanael said to him, “Is anything good able to be out of Nazareth?” Philip says to him, “Come and see”. ⁴⁷ Jesus saw Nathanael coming to Him, and says about him, “Look— truly an Israelite in whom there is no deceit”. ⁴⁸ Nathanael says to Him, “From where do You know me?” Jesus responded and said to him, “Before Philip called you, while being^[fa] under the fig tree, I saw you”. ⁴⁹ Nathanael responded to Him, “Rabbi, You are the Son of God. You are the King of Israel”. ⁵⁰ Jesus responded and said to him, “Do^[fb] you believe because I said to you that I saw you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than these!” ⁵¹ And He says to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you^[fc] all, you will see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man”.

They All Visit a Wedding, Where Jesus Reveals His Glory By Turning Water Into Wine

2 And on the third^[fd] day a wedding took place in Cana of Galilee. And the mother of Jesus was there. ² And both Jesus and His disciples were invited to the wedding-celebration. ³ And it having come-short-of wine, the mother of Jesus says to Him, “They do not have wine”. ⁴ And Jesus says to her, “What^[fe] do I have to do with you, woman^[ff]? My hour has not yet come”. ⁵ His mother says to the servants, “Do^[fg] whatever thing He says to you”. ⁶ Now six stone waterpots were setting there for the purification^[fh] [rite] of the Jews, each having-room-for two or three measures^[fi]. ⁷ Jesus says to them, “Fill the waterpots with water”. And they filled them up to the top. ⁸ And He says to them, “Draw some now, and carry it to the headwaiter^[fj]”. And the ones carried it. ⁹ And when the headwaiter tasted the water having become wine— and he did not know where it was from, but the servants having drawn the water knew— the headwaiter calls the bridegroom, ¹⁰ and says to him, “Every person first puts out the fine wine, and when they get-drunk^[fk], the lesser. You have kept the fine wine until now”. ¹¹ Jesus did this beginning^[fl] of signs in Cana of Galilee, and revealed His glory. And His disciples believed in Him. ¹² After this He went down to Capernaum— He and His mother and His brothers and His disciples. And they stayed there not many days.

At The Passover, Consumed By Zeal For God’s House, Jesus Cleanses The Temple

¹³ And the Passover [Feast] of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. ¹⁴ And in the temple, He found the ones selling oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers-of-money sitting [at their tables]. ¹⁵ And having made a lash^[fm] from ropes, He drove them all out of the temple, and^[fn] the sheep and the oxen. And He poured-out the coin of the money-changers. And He overturned the tables. ¹⁶ And He said to the ones selling the doves, “Take these things from here. Do not be making the house of My Father a house of a market”. ¹⁷ His disciples remembered that it has been written [in Ps 69:9], “Zeal for Your house will consume Me”. ¹⁸ Then the Jews responded and said to Him, “What sign do You show us, that you are doing these things?” ¹⁹ Jesus responded and said to them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it”. ²⁰ Then the Jews said, “This temple was built for forty and six years, and You will raise it in three days?” ²¹ But that One was speaking about the temple of His body. ²² So when He was raised from the dead, His disciples remembered that He was saying this, and believed the Scripture, and the word which Jesus spoke.

Many Believed, But Jesus Did Not Entrust Himself To Them

²³ Now while He was in Jerusalem at the Passover during the Feast, many believed in His name, seeing His signs which He was doing. ²⁴ But Jesus Himself was not entrusting Himself to them— because of His knowing all people; ²⁵ and because He was having no need that someone should testify about the person, for He Himself was knowing what was in the person.

