John 5:16 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

¹⁶ So, for this reason the Jews began persecuting Jesus, because He did these [kinds of] things on the Sabbath day.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ For this reason the Jews began to persecute (annoy, torment) Jesus and sought to kill Him, because He was doing these things on the Sabbath.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ And for this cause the Jews persecuted Jesus, because he did these things on the sabbath.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ As a result, the Jewish leaders were harassing Jesus, since he had done these things on the Sabbath.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ Because of this, the Jews were persecuting Jesus, for he was doing these things on the Sabbath.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ Therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, because he did these things on the sabbath.

John 5:16 Cross References

Matthew 12:13

Then Jesus said to the man “Reach out your hand.” And when he stretched it out, it became normal, just like the other one.

Mark 3:6

And the Pharisees immediately went out and conferred with the Herodians against Jesus, plotting how they could kill Him. [Note: These Herodians were members of a political party favoring King Herod].

Luke 6:11

But the experts in the Law of Moses and the Pharisees became furious and began discussing among themselves what they could do to Jesus.

John 1:19

And this is the testimony John [the Immerser] gave when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?” [Note: Levites were men who assisted the priests in the Temple service].

John 10:39

[Then] the Jews again tried to arrest Him, but He escaped from their hands.

John 15:20

But they [i.e., the world] will do all these things to you for my name’s sake [i.e., because you are my disciples], for they do not know Him [i.e., God], who sent me.

John 5:10

So, the Jews said to the man who was healed, “It is not permissible for you to pick up your cot because it is the Sabbath day.”

John 5:13

But the man who was healed did not know who it was, because Jesus had slipped away into the crowd that was there.

John 5:15

[Then] the man left and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.

John 5:17

But Jesus said to them, “My Father is continuing to work and I am working.”

John 5:18

So, for this reason the Jews looked for more [opportunities] to kill Him, because He not only broke Sabbath day [restrictions], but also He had called God His own Father, [thereby] making Himself equal with God.

John 7:21

Jesus answered them, “I performed one [miraculous] deed and you were all amazed by it [i.e., the healing of the crippled man on the Sabbath day. See 5:1-9].

John 7:25

Some of the people of Jerusalem said [about Jesus], “Is not this person the one they are trying to kill?