Section 49b
Effort to kill Jesus for breaking the Sabbath and saying he was equal with God
Jerusalem
| John 5:10-18 |
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| 10So the Jews said to the man who had been healed, “It is the Sabbath0x3B it is not lawful for you to pick up your mat.” 11He answered them, “The man who made me well said to me, ‘Pick up your mat and walk.’ ” 12So they asked him, “Who is the man who said to you, ‘Pick up your mat and walk’?” 13But the man who had been healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had slipped away, since there was a crowd in that place. 14After this Jesus found the man in the temple courts and said to him, “Behold, you have become well0x3B do not sin anymore, lest something worse happen to you.” 15Then the man went and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well. 16So the Jews began persecuting Jesus and seeking to kill him, because he was doing these things on the Sabbath. 17But Jesus responded to them, “My Father is still working even now, and I too am working.” 18So the Jews were seeking all the more to kill him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God. |