THE IMPOTENT MAN HEALED--DISCOURSE OCCASIONED BY THE PERSECUTION ARISING THEREUPON. (John 5:1-47) a feast of the Jews--What feast? No question has more divided the Harmonists of the Gospels, and the duration of our Lo…
1Después de estas cosas había una fiesta de los judíos, y subió Jesús a Jerusalén.
2Y hay en Jerusalén, cerca de la puerta de las ovejas, un estanque, llamado en hebreo Betesda, el cual tiene cinco pórticos.
3En estos yacía una multitud de enfermos, ciegos, cojos y paralíticos, que esperaban el movimiento del agua.
4Porque un ángel descendía de tiempo en tiempo al estanque, y agitaba el agua; y el que primero descendía al estanque después del movimiento del agua, quedaba sano de cualquier enfermedad que tuviese.
5Y había allí un hombre que hacía treinta y ocho años que estaba enfermo.
6Cuando Jesús lo vio acostado, y supo que llevaba ya mucho tiempo así, le dijo: ¿Quieres ser sano?
7Señor, le respondió el enfermo, no tengo quien me meta en el estanque cuando se agita el agua; y entre tanto que yo voy, otro desciende antes que yo.
8Jesús le dijo: Levántate, toma tu lecho, y anda.
9Y al instante aquel hombre fue sanado, y tomó su lecho, y anduvo. Y era día de reposo aquel día.
10Entonces los judíos dijeron a aquel que había sido sanado: Es día de reposo; no te es lícito llevar tu lecho.
11Él les respondió: El que me sanó, él mismo me dijo: Toma tu lecho y anda.
12Entonces le preguntaron: ¿Quién es el que te dijo: Toma tu lecho y anda?
13Y el que había sido sanado no sabía quién fuese, porque Jesús se había apartado de la gente que estaba en aquel lugar.
14Después le halló Jesús en el templo, y le dijo: Mira, has sido sanado; no peques más, para que no te venga alguna cosa peor.
15El hombre se fue, y dio aviso a los judíos, que Jesús era el que le había sanado.
16Y por esta causa los judíos perseguían a Jesús, y procuraban matarle, porque hacía estas cosas en el día de reposo.
17Y Jesús les respondió: Mi Padre hasta ahora trabaja, y yo trabajo.
18Por esto los judíos aún más procuraban matarle, porque no solo quebrantaba el día de reposo, sino que también decía que Dios era su propio Padre, haciéndose igual a Dios.
19Respondió entonces Jesús, y les dijo: De cierto, de cierto os digo: No puede el Hijo hacer nada por sí mismo, sino lo que ve hacer al Padre; porque todo lo que el Padre hace, también lo hace el Hijo igualmente.
20Porque el Padre ama al Hijo, y le muestra todas las cosas que él hace; y mayores obras que estas le mostrará, de modo que vosotros os maravilléis.
21Porque como el Padre levanta a los muertos, y les da vida, así también el Hijo a los que quiere da vida.
22Porque el Padre a nadie juzga, sino que todo el juicio dio al Hijo,
23para que todos honren al Hijo como honran al Padre. El que no honra al Hijo, no honra al Padre que le envió.
24De cierto, de cierto os digo: El que oye mi palabra, y cree al que me envió, tiene vida eterna; y no vendrá a condenación, mas ha pasado de muerte a vida.
25De cierto, de cierto os digo: Viene la hora, y ahora es, cuando los muertos oirán la voz del Hijo de Dios; y los que la oyeren vivirán.
26Porque como el Padre tiene vida en sí mismo, así también ha dado al Hijo el tener vida en sí mismo;
27y también le dio autoridad de hacer juicio, por cuanto es el Hijo del Hombre.
28No os maravilléis de esto; porque vendrá hora cuando todos los que están en los sepulcros oirán su voz;
29y los que hicieron lo bueno, saldrán a resurrección de vida; mas los que hicieron lo malo, a resurrección de condenación.
30No puedo yo hacer nada por mí mismo; según oigo, así juzgo; y mi juicio es justo, porque no busco mi voluntad, sino la voluntad del que me envió, la del Padre.
31Si yo doy testimonio acerca de mí mismo, mi testimonio no es verdadero.
32Otro es el que da testimonio acerca de mí, y sé que el testimonio que da de mí es verdadero.
33Vosotros enviasteis mensajeros a Juan, y él dio testimonio de la verdad.
