{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/akjv/john/5","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-31T21:17:13.514Z"},"reference":{"translation":"AKJV","book":"John","bookSlug":"john","chapter":5,"testament":"NEW"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":4,"nextChapter":6,"totalChapters":21,"totalVerses":47},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"In these lay a great multitude of weak folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatever disease he had."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he said to him, Will you be made whole?"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"The weak 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 steps down before me."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Jesus said to him, Rise, take up your bed, and walk."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked: and on the same day was the sabbath."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"The Jews therefore said to him that was cured, It is the sabbath day: it is not lawful for you to carry your bed."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"He answered them, He that made me whole, the same said to me, Take up your bed, and walk."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Then asked they him, What man is that which said to you, Take up your bed, and walk?"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"And he that was healed knew not who it was: for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in that place."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Afterward Jesus finds him in the temple, and said to him, Behold, you are made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come to you."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus, which had made him whole."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"But Jesus answered them, My Father works till now, and I work."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Then answered Jesus and said to them, Truly, truly, I say to you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he sees the Father do: for what things soever he does, these also does the Son likewise."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"For the Father loves the Son, and shows him all things that himself does: and he will show him greater works than these, that you may marvel."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"For as the Father raises up the dead, and vivifies them; even so the Son vivifies whom he will."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"For the Father judges no man, but has committed all judgment to the Son:"},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"That all men should honor the Son, even as they honor the Father.  He that honors not the Son honors not the Father which has sent him."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"Truly, truly, I say to you, He that hears my word, and believes on him that sent me, has everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death to life."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"Truly, truly, I say to 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."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"For as the Father has life in himself; so has he given to the Son to have life in himself;"},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"And has given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,"},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"And shall come forth; they that have done good, to the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, to the resurrection of damnation."},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"I can of my own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not my own will, but the will of the Father which has sent me."},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true."},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"There is another that bears witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesses of me is true."},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"You sent to John, and he bore witness to the truth."},{"verseNumber":34,"text":"But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I say, that you might be saved."},{"verseNumber":35,"text":"He was a burning and a shining light: and you were willing for a season to rejoice in his light."},{"verseNumber":36,"text":"But I have greater witness than that of John: for the works which the Father has given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father has sent me."},{"verseNumber":37,"text":"And the Father himself, which has sent me, has borne witness of me.  You have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape."},{"verseNumber":38,"text":"And you have not his word abiding in you: for whom he has sent, him you believe not."},{"verseNumber":39,"text":"Search the scriptures; for in them you think you have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me."},{"verseNumber":40,"text":"And you will not come to me, that you might have life."},{"verseNumber":41,"text":"I receive not honor from men."},{"verseNumber":42,"text":"But I know you, that you have not the love of God in you."},{"verseNumber":43,"text":"I am come in my Father's name, and you receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him you will receive."},{"verseNumber":44,"text":"How can you believe, which receive honor one of another, and seek not the honor that comes from God only?"},{"verseNumber":45,"text":"Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuses you, even Moses, in whom you trust."},{"verseNumber":46,"text":"For had you believed Moses, you would have believed me; for he wrote of me."},{"verseNumber":47,"text":"But if you believe not his writings, how shall you believe my words?"}],"citation":{"inline":"John 5 (AKJV)","markdown":"[John 5](https://primebible.com/akjv/john/5)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* AKJV. https://primebible.com/akjv/john/5 (accessed 2026-05-31)."}}