The Pool of Bethesda; Testimony about Christ
John
1 Jesus on the Sabbath day cures him who was diseased thirty-eight years, 10 The Jews therefore object and persecute him for it, 17 He answers for himself and reproves them, showing by the testimony of his Father, 31 of John, 36 of his works, 39 and of the Scriptures, who he is
Lev 23:2;Deu 16:16;Joh 2:13 After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
Neh 3:12 Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.
3 In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water.
4 For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had.
5 And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years.
Isa 55:1;Psa 72:13;Heb 4:13 6 When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he saith unto him, Wilt thou be made whole?
7 The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me.
Joh 9:149 And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked: and on the same day was the sabbath.
Exo 20:10;Neh 13:19;Mat 12:2 10 The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath day: it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed.
11 He answered them, He that made me whole, the same said unto me, Take up thy bed, and walk.
12 Then asked they him, What man is that which said unto thee, Take up thy bed, and walk?
13 And he that was healed wist not who it was: for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in that place.
Mat 12:45;Joh 8:11 14 Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.
15 The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus, which had made him whole.
16 And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day.
Joh 7:19;Joh 10:30;Phi 2:6 18 Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.
Eph 3:9;Joh 9:4;Joh 8:28 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.
Mat 3:17;Joh 3:35;2 Pet 1:17 20 For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye may marvel.
Joh 11:25;Luk 7:14 21 For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.
Mat 11:27;Joh 3:35;Act 17:31 22 For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son:
Rev 5:8;1 Joh 2:23;Mat 28:19 23 That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.
1 Joh 3:1424 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.
Rev 3:1;Col 2:13;Eph 2:5 25 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.
Act 17:3126 For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;
Dan 7:1327 And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man.
28 Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,
1 Pet 3:11;1 Tim 6:18;Luk 14:14 29 And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.
Mat 26:3930 I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.
32 There is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true.
Joh 1:1533 Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth.
34 But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I say, that ye might be saved.
2 Pet 1:19;Mat 13:20;Mar 6:20 35 He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.
Joh 3:2;Mat 11:4-5;1 Joh 5:9 36 But I have greater witness than that of John: for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me.
1 Joh 4:12;1 Tim 1:17;Joh 1:18 37 And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape.
38 And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye believe not.
Luk 24:27;Deu 18:15;Act 17:11 39 Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
40 And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.
1 The 2:641 I receive not honour from men.
42 But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you.
43 I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.
Rom 2:29;Luk 19:17;Mat 25:21-23 44 How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only?
Rom 2:1245 Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust.
Gen 3:15;Gen 12:3;Deu 18:15 46 For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote of me.
Luk 16:29,3147 But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?