34Pero yo no recibo testimonio de hombre alguno; mas digo esto, para que vosotros seáis salvos.
35Él era antorcha que ardía y alumbraba; y vosotros quisisteis regocijaros por un tiempo en su luz.
36Mas yo tengo mayor testimonio que el de Juan; porque las obras que el Padre me dio para que cumpliese, las mismas obras que yo hago, dan testimonio de mí, que el Padre me ha enviado.
37También el Padre que me envió ha dado testimonio de mí. Nunca habéis oído su voz, ni habéis visto su aspecto,
38ni tenéis su palabra morando en vosotros; porque a quien él envió, vosotros no creéis.
39Escudriñad las Escrituras; porque a vosotros os parece que en ellas tenéis la vida eterna; y ellas son las que dan testimonio de mí;
40y no queréis venir a mí para que tengáis vida.
41Gloria de los hombres no recibo.
42Mas yo os conozco, que no tenéis amor de Dios en vosotros.
43Yo he venido en nombre de mi Padre, y no me recibís; si otro viniere en su propio nombre, a ese recibiréis.
44¿Cómo podéis vosotros creer, pues recibís gloria los unos de los otros, y no buscáis la gloria que viene del Dios único?
45No penséis que yo voy a acusaros delante del Padre; hay quien os acusa, Moisés, en quien tenéis vuestra esperanza.
46Porque si creyeseis a Moisés, me creeríais a mí, porque de mí escribió él.
47Pero si no creéis a sus escritos, ¿cómo creeréis a mis palabras?
JAMIESON-FAUSSET-BROWN BIBLE COMMENTARY
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I. sheep market--The supplement should be (as in Margin) "sheep [gate]," mentioned in Neh 3:1, Neh 3…
sheep market--The supplement should be (as in Margin) "sheep [gate]," mentioned in Neh 3:1, Neh 3:32.
Bethesda--that is, "house (place) of mercy," from the cures wrought there.
five porches--for shelter to the patients.
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II. impotent--infirm.
impotent--infirm.
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III. an angel, &c.--This miracle differed in two points from all other miracles recorded in Scripture:…
an angel, &c.--This miracle differed in two points from all other miracles recorded in Scripture: (1) It was not one, but a succession of miracles periodically wrought: (2) As it was only wrought "when the waters were troubled," so only upon one patient at a time, and that the patient "who first stepped in after the troubling of the waters." But this only the more undeniably fixed its miraculous character. We have heard of many waters having a medicinal virtue; but what water was ever known to cure instantaneously a single disease? And who ever heard of any water curing all, even the most diverse diseases--"blind, halt, withered"--alike? Above all, who ever heard of such a thing being done "only at a certain season," and most singularly of all, doing it only to the first person who stepped in after the moving of the waters? Any of these peculiarities--much more all taken together--must have proclaimed the supernatural character of the cures wrought. (If the text here be genuine, there can be no doubt of the miracle, as there were multitudes living when this Gospel was published who, from their own knowledge of Jerusalem, could have exposed the falsehood of the Evangelist, if no such cure had been known there. The want of Joh 5:4 and part of Joh 5:3 in some good manuscripts, and the use of some unusual words in the passage, are more easily accounted for than the evidence in their favor if they were not originally in the text. Indeed Joh 5:7 is unintelligible without Joh 5:4. The internal evidence brought against it is merely the unlikelihood of such a miracle--a principle which will carry us a great deal farther if we allow it to weigh against positive evidence).
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IV. thirty and eight years--but not all that time at the pool. This was probably the most pitiable of…
thirty and eight years--but not all that time at the pool. This was probably the most pitiable of all the cases, and therefore selected.
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V. saw him lie, and knew, &c.--As He doubtless visited the spot just to perform this cure, so He kno…
saw him lie, and knew, &c.--As He doubtless visited the spot just to perform this cure, so He knows where to find His patient, and the whole previous history of his case (Joh 2:25).
Wilt thou be made whole?--Could anyone doubt that a sick man would like to be made whole, or that the patients came thither, and this man had returned again and again, just in hope of a cure? But our Lord asked the question. (1) To fasten attention upon Himself; (2) By making him detail his case to deepen in him the feeling of entire helplessness; (3) By so singular a question to beget in his desponding heart the hope of a cure. (Compare Mar 10:51).
