For this cause the Jews persecuted Jesus, and sought to kill him, because he did these things on the Sabbath.
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For this cause the Jews persecuted Jesus, and sought to kill him, because he did these things on the Sabbath.
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And therfore the Iewes dyd persecute Iesus and sought the meanes to slee him because he had done these thinges on the Saboth daye.
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And therefore the Iewes did persecute Iesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the Sabbath day.
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- John 10:39 They sought again to seize him, and he went out of their hand.
- Acts 9:4-5 He fell on the earth, and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?” He said, “Who are you, Lord?” The Lord said, “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.
- Matthew 12:13 Then he told the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out; and it was restored whole, just like the other.
- Mark 3:6 The Pharisees went out, and immediately conspired with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.
- Luke 6:11 But they were filled with rage, and talked with one another about what they might do to Jesus.
- John 5:13 But he who was healed didn’t know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn, a crowd being in the place.
- John 7:19-20 Didn’t Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keeps the law? Why do you seek to kill me?” The multitude answered, “You have a demon! Who seeks to kill you?”
- John 7:25 Therefore some of them of Jerusalem said, “Isn’t this he whom they seek to kill?
- John 15:20 Remember the word that I said to you: ‘A servant is not greater than his lord.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 16 And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and…
16 And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day.
Ver. 16. Therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus] This he foreknew would follow, and yet he forbore not. In the discharge of our consciences (tightly informed and regulated) we must not stand to cast perils; but do our duties zealously, whatever come of it. This courage in Christians, heathens counted obstinacy, but they knew not the power of the Spirit, nor the privy armour of proof that saints have about their hearts.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain But the Jews made another use of it, seeking…
But the Jews made another use of it, seeking from hence an advantage against him, because he had violated the sabbath, which they often made a capital crime.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus,.... With their…
And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus,.... With their tongues, reproaching and reviling him, as a sabbath breaker, a destroyer of the law, and a sinful wicked man:
and sought to slay him; either in a violent way, by setting the zealots, a sort of ruffians under the pretence of religion, upon him; or rather in a judicial way, summoning him before the sanhedrim, in order to condemn him to death for the breach of the sabbath, which by the law of Moses was punishable with death:
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because he had done these things on the sabbath day; because he had cured the man of his disease, under which he had laboured eight and thirty years, and had ordered him to take up his bed, and walk home with it on his back on the sabbath day. This drew upon him their resentment to such a degree, that they not only persecuted him with their tongues, but sought to take away his life. Nothing would satisfy them but his blood.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 16. And sought to slay him] This clause…
Verse 16. And sought to slay him] This clause is omitted by BCDL, some others, and several ancient versions. Griesbach has left it out of the text; and Professor White says, certissime delenda: but it does not appear to me that it should be omitted. However, it was true of the Jews, whether the words were originally in the evangelist or not. For what cause did these persons seek to destroy our Lord? Because he had healed a poor man, who had been diseased thirty-eight years, and ordered him to carry home the couch on which he lay! How implacable must their malice have been! The spirit of religious persecution has always been the most fell and dangerous of all on this side perdition. Every other disposition appears to have its moderator; but this is wholly abandoned to the guidance of Satan, and has for its objects the men who know the truth, and who live to the glory of their God, and for the benefit of mankind. How strange that such should ever be objects of malice and hatred! But the Satanic nature in fallen man is ever opposed to whatever comes from God.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Persecuted Jesus - They opposed him; attempted to ruin…
Persecuted Jesus - They opposed him; attempted to ruin his character; to destroy his popularity; and probably held him up before the people as a violator of the law of God. Instead of making inquiry whether he had not given proof that he was the Messiah, they “assumed” that he must be wrong, and ought to be punished. Thus every bigot and persecutor does in regard to those who differ from them.
To slay him - To put him to death. This they attempted to do because it was directed in the law of Moses, Exo 31:15; Exo 35:2. See Luk 6:7, Luk 6:11; Luk 13:14. We see here,
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1. How full of enmity and how bloody was the purpose of the Jews, All that Jesus had done was to restore an infirm man to health - a thing which they would have done for their cattle Luk 6:7, and yet they sought. his life because he had done it for a sick “man.”
2. Men are often extremely envious because good is done by others, especially if it is not done according to the way of their denomination or party.
3. Here was an instance of the common feelings of a hypocrite. He often covers his enmity against the power of religion by great zeal for the form of it. He hates and persecutes those who do good, who seek the conversion of sinners, who love revivals of religion and the spread of the gospel, because it is not according to some matter of form which has been established, and on which he supposes the whole safety of the church to hang. There was nothing that Jesus was more opposed to than hypocrisy, and nothing that he set himself more against than those who suppose all goodness to consist in “forms,” and all piety in the “shibboleths” of a party.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain because he had done these things on the sabbath…
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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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 16. And therefore] Better, And on this account, or,…
16. And therefore] Better, And on this account, or, and for this cause (Joh_12:18; Joh_12:27). It is not St John’s favourite particle ‘therefore.’ but a preposition and pronoun. Comp. Joh_5:18.
and sought to slay him] These words are not genuine here, but have been inserted from Joh_5:18. The other two verbs are both in the imperfect tense expressing continued action; ‘used to persecute, continued to persecute;’ ‘used to do, habitually did.’ From which we may infer that some of the unrecorded miracles (Joh_2:23, Joh_4:45) were wrought on the Sabbath: unless the Evangelist is speaking from their point of view; ‘because (as they said) He habitually did these things on the Sabbath.’
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (16) The words, “and sought to slay Him,” should…
(16) The words, “and sought to slay Him,” should be omitted. They have been inserted in some MSS. to explain the first clause of Joh_5:18. For “He had done,” read He was doing. The word is in the imperfect tense, expressing continuance or custom. It is either that from this one instance they generalise a law of practice to justify their persecution, or that some of the earlier unrecorded miracles were also performed on the Sabbath. (Comp. Luk_6:1-11.)
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B. W. Johnson 1891 · Public Domain 16. The Jews persecute Jesus. The word is literally…
16. The Jews persecute Jesus. The word is literally rendered “pursued Jesus.” At once they hunted Jesus and attacked him. They did not at first seek to slay him. This is omitted in the Revision and does not appear in the old MSS. But the officials now come to Jesus to learn why he has done this act.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 The writer uses the word "now" to show that…
Now
The writer uses the word "now" to show that the words that follow are background information. (See: Background Information)
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is working
This refers to doing labor, including anything that is done to serve other people.
the Jews
Here "the Jews" is a synecdoche which represent the "Jewish leaders." AT: "the Jewish leaders" (See: Synecdoche)
making himself equal to God
"saying that he was like God" or "saying that he had as much authority as God"
My Father
This is an important title for God. (See: Translating Son and Father)
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Jewish authorities
persecute
Jesus
Sabbath
God the Father
works
God
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