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The Book of John - Chapter 5:30-47 - (ESV)

Updated: Sep 23, 2023

Witnesses to Jesus - {Interlinear <Greek>}

5:30 - “I {ἐγὼ<egō>} can <δύναμαι<dynamai>} do {ποιεῖν<poieō>} nothing {οὐ οὐδέν·<ou oudeis>} on {ἀπ᾽<apo>} my {ἐμαυτοῦ<emautou>} own. ← As {καθὼς <kathōs>} I → hear, {ἀκούω<akouō>} I → judge, {κρίνω,<krinō>} and {καὶ<kai>} my {ἡ ἐμὴ<ho emos>} judgment {ἡ κρίσις<ho krisis>} is {ἐστίν,<eimi>} just, {δικαία<dikaios>} because {ὅτι<hoti>} I → seek {ζητῶ<zēteō>} not {οὐ<ou>} my {τὸ ἐμὸν<ho emos>} own ← will {τὸ θέλημα<ho thelēma>} but {ἀλλὰ<alla>} the {τὸ<ho>} will {θέλημα <thelēma>} of him who {τοῦ<ho>} sent {πέμψαντός<pempō>} me. {με.<egō>}

5:31 - If {Ἐὰν<ean>} I → alone {ἐγὼ<egō>} bear → witness {μαρτυρῶ<martyreō>} about {περὶ<peri>} myself, {ἐμαυτοῦ,<emautou>} my {μου<egō>} testimony {ἡ μαρτυρία <homartyria>} is {ἔστιν<eimi>} not {οὐκ<ou>} true. {ἀληθής·<alēthēs>}

5:32 - There → is {ἐστὶν<eimi>} another {ἄλλος<allos>} who {ὁ<ho>} bears → witness {μαρτυρῶν<martyreō>} about {περὶ<peri>} me, {ἐμοῦ,<egō>} and {καὶ<kai>} I → know {οἶδα<oida>} that {ὅτι<hoti>} the {ἡ<ho>} testimony {μαρτυρία μαρτυρεῖ <martyria martyreō>} that {ἣν<hos>} he ← bears ← about {περὶ<peri>} me {ἐμοῦ.<egō>} is {ἐστιν<eimi>} true. {ἀληθής<alēthēs>}

5:33 - You {Ὑμεῖς<sy>} sent {ἀπεστάλκατε<apostellō>} to {πρὸς<pros>} John, {Ἰωάννην, <Iōannēs>} and {καὶ<kai>} he → has → borne → witness {μεμαρτύρηκεν <martyreō>} to → the {τῇ<ho>} truth. {ἀληθείᾳ·<alētheia>}

5:34 - • {δὲ<de>} Not {οὐ<ou>} that • the {τὴν<ho>} testimony {μαρτυρίαν <martyria>} that • I {ἐγὼ<egō>} receive {λαμβάνω<lambanō>} is • from {παρὰ<para>} man, {ἀνθρώπου <anthrōpos>} but {ἀλλὰ<alla>} I → say {λέγω<legō>} these {ταῦτα <houtos>} things ← so that {ἵνα<hina>} you {ὑμεῖς<sy>} may → be → saved. {σωθῆτε.<sōzō>}

5:35 - He {ἐκεῖνος<ekeinos>} was {ἦν<eimi>} a → burning {ὁ καιόμενος<hokaiō>} and {καὶ<kai>} shining {φαίνων,<phainō>} lamp, {ὁ λύχνος<ho lychnos>} and {δὲ <de>} you {ὑμεῖς <sy>} were → willing {ἠθελήσατε<thelō>} to → rejoice {ἀγαλλιαθῆναι<agalliaō>} for {πρὸς<pros>} a → while {ὥραν<hōra>} in {ἐν<en>} his {αὐτοῦ.<autos>} light. {τῷ φωτὶ<ho phōs>}