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VI. Sir, I have no man, &c.--Instead of saying he wished to be cured, he just tells with piteous simp…
Sir, I have no man, &c.--Instead of saying he wished to be cured, he just tells with piteous simplicity how fruitless had been all his efforts to obtain it, and how helpless and all but hopeless he was. Yet not quite. For here he is at the pool, waiting on. It seemed of no use; nay, only tantalizing,
while I am coming, another steppeth down before me--the fruit was snatched from his lips. Yet he will not go away. He may get nothing by staying, he may drop into his grave ere he get into the pool; but by going from the appointed, divine way of healing, he can get nothing. Wait therefore he will, wait he does, and when Christ comes to heal him, lo! he is waiting his turn. What an attitude for a sinner at Mercy's gate! The man's hopes seemed low enough ere Christ came to him. He might have said, just before "Jesus passed by that way," "This is no use; I shall never get in; let me die at home." Then all had been lost. But he held on, and his perseverance was rewarded with a glorious cure. Probably some rays of hope darted into his heart as he told his tale before those Eyes whose glance measured his whole case. But the word of command consummates his preparation to receive the cure, and instantaneously works it.
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VII. Rise, take up thy bed, &c.--"Immediately" he did so. "He spake and it was done." The slinging of …
Rise, take up thy bed, &c.--"Immediately" he did so. "He spake and it was done." The slinging of his portable couch over his shoulders was designed to show the perfection of the cure.
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VIII. the same day was the sabbath--Beyond all doubt this was intentional, as in so many other healings…
the same day was the sabbath--Beyond all doubt this was intentional, as in so many other healings, in order that when opposition arose on this account men might be compelled to listen to His claims and His teaching.
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IX. The Jews--that is, those in authority. (See on Joh 1:19.)
The Jews--that is, those in authority. (See on Joh 1:19.)
it is not lawful to carry thy bed--a glorious testimony to the cure, as instantaneous and complete, from the lips of the most prejudiced! (And what a contrast does it, as all our Lord's miracles, present to the bungling miracles of the Church of Rome!) In ordinary circumstances, the rulers had the law on their side (Neh 13:15; Jer 17:21). But when the man referred them to "Him that had made him whole" (Joh 5:11) as his authority, the argument was resistless. Yet they ingeniously parried the thrust, asking him, not who had "made him whole"--that would have condemned themselves and defeated their purpose--but who had bidden him "take up his bed and walk," in other words, who had dared to order a breach of the sabbath? It is time we were looking after Him--thus hoping to shake the man's faith in his Healer.
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X. he that was healed wist not, &c.--That some one, with unparalleled generosity, tenderness and pow…
he that was healed wist not, &c.--That some one, with unparalleled generosity, tenderness and power, had done it, the man knew well enough: but as he had never heard of Him before, so he disappeared too quickly for any inquiries.
conveyed himself away--slipped out of the crowd that had gathered, to avoid both hasty popularity and precipitate hatred (Mat 12:14-19).
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XI. findeth him in the temple--saying, perhaps, "I will go into Thy house with burnt offerings, I wil…
findeth him in the temple--saying, perhaps, "I will go into Thy house with burnt offerings, I will pay my vows which my lips have uttered and my mouth hath spoken when I was in trouble" (Psa 66:13-14). Jesus, there Himself for His own ends, "findeth him there"--not all accidentally, be assured.
sin no more, &c.--a glimpse this of the reckless life he had probably led before his thirty-eight years' infirmity had come upon him, and which not improbably had brought on, in the just judgment of God, his chronic complaint. Fearful illustration this of "the severity of God," but glorious manifestation of our Lord's insight into "what was in man."
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XII. The man departed, and told, &c.--little thinking how unwelcome his grateful and eager testimony w…
The man departed, and told, &c.--little thinking how unwelcome his grateful and eager testimony would be. "The darkness received not the light which was pouring its rays upon it" (Joh 1:5, Joh 1:11) [OLSHAUSEN].
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XIII. because he had done these things on the sabbath day--What to these hypocritical religionists was …
because he had done these things on the sabbath day--What to these hypocritical religionists was the doing of the most glorious and beneficent miracles, compared with the atrocity of doing them on the sabbath day! Having given them this handle, on purpose to raise the first public controversy with them, and thus open a fitting opportunity of laying His claims before them, He rises at once to the whole height of them, in a statement which for grandeur and terseness exceeds almost anything that ever afterwards fell from Him, at least to His enemies.
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XIV. My Father worketh hitherto and I work--The "I" is emphatic; "The creative and conservative activi…
My Father worketh hitherto and I work--The "I" is emphatic; "The creative and conservative activity of My Father has known no sabbath-cessation from the beginning until now, and that is the law of My working."
