16Therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, because he did these things on the sabbath.
17But Jesus answered them: My Father worketh until now; and I work.g
18Hereupon therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he did not only break the sabbath, but also said God was his Father, making himself equal to God.h
John 5 pivots from Jesus’ ministry in Galilee to a dramatic confrontation in Jerusalem. At the pool of Bethesda, Jesus heals a man who had been paralyzed for thirty-eight years — and then tells him to pick up his mat and walk. The healing itself is remarkable, but the controversy
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