Nicodemus, a Ruler of The Jews, Comes To Jesus, And Is Told He Must Be Born Again

3 Now there was a man from the Pharisees— the name for him was Nicodemus— a ruler of the Jews. ² This one came to Him by night and said to Him, “Rabbi, we know that You have come from God as a teacher. For no one is able to be doing these signs which You are doing unless God is with him”. ³ Jesus responded and said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you— unless one is born again^[fo], he is not able to see the kingdom of God”. ⁴ Nicodemus says to Him, “How is a person able to be born while being an old-man? He is not able to enter a second time into the womb of his mother and be born, is he?” ⁵ Jesus responded, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water^[fp] and the Spirit, he is not able to enter into the kingdom of God. ⁶ The thing having been born of the flesh is flesh, and the thing having been born of the Spirit is spirit. ⁷ Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You^[fq] all must be born again’— ⁸ the wind blows where it wants, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know from where it comes, and where it is going. So^[fr] is everyone having been born of the Spirit”. ⁹ Nicodemus responded and said to Him, “How are these^[fs] things able to happen?” ¹⁰ Jesus responded and said to him, “Are you the teacher of Israel and you do not understand these things? ¹¹ Truly, truly, I say to you that we are speaking what we know, and we are testifying what we have seen, and you^[ft] people are not receiving our testimony. ¹² If I told you people earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things? ¹³ And no one has gone up into heaven except the One having come down from heaven— the Son of Man. ¹⁴ And just as Moses lifted-up the serpent in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up ¹⁵ in order that everyone putting-faith in Him may have^[fu] eternal life.

God Sent His Son Into The World That All Believing In Him May Have Eternal Life

¹⁶ “For^[fv] God so^[fw] loved the world that He gave His only-born Son, in order that everyone believing in Him may not perish, but may have eternal life. ¹⁷ For God did not send-forth the Son into the world in order that He might judge^[fx] the world, but in order that the world might be saved through Him. ¹⁸ The one believing in Him is not judged. But the one not believing has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only-born Son of God. ¹⁹ And this is the judgment^[fy]: that the Light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their works were evil. ²⁰ For everyone practicing bad things hates the Light, and does not come to the Light in order that his works may not be exposed. ²¹ But the one doing the truth comes to the Light in order that his works may become-visible— that^[fz] they have been worked in^[ga] God”.

Jesus Goes To Judea. John The Baptist Declares Himself The Friend of The Bridegroom

²² After these things Jesus and His disciples went into the Judean land, and there He was spending-time with them and baptizing. ²³ Now John also was baptizing in Aenon near Salim, because there were many waters^[gb] there. And they were coming and being baptized. ²⁴ For John had not yet been thrown into prison. ²⁵ Then a debate^[gc] arose from the disciples of John with a Jew about purification. ²⁶ And they came to John and said to him, “Rabbi, He who was with you beyond the Jordan, concerning Whom you have testified, look— this One is baptizing, and all are going to Him!” ²⁷ John responded and said “A person cannot receive even one thing unless it has been given to him from heaven. ²⁸ You yourselves are testifying concerning me that I said that ‘I am not the Christ’, but that ‘I am one having been sent-forth ahead of that One’. ²⁹ The one having the bride is the bridegroom. And the friend of the bridegroom, the one standing there and hearing him, rejoices with joy^[gd] because of the voice of the bridegroom. So this^[ge], my joy, has been made-full. ³⁰ It-is-necessary for that One to grow, and for me to diminish.

Jesus Has Come From Heaven With The Words of God. He Is Above All

³¹ “The^[gf] One coming from-above is above^[gg] all. The one being from the earth is from the earth and is speaking from the earth. The One coming from heaven is above all. ³² What He has seen and did hear— this He is testifying. And no one is receiving His testimony. ³³ The one having received His testimony certified^[gh] that God is truthful, ³⁴ for He Whom God sent forth is speaking the words of God. For He does not give Him the Spirit from a measure^[gi]. ³⁵ The Father loves the Son, and has given all things in His hand. ³⁶ The one believing in the Son has eternal life. But the one disobeying^[gj] the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him”.

Jesus Goes To Galilee

4 So when Jesus knew^[gk] that the Pharisees heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John ² (although Jesus Himself was not baptizing, but His disciples), ³ He left Judea and went again^[gl] toward Galilee. ⁴ And He had-to go through Samaria.