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XV. God was his Father--literally, "His own [or peculiar] Father," (as in Rom 8:32). The addition is …
God was his Father--literally, "His own [or peculiar] Father," (as in Rom 8:32). The addition is their own, but a very proper one.
making himself equal with God--rightly gathering this to be His meaning, not from the mere words "My Father," but from His claim of right to act as His Father did in the like high sphere, and by the same law of ceaseless activity in that sphere. And as, instead of instantly disclaiming any such meaning--as He must have done if it was false--He positively sets His seal to it in the following verses, merely explaining how consistent such claim was with the prerogatives of His Father, it is beyond all doubt that we have here an assumption of peculiar personal Sonship, or participation in the Father's essential nature.
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16. the Son can do nothing of himself--that is, apart from and in rivalry of the Father, as they supp…
the Son can do nothing of himself--that is, apart from and in rivalry of the Father, as they supposed. The meaning is, "The Son can have no separate interest or action from the Father."
for what things, &c.--On the contrary, "whatever the Father doeth that same doeth the Son,"
likewise--"in the like manner." What claim to absolute equality with the Father could exceed this: not only to do "the same things," but to do them as the Father does them?
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17. Father loveth . . . and showeth him all, &c.--As love has no concealments, so it results from the…
Father loveth . . . and showeth him all, &c.--As love has no concealments, so it results from the perfect fellowship and mutual endearment of the Father and the Son (see on Joh 1:1; Joh 1:18), whose interests are one, even as their nature, that the Father communicates to the Son all His counsels, and what has been thus shown to the Son is by Him executed in His mediatorial character. "With the Father, doing is willing; it is only the Son who acts in Time" [ALFORD]. Three things here are clear: (1) The personal distinctions in the Godhead. (2) Unity of action among the Persons results from unity of nature. (3) Their oneness of interest is no unconscious or involuntary thing, but a thing of glorious consciousness, will, and love, of which the Persons themselves are the proper Objects.
show him greater things, &c.--referring to what He goes on to mention (Joh 5:21-31), comprised in two great words, LIFE and JUDGMENT, which STIER beautifully calls God's Regalia. Yet these, Christ says, the Father and He do in common.
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18. raiseth the dead and quickeneth them--one act in two stages. This is His absolute prerogative as …
raiseth the dead and quickeneth them--one act in two stages. This is His absolute prerogative as God.
so the Son quickeneth them--that is, raiseth up and quickeneth.
whom he will--not only doing the same divine act, but doing it as the result of His own will, even as the Father does it. This statement is of immense importance in relation to the miracles of Christ, distinguishing them from similar miracles of prophets and apostles, who as human instruments were employed to perform super-natural actions, while Christ did all as the Father's commissioned Servant indeed, but in the exercise of His own absolute right of action.
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19. For the Father judgeth no man, &c.--rather, "For neither doth the Father judge any man," implying…
For the Father judgeth no man, &c.--rather, "For neither doth the Father judge any man," implying that the same "thing was meant in the former verse of the quickening of the dead"--both acts being done, not by the Father and the Son, as though twice done, but by the Father through the Son as His voluntary Agent.
all judgment--judgment in its most comprehensive sense, or as we should say, all administration.
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20. honour the Son as . . . the Father--As he who believes that Christ in the foregoing verses has gi…
honour the Son as . . . the Father--As he who believes that Christ in the foregoing verses has given a true account of His relation to the Father must of necessity hold Him entitled to the same honor as the Father, so He here adds that it was the Father's express intention in making over all judgment to the Son, that men should thus honor Him.
honoureth not the Father--does not do it in fact, whatever he may imagine, and will be held as not doing it by the Father Himself, who will accept no homage which is not accorded to His own Son.
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21. believeth on him that sent me--that is, believeth in Him as having sent Me. I have spoken of the …
believeth on him that sent me--that is, believeth in Him as having sent Me. I have spoken of the Son's right not only to heal the sick but to raise from the dead, and quicken whom He will: And now I say unto you, That life-giving operation has already passed upon all who receive My words as the Sent of the Father on the great errand of mercy.
hath everlasting life--immediately on his believing (compare Joh 3:18; Jo1 5:12-13).
is passed--"hath passed over"
from death unto life--What a transition! (Compare Jo1 3:14).
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22. The hour cometh--in its whole fulness, at Pentecost.
