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Selected Verse: John 5:18 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Joh 5:18 |
Strong Concordance |
Therefore [1223] [5124] [3767] the Jews [2453] sought [2212] the more [3123] to kill [615] him [846], because [3754] he [3089] not [3756] only [3440] had broken [3089] the sabbath [4521], but [235] said [3004] also [2532] that God [2316] was his [2398] Father [3962], making [4160] himself [1438] equal [2470] with God [2316]. |
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King James |
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. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
God was his Father--literally, "His own [or peculiar] Father," (as in Rom 8:32). The addition is their own, but a very proper one.
making himself equal with God--rightly gathering this to be His meaning, not from the mere words "My Father," but from His claim of right to act as His Father did in the like high sphere, and by the same law of ceaseless activity in that sphere. And as, instead of instantly disclaiming any such meaning--as He must have done if it was false--He positively sets His seal to it in the following verses, merely explaining how consistent such claim was with the prerogatives of His Father, it is beyond all doubt that we have here an assumption of peculiar personal Sonship, or participation in the Father's essential nature. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
The more to kill him - The answer of Jesus was suited greatly to irritate them. He did not deny what he had done, but he "added" to that what he well knew would highly offend them. That he should claim the right of dispensing with the law, and affirm that, in regard to its observance, he was in the same condition with God, was eminently suited to enrage them, and he doubtless knew that it might endanger his life. We may learn from his answer:
1. that we are not to keep back truth because it may endanger us.
2. that we are not to keep back truth because it will irritate and enrage sinners. The fault is not in the "truth," but in the "sinner."
3. that when any one portion of truth enrages hypocrites, they will be enraged the more they hear.
Had broken the sabbath - They supposed he had broken it.
Making himself equal with God - This shows that, in the view of the Jews, the name Son of God, or that calling God his Father, implied equality with God. The Jews were the best interpreters of their own language, and as Jesus did not deny the correctness of their interpretations, it follows that he meant to be so understood. See Joh 10:29-38. The interpretation of the Jews was a very natural and just one. He not only said that God was his Father, but he said that he had the same right to work on the Sabbath that God had; that by the same authority, and in the same manner, he could dispense with the obligation of the day. They had now two pretences for seeking to kill him - one for making himself equal with God, which they considered blasphemy, and the other for violating the Sabbath. For each of these the law denounced death, Num 15:35; Lev 24:11-14. |
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
his Father
(Greek, "patēr", "his own Father"). The Jews understood perfectly that Jesus was claiming to be God.
Compare (Joh 10:33). |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Had broken (ἔλυε)
Literally, was loosing: the imperfect tense. See on He did, Joh 5:16. Not, broke the Sabbath in any particular case, but was annulling the law and duty of Sabbath observance.
His Father (πατέρα ἴδιον)
Properly, His own Father. So Rev. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| His own Father - The Greek word means his own Father in such a sense as no creature can speak. Making himself equal with God - It is evident all the hearers so understood him, and that our Lord never contradicted, but confirmed it. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Making himself equal with God - This the Jews understood from the preceding verse: nor did they take a wrong meaning out of our Lord's words; for he plainly stated that, whatever was the Father's work, his was the same; thus showing that He and the Father were One. They had now found out two pretenses to take away his life: one was that he had broken the Sabbath - ελυε, dissolved, as they pretended, the obligation of keeping it holy. The other was that he was guilty of blasphemy, in making himself equal to God: for both which crimes, a man, according to the law, must suffer death. See Num 15:32; Lev 24:11, Lev 24:14, Lev 24:16. |
32 He that [3739] [1065] spared [5339] not [3756] his own [2398] Son [5207], but [235] delivered [3860] him [846] up [3860] for [5228] us [2257] all [3956], how [4459] shall he [5483] not [3780] with [4862] him [846] also [2532] freely give [5483] us [2254] all things [3956]?
11 And the Israelitish [03482] woman's [0802] son [01121] blasphemed [05344] the name [08034] of the LORD, and cursed [07043]. And they brought [0935] him unto Moses [04872]: (and his mother's [0517] name [08034] was Shelomith [08019], the daughter [01323] of Dibri [01704], of the tribe [04294] of Dan [01835]:)
12 And they put [03240] him in ward [04929], that the mind [06310] of the LORD [03068] might be shewed [06567] them.
13 And the LORD [03068] spake [01696] unto Moses [04872], saying [0559],
14 Bring forth [03318] him that hath cursed [07043] without [02351] the camp [04264]; and let all that heard [08085] him lay [05564] their hands [03027] upon his head [07218], and let all the congregation [05712] stone [07275] him.