5:36 - But {δὲ<de>} the {τὴν<ho>} testimony {μαρτυρίαν<martyria>} that • I {ἐγὼ <egō>} have {ἔχω<echō>} is • greater {μείζων<meizōn>} than → that • of • John. {τοῦ Ἰωάννου· <ho Iōannēs>} For {γὰρ<gar>} the {τὰ<ho>} works {ἔργα <ergon>} that {ἃ<hos>} the {ὁ <ho>} Father {πατὴρ<patēr>} has → given {δέδωκέν <didōmi>} me {μοι<egō>} to {ἵνα<hina>} accomplish, {τελειώσω<teleioō>} • {αὐτά,<autos>} the {τὰ <ho>} very {αὐτὰ<autos>} works {ἔργα<ergon>} that {ἃ<hos>} I → am → doing, {ποιῶ,<poieō>} bear → witness {μαρτυρεῖ<martyreō>} about {περὶ <peri>} me {ἐμοῦ <egō>} that {ὅτι<hoti>} the {ὁ <ho>} Father {πατήρ<patēr>} has → sent {ἀπέσταλκεν. <apostellō>} me. {με<egō>}

5:37 - And {καὶ<kai>} the {ὁ<ho>} Father {πατὴρ<patēr>} who • sent {πέμψας <pempō>} me {με<egō>} has → himself {ἐκεῖνος<ekeinos>} borne → witness {μεμαρτύρηκεν<martyreō>} about {περὶ<peri>} me. {ἐμοῦ·<egō>} His {αὐτοῦ<autos>} voice {φωνὴν<phōnē>} you → have → never {οὔτε πώποτε<oute pōpote>} heard, {ἀκηκόατε,<akouō>} his {αὐτοῦ<autos>} form {εἶδος<eidos>} you → have → never {οὔτε<oute>} seen, {ἑωράκατε,<horaō>}

5:38 - and {καὶ<kai>} you → do → not {οὐκ<ou>} have {ἔχετε<echō>} his {αὐτοῦ <autos>} word {τὸν λόγον<ho logos>} abiding {μένοντα,<menō>} in {ἐν<en>} you, {ὑμῖν<sy>} for {ὅτι<hoti>} you {ὑμεῖς<sy>} do → not {οὐ<ou>} believe {πιστεύετε.<pisteuō>} the → one {τούτῳ<houtos>} whom {ὃν<hos>} he {ἐκεῖνος,<ekeinos>} has → sent. {ἀπέστειλεν <apostellō>}

5:39 - You → search {Ἐραυνᾶτε<eraunaō>} the {τὰς<ho>} Scriptures {γραφάς,<graphē>} because {ὅτι<hoti>} you {ὑμεῖς<sy>} think {δοκεῖτε<dokeō>} that • in {ἐν<en>} them {αὐταῖς <autos>} you • have {ἔχειν·<echō>} eternal {αἰώνιον <aiōnios>} life; {ζωὴν<zōē>} and {καὶ<kai>} it • is {εἰσιν<eimi>} they {ἐκεῖναί<ekeinos>} that {αἱ<ho>} bear → witness {μαρτυροῦσαι<martyreō>} about {περὶ<peri>} me, {ἐμοῦ,<egō>}

5:40 - yet {καὶ<kai>} you → refuse {οὐ έλετε<ou thelō>} to → come {ἐλθεῖν <erchomai>} to {πρός<pros>} me {με<egō>} that {ἵνα<hina>} you → may → have {ἔχητε.<echō>} life. {ζωὴν <zōē>}

5:41 - I → do → not {οὐ<ou>} receive {λαμβάνω·<lambanō>} glory {δόξαν<doxa>} from {παρὰ<para>} people. {ἀνθρώπων<anthrōpos>}

5:42 - But {ἀλλὰ<alla>} I → know {ἔγνωκα<ginōskō>} that {ὅτι<hoti>} you {ὑμᾶς<sy>} do → not {οὐκ<ou>} have {ἔχετε<echō>} the {τὴν<ho>} love {ἀγάπην<agapē>} of → God {τοῦ θεοῦ <hotheos>} within {ἐν<en>} you. {ἑαυτοῖς.<heautou>}

5:43 - I {Ἐγὼ<egō>} have → come {ἐλήλυθα<erchomai>} in {ἐν<en>} my {μου,<egō>} Father’s {τοῦ πατρός<ho patēr>} name, {τῷ ὀνόματι<ho onoma>} and {καὶ<kai>} you → do → not {οὐ<ou>} receive {λαμβάνετέ<lambanō>} me. {με·<egō>} If {ἐὰν<ean>} another {ἄλλος<allos>} comes {ἔλθῃ<erchomai>} in {ἐν<en>} his → own {τῷ ἰδίῳ,<ho idios>} name, {τῷ ὀνόματι<ho onoma>} you → will → receive {λήμψεσθε.<lambanō>} him. {ἐκεῖνον <ekeinos>}