The hour cometh--in its whole fulness, at Pentecost.
and now is--in its beginnings.
the dead--the spiritually dead, as is clear from Joh 5:28. Here He rises from the calmer phrase "hearing his word" (Joh 5:24), to the grander expression, "hearing the voice of the Son of God," to signify that as it finds men in a dead condition, so it carries with it a resurrection-power.
shall live--in the sense of Joh 5:24.
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23. given to the Son, &c.--Does this refer to the essential life of the Son before all time (Joh 1:4)…
given to the Son, &c.--Does this refer to the essential life of the Son before all time (Joh 1:4) (as most of the Fathers, and OLSHAUSEN, STIER, ALFORD, &c., among the moderns), or to the purpose of God that this essential life should reside in the Person of the Incarnate Son, and be manifested thus to the world? [CALVIN, LUCKE, LUTHARDT, &c.] The question is as difficult as the subject is high. But as all that Christ says of His essential relation to the Father is intended to explain and exalt His mediatorial functions, so the one seems in our Lord's own mind and language mainly the starting-point of the other.
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24. because he is the Son of man--This seems to confirm the last remark, that what Christ had properl…
because he is the Son of man--This seems to confirm the last remark, that what Christ had properly in view was the indwelling of the Son's essential life in humanity as the great theater and medium of divine display, in both the great departments of His work--life-giving and judgment. The appointment of a Judge in our own nature is one of the most beautiful arrangements of divine wisdom in redemption.
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25. Marvel not at this--this committal of all judgment to the Son of man.
Marvel not at this--this committal of all judgment to the Son of man.
for the hour is coming--He adds not in this case (as in Joh 5:25), "and now is," because this was not to be till the close of the whole dispensation of mercy.
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26. resurrection of life--that is, to life everlasting (Mat 25:46).
resurrection of life--that is, to life everlasting (Mat 25:46).
of damnation--It would have been harsh to say "the resurrection of death," though that is meant, for sinners rise from death to death [BENGEL]. The resurrection of both classes is an exercise of sovereign authority; but in the one case it is an act of grace, in the other of justice. (Compare Dan 12:2, from which the language is taken). How awfully grand are these unfoldings of His dignity and authority from the mouth of Christ Himself! And they are all in the third person; in what follows He resumes the first person.
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27. of mine own self do nothing--that is, apart from the Father, or in any interest than My own. (See…
of mine own self do nothing--that is, apart from the Father, or in any interest than My own. (See on Joh 5:19).
as I hear--that is, "My judgments are all anticipated in the bosom of My Father, to which I have immediate access, and by Me only responded to and reflected. They cannot therefore err, as I live for one end only, to carry into effect the will of Him that sent Me."
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28. If I . . . witness of myself--standing alone, and setting up any separate interest.
If I . . . witness of myself--standing alone, and setting up any separate interest.
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29. There is another--that is, the Father, as is plain from the connection. How brightly the distinct…
There is another--that is, the Father, as is plain from the connection. How brightly the distinction of the Persons shines out here!
and I know that the witness, &c.--"This is the Son's testimony to the Father's truth (see Joh 7:28; Joh 8:26, Joh 8:55). It testifies to the full consciousness on the part of the Son, even in the days of His humiliation, of the righteousness of the Father" [ALFORD]. And thus He cheered His spirit under the cloud of human opposition which was already gathering over His head.
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30. Ye sent unto John--(See Joh 1:19, &c.).
Ye sent unto John--(See Joh 1:19, &c.).
receive not testimony . . . from man--that is, depend not on human testimony.
but . . . that ye might be saved--"I refer to him merely to aid your salvation."
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31. He was a burning and a shining light--literally, "the burning and shining lamp" (or torch):--that…
He was a burning and a shining light--literally, "the burning and shining lamp" (or torch):--that is, "the great light of his day." Christ is never called by the humble word here applied to John--a light-bearer--studiously used to distinguish him from his Master, but ever the Light in the most absolute sense. (See on Joh 1:6).
willing for a season--that is, till they saw that it pointed whither they were not prepared to go.
to rejoice in his light--There is a play of irony here, referring to the hollow delight with which his testimony tickled them.
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32. I have greater witness--rather, "The witness which I have is greater."
I have greater witness--rather, "The witness which I have is greater."
the works . . . bear witness of me--not simply as miracles nor even as a miracle of mercy, but these miracles, as He did them, with a will and a power, a majesty and a grace manifestly His own.
