Bible Chapter Summary
John 5 Summary
Healing at the Pool of Bethesda
Jesus heals a man who had been infirm for thirty-eight years at the pool of Bethesda in Jerusalem during a Jewish feast. Though it is the Sabbath, Jesus tells the healed man to take up his bed and walk, which provokes the Jews to persecute him. Jesus teaches that as the Father works, so does the Son, claiming equality with God, and explains that the Son has authority to execute judgment and can raise the dead just as the Father does.
Key themes
Key verses
John 5:8
“Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk.”
John 5:19
“Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.”
John 5:24
“Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.”
John 5:26
“For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;”
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