35 And the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto Moses [04872], The man [0376] shall be surely [04191] put to death [04191]: all the congregation [05712] shall stone [07275] him with stones [068] without [02351] the camp [04264].
29 My [3450] Father [3962], which [3739] gave [1325] them me [3427], is [2076] greater than [3187] all [3956]; and [2532] no [3762] man is able [1410] to pluck [726] them out of [1537] my [3450] Father's [3962] hand [5495].
30 I [1473] and [2532] my Father [3962] are [2070] one [1520].
31 Then [3767] the Jews [2453] took up [941] stones [3037] again [3825] to [2443] stone [3034] him [846].
32 Jesus [2424] answered [611] them [846], Many [4183] good [2570] works [2041] have I shewed [1166] you [5213] from [1537] my [3450] Father [3962]; for [1223] which [4169] of those [846] works [2041] do ye stone [3034] me [3165]?
33 The Jews [2453] answered [611] him [846], saying [3004], For [4012] a good [2570] work [2041] we stone [3034] thee [4571] not [3756]; but [235] for [4012] blasphemy [988]; and [2532] because [3754] that thou [4771], being [5607] a man [444], makest [4160] thyself [4572] God [2316].
34 Jesus [2424] answered [611] them [846], Is it [2076] not [3756] written [1125] in [1722] your [5216] law [3551], I [1473] said [2036], Ye are [2075] gods [2316]?
35 If [1487] he called [2036] them [1565] gods [2316], unto [4314] whom [3739] the word [3056] of God [2316] came [1096], and [2532] the scripture [1124] cannot [3756] [1410] be broken [3089];
36 Say [3004] ye [5210] of him, whom [3739] the Father [3962] hath sanctified [37], and [2532] sent [649] into [1519] the world [2889], [3754] Thou blasphemest [987]; because [3754] I said [2036], I am [1510] the Son [5207] of God [2316]?
37 If [1487] I do [4160] not [3756] the works [2041] of my [3450] Father [3962], believe [4100] me [3427] not [3361].
38 But [1161] if [1487] I do [4160], though [2579] ye believe [4100] not [3361] me [1698], believe [4100] the works [2041]: that [2443] ye may know [1097], and [2532] believe [4100], that [3754] the Father [3962] is in [1722] me [1698], and I [2504] in [1722] him [846].
33 The Jews [2453] answered [611] him [846], saying [3004], For [4012] a good [2570] work [2041] we stone [3034] thee [4571] not [3756]; but [235] for [4012] blasphemy [988]; and [2532] because [3754] that thou [4771], being [5607] a man [444], makest [4160] thyself [4572] God [2316].
16 And [2532] therefore [1223] [5124] did [1377] the Jews [2453] persecute [1377] Jesus [2424], and [2532] sought [2212] to slay [615] him [846], because [3754] he had done [4160] these things [5023] on [1722] the sabbath day [4521].
16 And he that blasphemeth [05344] the name [08034] of the LORD [03068], he shall surely [04191] be put to death [04191], and all the congregation [05712] shall certainly [07275] stone [07275] him: as well the stranger [01616], as he that is born in the land [0249], when he blasphemeth [05344] the name [08034] of the LORD, shall be put to death [04191].
14 Bring forth [03318] him that hath cursed [07043] without [02351] the camp [04264]; and let all that heard [08085] him lay [05564] their hands [03027] upon his head [07218], and let all the congregation [05712] stone [07275] him.
11 And the Israelitish [03482] woman's [0802] son [01121] blasphemed [05344] the name [08034] of the LORD, and cursed [07043]. And they brought [0935] him unto Moses [04872]: (and his mother's [0517] name [08034] was Shelomith [08019], the daughter [01323] of Dibri [01704], of the tribe [04294] of Dan [01835]:)
32 And while the children [01121] of Israel [03478] were in the wilderness [04057], they found [04672] a man [0376] that gathered [07197] sticks [06086] upon the sabbath [07676] day [03117].