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33. the Father himself . . . hath borne witness of me--not referring, probably, to the voice of His b…
the Father himself . . . hath borne witness of me--not referring, probably, to the voice of His baptism, but (as seems from what follows) to the testimony of the Old Testament Scripture [CALVIN, LUCKE, MEYER, LUTHARDT, &c.].
neither heard his voice, &c.--never recognized Him in this character. The words are "designedly mysterious, like many others which our Lord uttered" [STIER].
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34. not his word abiding in you--passing now from the Witness to the testimony borne by Him in "the l…
not his word abiding in you--passing now from the Witness to the testimony borne by Him in "the lively oracles" (Act 7:38): both were alike strangers to their breasts, as was evidenced by their rejecting Him to whom all that witness was borne.
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35. Search the scriptures, &c.--"In the Scriptures ye find your charter of eternal life; go search th…
Search the scriptures, &c.--"In the Scriptures ye find your charter of eternal life; go search them then, and you will find that I am the Great Burden of their testimony; yet ye will not come to Me for that life eternal which you profess to find there, and of which they tell you I am the appointed Dispenser." (Compare Act 17:11-12). How touching and gracious are these last words! Observe here (1) The honor which Christ gives to the Scriptures, as a record which all have a right and are bound to search--the reverse of which the Church of Rome teaches; (2) The opposite extreme is, resting in the mere Book without the living Christ, to direct the soul to whom is its main use and chiefest glory.
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36. I receive not honour from men--contrasting His own end with theirs, which was to obtain human app…
I receive not honour from men--contrasting His own end with theirs, which was to obtain human applause.
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37. not the love of God in you--which would inspire you with a single desire to know His mind and wil…
not the love of God in you--which would inspire you with a single desire to know His mind and will, and yield yourselves to it, in spite of prejudice and regardless of consequences.
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38. if another shall come, &c.--How strikingly has this been verified in the history of the Jews! "Fr…
if another shall come, &c.--How strikingly has this been verified in the history of the Jews! "From the time of the true Christ to our time, sixty-four false Christs have been reckoned by whom they have been deceived" [BENGEL].
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39. How can ye believe, &c.--(See on Joh 5:40-41). The "will not" of Joh 5:40, and "cannot" here are …
How can ye believe, &c.--(See on Joh 5:40-41). The "will not" of Joh 5:40, and "cannot" here are just different features of the same awful state of the human heart.
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40. Do not think I will accuse you to the Father--"My errand hither is not to collect evidence to con…
Do not think I will accuse you to the Father--"My errand hither is not to collect evidence to condemn you at God's bar."
one that accuseth you, even Moses, &c.--"Alas! that will be too well done by another, and him the object of all your religious boastings--Moses," here put for "the Law," the basis of the Old Testament Scriptures.
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41. he wrote of me--"an important testimony to the subject of the whole Pentateuch--'of Me'" [ALFORD].
he wrote of me--"an important testimony to the subject of the whole Pentateuch--'of Me'" [ALFORD].
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42. If ye believe not--(See Luk 16:31).
If ye believe not--(See Luk 16:31).
his writings . . . my words--a remarkable contrast, not absolutely exalting Old Testament Scripture above His own words, but pointing to the office of those venerable documents to prepare Christ's way, to the necessity universally felt for documentary testimony in revealed religion, and perhaps (as STIER adds) to the relation which the comparative "letter" of the Old Testament holds to the more flowing "words" of "spirit and life" which characterize the New Testament.
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John — Capítulo 5
THE IMPOTENT MAN HEALED--DISCOURSE OCCASIONED BY THE PERSECUTION ARISING THEREUPON. (John 5:1-47) a feast of the Jews--What feast? No question has more divided the Harmonists of the Gospels, and the duration of our Lo…
Texto — Reina-Valera 1960
1Después de estas cosas había una fiesta de los judíos, y subió Jesús a Jerusalén.
2Y hay en Jerusalén, cerca de la puerta de las ovejas, un estanque, llamado en hebreo Betesda, el cual tiene cinco pórticos.
3En estos yacía una multitud de enfermos, ciegos, cojos y paralíticos, que esperaban el movimiento del agua.
4Porque un ángel descendía de tiempo en tiempo al estanque, y agitaba el agua; y el que primero descendía al estanque después del movimiento del agua, quedaba sano de cualquier enfermedad que tuviese.
5Y había allí un hombre que hacía treinta y ocho años que estaba enfermo.