On The Way, Jesus Stops At a Well In Samaria

⁵ So He comes into a city of Samaria being called Sychar, near the place which Jacob gave to his son Joseph. ⁶ Now a spring of Jacob was there. So Jesus, having become weary from the journey, was sitting thus^[gm] at the spring. The hour was about the sixth^[gn].

He Talks With a Woman At The Well, And Tells Her He Is The Awaited Messiah

⁷ A woman of Samaria comes to draw water. Jesus says to her, “Give Me water to drink”. ⁸ For His disciples had gone into the city in order that they might buy food. ⁹ So the Samaritan woman says to Him, “How is it You, being a Jew, are asking something to drink from me, being a Samaritan woman?” For Jews do not use-things-together-with^[go] Samaritans. ¹⁰ Jesus responded and said to her, “If you knew the gift of God, and Who the One saying to you ‘Give Me water to drink’ is— you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water”. ¹¹ The woman says to Him, “Sir, You have no bucket and the well is deep. From where then do You have the living water? ¹² You are not greater than our father Jacob, are You, who gave us the well, and himself drank from it, and his sons, and his animals?” ¹³ Jesus responded and said to her, “Everyone drinking from this water will thirst again. ¹⁴ But whoever should drink from the water which I will give him— he will never thirst, ever. On the contrary, the water which I will give him will become a spring of water in him, bubbling-up to eternal life”. ¹⁵ The woman says to Him, “Sir, give me this water in order that I may not be thirsting, nor coming here to draw it”. ¹⁶ He says to her, “Go, call your husband and come here”. ¹⁷ The woman responded and said to Him, “I do not have a husband”. Jesus says to her, “You said rightly that ‘I do not have a husband’. ¹⁸ For you had five husbands. And now he whom you have is not your husband. You have spoken this as a true thing”. ¹⁹ The woman says to Him, “Sir, I perceive that You are a prophet. ²⁰ Our fathers worshiped on this^[gp] mountain, and you^[gq] Jews say that the place where one must worship is in Jerusalem”. ²¹ Jesus says to her, “Believe Me, woman, that an hour is coming when you^[gr] Samaritans will give-worship to the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. ²² You Samaritans worship what you do not know. We Jews worship what we know, because salvation is from the Jews. ²³ But an hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will give-worship to the Father in spirit and truth. For indeed the Father is seeking such ones to be the ones worshiping Him. ²⁴ God is spirit, and the ones worshiping Him must worship in spirit and truth”. ²⁵ The woman says to Him, “I know that Messiah is coming— the One being called Christ. When that One comes, He will declare all things to us”. ²⁶ Jesus says to her, “I, the One speaking to you, am He”.

The Disciples Marvel That He Was Speaking With a Woman

²⁷ And at this point His disciples came, and they were marveling that He was speaking with a woman. Yet no one said, “What are you seeking?” or, “Why are You speaking with her?” ²⁸ So the woman left her waterpot, and went into the city. And she says to the people, ²⁹ “Come, see a man Who told me everything that I did. This One is not the Christ, is He?” ³⁰ They went out of the city, and were coming to Him.

Jesus Explains: I Came To Do God’s Will. The Harvest Is Ripe

³¹ In the meantime the disciples were asking Him, saying, “Rabbi, eat”. ³² But the One said to them, “I have food to eat that you do not know about”. ³³ So the disciples were saying to one another, “Someone did not bring Him something to eat, did he?” ³⁴ Jesus says to them, “My food is that I may do the will of the One having sent Me, and accomplish His work. ³⁵ Do you not say that ‘There are still^[gs] four months, and the harvest comes’? Behold, I say to you— lift-up your eyes and look-at the fields, that^[gt] they are white for harvest^[gu]. Already ³⁶ the one reaping is receiving wages, and is gathering fruit for life eternal, so that the one sowing and the one reaping may rejoice together. ³⁷ For in this case the saying is true, that ‘One is the one sowing and another^[gv] is the one reaping. ³⁸ I sent you out to be reaping what you have not^[gw] labored-for. Others have labored, and you have entered into their labor”.