5:44 - How {Πῶς<pōs>} can {δύνασθε<dynamai>} you {ὑμεῖς<sy>} believe, {πιστεῦσαι<pisteuō>} when → you → receive {λαμβάνοντες<lambanō>} glory {δόξαν <doxa>} from {παρὰ<para>} one another {ἀλλήλων<allēlōn>} and {καὶ<kai>} do → not {οὐ<ou>} seek {ζητεῖτε<zēteō>} the {τὴν<ho>} glory {δόξαν<doxa>} that {τὴν <ho>} comes • from {παρὰ <para>} the {τοῦ<ho>} only {μόνου<monos>} God? {θεοῦ<theos>}

5:45 - Do → not {Μὴ<mē>} think {δοκεῖτε<dokeō>} that {ὅτι<hoti>} I {ἐγὼ<egō>} will → accuse {κατηγορήσω<katēgoreō>} you {ὑμῶν<sy>} to {πρὸς <pros>} the {τὸν <ho>} Father. {πατέρα·<patēr>} There → is {ἔστιν<eimi>} one who {ὁ<ho>} accuses {κατηγορῶν<katēgoreō>} you: {ὑμῶν<sy>} Moses, {Μωϋσῆς<Mōusēs>} on {εἰς<eis>} whom {ὃν<hos>} you {ὑμεῖς<sy>} have → set → your → hope. {ἠλπίκατε.<elpizō>}

5:46 - For {γὰρ<gar>} if {εἰ<ei>} you → believed {ἐπιστεύετε<pisteuō>} Moses, {Μωϋσεῖ,<Mōusēs>} you → would → believe {ἐπιστεύετε ἂν<pisteuō an>} me; {ἐμοί·<egō>} for {γὰρ<gar>} he {ἐκεῖνος<ekeinos>} wrote {ἔγραψεν.<graphō>} of {περὶ<peri>} me. {ἐμοῦ<egō>}

5:47 - But {δὲ<de>} if {εἰ<ei>} you → do → not {οὐ<ou>} believe {πιστεύετε,<pisteuō>} his {ἐκείνου<ekeinos>} writings, {τοῖς γράμμασιν<ho gramma>} how {πῶς<pōs>} will → you → believe {πιστεύσετε;<pisteuō>} my {ἐμοῖς<emos>} words?” {τοῖς ῥήμασιν<ho rhēma>}

John 5:18–47

The conflict intensifies between Jesus and the Jewish leaders—an antagonism that would eventually lead to his crucifixion. Why the enmity? It was not just because of Jesus’ Sabbath breaking, but because he made claims that gave him equal status with God—an affirmation we encountered in the first verse of John’s Gospel: “the Word was God” (1:1). Only God can save us, and Jesus, God incarnate, is the second member of the Trinity.

Jesus claimed a unique filial relationship with God as Father, an assertion which in that culture gave him divine status and amounted to blasphemy in the eyes of the Jews (5:18). But Jesus did not back down. He claimed the Father’s works as his own, including raising the dead—a boast he would prove by raising Lazarus from the dead (ch. 11), an act that not only created greater opposition from his religious antagonists but was also a preview of his own resurrection.

To honor Jesus is to honor the Father (5:23). In fact, we too can know God as our Father if we honor Jesus—that is, if we believe on him (1:12; 14:9). We pass from judgment to life because Jesus took our judgment on the cross (5:22–24; cf. 2 Cor. 5:21). Our adoption is secured by Jesus’ propitiating (turning away, satisfying) God’s wrath.

According to Jesus, the only way we can derive life from the Scriptures is to see Jesus in the Scriptures, for all the Scriptures bear witness to him (John 5:30–47; cf. Luke 24:27, 44–47). The entire Bible, Genesis to Revelation, is ultimately about Jesus. Throughout Scripture God is unfolding the grace that culminates in Christ (John 5:39–40). The Bible is therefore not fundamentally about what we do for God but what God does for us.

The Jews, tragically, preferred receiving glory from one another rather than seeking the glory of God (v. 44). No sin or idolatry is more insidious and destructive than living for the approval of people (Prov. 29:25). In the gospel of grace, we are liberated from the need to be approved by people because in Jesus we have been approved by the only One whose approval matters and the only One whose approval satisfies.

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The Book of John - Chapter 5:30-47 - (ESV)

John 5:18–47

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