6Cuando Jesús lo vio acostado, y supo que llevaba ya mucho tiempo así, le dijo: ¿Quieres ser sano?
7Señor, le respondió el enfermo, no tengo quien me meta en el estanque cuando se agita el agua; y entre tanto que yo voy, otro desciende antes que yo.
8Jesús le dijo: Levántate, toma tu lecho, y anda.
9Y al instante aquel hombre fue sanado, y tomó su lecho, y anduvo. Y era día de reposo aquel día.
10Entonces los judíos dijeron a aquel que había sido sanado: Es día de reposo; no te es lícito llevar tu lecho.
11Él les respondió: El que me sanó, él mismo me dijo: Toma tu lecho y anda.
12Entonces le preguntaron: ¿Quién es el que te dijo: Toma tu lecho y anda?
13Y el que había sido sanado no sabía quién fuese, porque Jesús se había apartado de la gente que estaba en aquel lugar.
14Después le halló Jesús en el templo, y le dijo: Mira, has sido sanado; no peques más, para que no te venga alguna cosa peor.
15El hombre se fue, y dio aviso a los judíos, que Jesús era el que le había sanado.
16Y por esta causa los judíos perseguían a Jesús, y procuraban matarle, porque hacía estas cosas en el día de reposo.
17Y Jesús les respondió: Mi Padre hasta ahora trabaja, y yo trabajo.
18Por esto los judíos aún más procuraban matarle, porque no solo quebrantaba el día de reposo, sino que también decía que Dios era su propio Padre, haciéndose igual a Dios.
19Respondió entonces Jesús, y les dijo: De cierto, de cierto os digo: No puede el Hijo hacer nada por sí mismo, sino lo que ve hacer al Padre; porque todo lo que el Padre hace, también lo hace el Hijo igualmente.
20Porque el Padre ama al Hijo, y le muestra todas las cosas que él hace; y mayores obras que estas le mostrará, de modo que vosotros os maravilléis.
21Porque como el Padre levanta a los muertos, y les da vida, así también el Hijo a los que quiere da vida.
22Porque el Padre a nadie juzga, sino que todo el juicio dio al Hijo,
23para que todos honren al Hijo como honran al Padre. El que no honra al Hijo, no honra al Padre que le envió.
24De cierto, de cierto os digo: El que oye mi palabra, y cree al que me envió, tiene vida eterna; y no vendrá a condenación, mas ha pasado de muerte a vida.
25De cierto, de cierto os digo: Viene la hora, y ahora es, cuando los muertos oirán la voz del Hijo de Dios; y los que la oyeren vivirán.
26Porque como el Padre tiene vida en sí mismo, así también ha dado al Hijo el tener vida en sí mismo;
27y también le dio autoridad de hacer juicio, por cuanto es el Hijo del Hombre.
28No os maravilléis de esto; porque vendrá hora cuando todos los que están en los sepulcros oirán su voz;
29y los que hicieron lo bueno, saldrán a resurrección de vida; mas los que hicieron lo malo, a resurrección de condenación.
30No puedo yo hacer nada por mí mismo; según oigo, así juzgo; y mi juicio es justo, porque no busco mi voluntad, sino la voluntad del que me envió, la del Padre.
31Si yo doy testimonio acerca de mí mismo, mi testimonio no es verdadero.
32Otro es el que da testimonio acerca de mí, y sé que el testimonio que da de mí es verdadero.
33Vosotros enviasteis mensajeros a Juan, y él dio testimonio de la verdad.
34Pero yo no recibo testimonio de hombre alguno; mas digo esto, para que vosotros seáis salvos.
35Él era antorcha que ardía y alumbraba; y vosotros quisisteis regocijaros por un tiempo en su luz.
36Mas yo tengo mayor testimonio que el de Juan; porque las obras que el Padre me dio para que cumpliese, las mismas obras que yo hago, dan testimonio de mí, que el Padre me ha enviado.
37También el Padre que me envió ha dado testimonio de mí. Nunca habéis oído su voz, ni habéis visto su aspecto,
38ni tenéis su palabra morando en vosotros; porque a quien él envió, vosotros no creéis.
39Escudriñad las Escrituras; porque a vosotros os parece que en ellas tenéis la vida eterna; y ellas son las que dan testimonio de mí;
40y no queréis venir a mí para que tengáis vida.
41Gloria de los hombres no recibo.
42Mas yo os conozco, que no tenéis amor de Dios en vosotros.