Many Samaritans Believe His Message After Hearing His Words

³⁹ And many of the Samaritans from that city believed in Him because of the word of the woman testifying that “He told me everything which I did”. ⁴⁰ Therefore when the Samaritans came to Him, they were asking Him to stay with them. And He stayed there for two days. ⁴¹ And many more believed because of His word. ⁴² And they were saying to the woman that “We are no longer believing because of your speaking. For we ourselves have heard, and we know that this One is truly the Savior of the world”. ⁴³ And after the two days, He went forth from there to Galilee. ⁴⁴ For Jesus Himself testified that a prophet does not have honor in his own homeland.

Arriving In Galilee, a Royal Jew Believes After Jesus Heals His Son

⁴⁵ So when He came to Galilee, the Galileans welcomed Him, having seen all that He did in Jerusalem at the Feast. For they also went to the Feast. ⁴⁶ So He came again to Cana of Galilee, where He made the water wine. And there was a certain royal one whose son was sick in Capernaum. ⁴⁷ This one, having heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, went to Him, and was asking that He come down and heal his son. For he was about to die. ⁴⁸ So Jesus said to him, “Unless you^[gx] people see signs and wonders, you will by no means believe”. ⁴⁹ The royal one says to Him, “Master, come down before my child dies”. ⁵⁰ Jesus says to him, “Go, your son lives”. The man believed the word which Jesus spoke to him, and was going. ⁵¹ Now while he was already going down, his slaves met him, saying that his boy lives. ⁵² So he inquired from them the hour at which he got better. So they said to him that “The fever left him yesterday at the seventh^[gy] hour”. ⁵³ Then the father knew that it was at that hour at which Jesus said to him, “Your son lives”. And he believed^[gz], he and his whole household. ⁵⁴ Now this again was a second^[ha] sign Jesus did, having come from Judea to Galilee.

Jesus Goes To Jerusalem For a Feast, And Heals a Man On The Sabbath

5 After these things there was a Feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. ² Now in Jerusalem near the Sheep gate, there is a pool— the one being called Bethzatha in Hebrew, having five porticos^[hb]. ³ In these porticos, a multitude of the ones being sick were lying-down— blind ones, lame ones, withered ones. ^{4 [hc] 5} And there was a certain man there having thirty and eight years in his sickness. ⁶ Jesus— having seen this one lying down, and having known^[hd] that he already had a long time [in his sickness]— says to him, “Do you want to become healthy?” ⁷ The one being sick answered Him, “Sir, I do not have a man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred-up. But while I am going, another goes down before me”. ⁸ Jesus says to him, “Arise, pick up your cot and walk!” ⁹ And immediately the man became healthy, and picked up his cot and was walking.

They Want To Kill Jesus Because He Breaks The Sabbath And Makes Himself Equal To God

Now it was a Sabbath on that day. ¹⁰ So the Jews were saying to the one having been cured, “It is the Sabbath, and it is not lawful for you to pick up your cot”. ¹¹ But the one answered them, “The One having made me healthy, that One said to me, ‘Pick up your cot and walk’”. ¹² They asked him, “Who is the man having said to you, ‘Pick up and walk’?” ¹³ But the one having been healed did not know who He was. For Jesus withdrew, a crowd being in the place. ¹⁴ After these things, Jesus finds him in the temple. And He said to him, “See— you have become healthy! Do not be sinning any longer in order that something worse may not happen to you”. ¹⁵ The man went away and reported to the Jews that Jesus was the One having made him healthy. ¹⁶ And for this reason, the Jews were persecuting Jesus— because He was doing these things on a Sabbath. ¹⁷ But Jesus answered them, “My Father is working until now, and^[he] I am working”. ¹⁸ Therefore, for this reason the Jews were seeking more to kill Him: because He was not only breaking^[hf] the Sabbath, but He was also calling God His own Father, making Himself equal^[hg] to God! ¹⁹ Therefore Jesus responded and was saying to them—