43Yo he venido en nombre de mi Padre, y no me recibís; si otro viniere en su propio nombre, a ese recibiréis.
44¿Cómo podéis vosotros creer, pues recibís gloria los unos de los otros, y no buscáis la gloria que viene del Dios único?
45No penséis que yo voy a acusaros delante del Padre; hay quien os acusa, Moisés, en quien tenéis vuestra esperanza.
46Porque si creyeseis a Moisés, me creeríais a mí, porque de mí escribió él.
47Pero si no creéis a sus escritos, ¿cómo creeréis a mis palabras?
JAMIESON-FAUSSET-BROWN BIBLE COMMENTARY
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I. sheep market--The supplement should be (as in Margin) "sheep [gate]," mentioned in Neh 3:1, Neh 3…
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II. impotent--infirm.
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III. an angel, &c.--This miracle differed in two points from all other miracles recorded in Scripture:…
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IV. thirty and eight years--but not all that time at the pool. This was probably the most pitiable of…
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V. saw him lie, and knew, &c.--As He doubtless visited the spot just to perform this cure, so He kno…
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VI. Sir, I have no man, &c.--Instead of saying he wished to be cured, he just tells with piteous simp…
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VII. Rise, take up thy bed, &c.--"Immediately" he did so. "He spake and it was done." The slinging of …
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VIII. the same day was the sabbath--Beyond all doubt this was intentional, as in so many other healings…
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IX. The Jews--that is, those in authority. (See on Joh 1:19.)
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X. he that was healed wist not, &c.--That some one, with unparalleled generosity, tenderness and pow…
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XI. findeth him in the temple--saying, perhaps, "I will go into Thy house with burnt offerings, I wil…
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XII. The man departed, and told, &c.--little thinking how unwelcome his grateful and eager testimony w…
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XIII. because he had done these things on the sabbath day--What to these hypocritical religionists was …
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XIV. My Father worketh hitherto and I work--The "I" is emphatic; "The creative and conservative activi…
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XV. God was his Father--literally, "His own [or peculiar] Father," (as in Rom 8:32). The addition is …
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16. the Son can do nothing of himself--that is, apart from and in rivalry of the Father, as they supp…
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17. Father loveth . . . and showeth him all, &c.--As love has no concealments, so it results from the…
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18. raiseth the dead and quickeneth them--one act in two stages. This is His absolute prerogative as …
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19. For the Father judgeth no man, &c.--rather, "For neither doth the Father judge any man," implying…
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20. honour the Son as . . . the Father--As he who believes that Christ in the foregoing verses has gi…
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21. believeth on him that sent me--that is, believeth in Him as having sent Me. I have spoken of the …
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22. The hour cometh--in its whole fulness, at Pentecost.
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23. given to the Son, &c.--Does this refer to the essential life of the Son before all time (Joh 1:4)…
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24. because he is the Son of man--This seems to confirm the last remark, that what Christ had properl…
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25. Marvel not at this--this committal of all judgment to the Son of man.
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26. resurrection of life--that is, to life everlasting (Mat 25:46).
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27. of mine own self do nothing--that is, apart from the Father, or in any interest than My own. (See…
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28. If I . . . witness of myself--standing alone, and setting up any separate interest.
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29. There is another--that is, the Father, as is plain from the connection. How brightly the distinct…
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30. Ye sent unto John--(See Joh 1:19, &c.).
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31. He was a burning and a shining light--literally, "the burning and shining lamp" (or torch):--that…
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32. I have greater witness--rather, "The witness which I have is greater."
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33. the Father himself . . . hath borne witness of me--not referring, probably, to the voice of His b…
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34. not his word abiding in you--passing now from the Witness to the testimony borne by Him in "the l…
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35. Search the scriptures, &c.--"In the Scriptures ye find your charter of eternal life; go search th…
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36. I receive not honour from men--contrasting His own end with theirs, which was to obtain human app…
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37. not the love of God in you--which would inspire you with a single desire to know His mind and wil…
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38. if another shall come, &c.--How strikingly has this been verified in the history of the Jews! "Fr…
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39. How can ye believe, &c.--(See on Joh 5:40-41). The "will not" of Joh 5:40, and "cannot" here are …
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40. Do not think I will accuse you to the Father--"My errand hither is not to collect evidence to con…
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41. he wrote of me--"an important testimony to the subject of the whole Pentateuch--'of Me'" [ALFORD].
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42. If ye believe not--(See Luk 16:31).