Jesus Responds Regarding His Work: The Son Does Only What The Father Does

“Truly, truly, I say to you— the Son can do nothing from Himself except^[hh] something He sees the Father doing. For whatever things that One is doing, these things the Son is also likewise doing. ²⁰ For the Father loves the Son, and shows Him all things that He Himself is doing. And He will show Him greater works than these, in order that you may marvel.

The Son Raises And Judges The Dead, And Thus Is Due Equal Honor With God

²¹ “For^[hi] just as the Father raises the dead and gives-life-to them, so also the Son gives-life-to the ones whom He wishes^[hj]. ²² For the Father does not even judge anyone, but He has given all judgment to the Son, ²³ in order that all may honor the Son just-as^[hk] they are honoring the Father. The one not honoring the Son is not honoring the Father having sent Him. ²⁴ Truly, truly, I say to you that the one hearing My word and believing the One having sent Me has eternal life. And he does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.

The Son Has Life In Himself And Gives Life To The Spiritually Dead

²⁵ “Truly, truly, I say to you that an hour is coming, and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and the ones having heard will live. ²⁶ For just as the Father has life in Himself, so also He gave to the Son to have life in Himself. ²⁷ And He gave Him authority to execute judgment, because He is a son^[hl] of man.

The Son Will Give Life To The Physically Dead

²⁸ Do not be marveling-at this, because an hour is coming in which all the ones in the graves will hear His voice, ²⁹ and will come out— the ones having done the good things to a resurrection of life; the ones having practiced the bad things to a resurrection of judgment.

I Am Doing The Will of The One Who Sent Me

³⁰ “I can do nothing from Myself. Just as I am hearing^[hm], I am judging. And My judgment is righteous, because I am not seeking My will, but the will of the One having sent Me.

Jesus Responds Regarding His Identity: Others Testify About Him

³¹ “If I am^[hn] testifying about Myself, My testimony is not true. ³² There is Another— the One testifying about Me— and I know that the testimony which He is testifying about Me is true.

John The Baptist Testified

³³ “You have sent out messengers to John, and he has testified to the truth^[ho]. ³⁴ But I do not receive^[hp] testimony from a human. Nevertheless, I am saying these things in order that you may be saved. ³⁵ That one was the burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to be overjoyed in his light for an hour.

Three Greater Witnesses Testify: My Works, The Father, And The Scriptures

³⁶ “But I have testimony greater than John’s. For the works which the Father has given to Me that I should accomplish them— the works themselves which I am doing are testifying about Me, that the Father has sent Me forth. ³⁷ And the Father having sent Me— that One has testified about Me. Neither His voice have you ever heard, nor His form have you seen. ³⁸ And you do not have His word abiding in you, because the One Whom that One sent-forth— this One you are not believing! ³⁹ You^[hq] search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life— and those Scriptures are the ones testifying about Me! ⁴⁰ And you are not willing to come to Me in order that you may have life.

But You Are Not Receiving Me Because You Do Not Love God

⁴¹ “I do not receive glory from people, ⁴² but I know you— that you do not have the love of God in yourselves. ⁴³ I have come in the name of My Father, and you are not receiving Me. If another comes in his own name, you will receive that one. ⁴⁴ How are you able to believe while receiving glory from one another, and you are not seeking the glory from the only God?

Moses Will Be Your Accuser. For If You Believed Him, You Would Believe Me

⁴⁵ Do not be thinking that I will accuse you before the Father. The one accusing you is Moses, in whom you have put-hope. ⁴⁶ For if you were believing Moses, you would be believing Me, for that one wrote about Me. ⁴⁷ But if you do not believe the writings of that one, how will you believe My words?”