John 5:18

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

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.

Cross References

John 10:33

The Jews answered Him, “We are not stoning you for a good deed, but for your abusive speech [i.e., about God], and because you are claiming to be God, even though you are [only] a man.”

John 10:30

I and the Father are one.”

John 19:7

The Jews replied, “We have a law which requires that he ought to die because he claimed to be the Son of God.”

John 8:58

Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, before Abraham was born, I am.” [Note: The words “I am” were probably construed as a reference to being Deity. See Ex. 3:14].

John 14:23

Jesus answered him, “If a person loves me, he will obey my teaching, and my Father will love him and we will come to him and make our home with him [i.e., in the person of the indwelling Holy Spirit].

John 5:23

so that everyone will honor the Son just as they honor the Father. The person who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.

Philippians 2:6

He existed in the form of God [i.e., He shared God’s very nature], but did not consider [remaining] equal with God something [to continue] to hold onto.

Revelation 22:3

And there will no longer be any curse [in the city], and the throne of God and of the Lamb will be there. And God’s servants will serve Him,

Revelation 22:1

Then the angel [See 21:9] showed me the river of the water of life. It was crystal-clear as it flowed out of the throne of God and the Lamb,

John 8:54

Jesus answered them, “If I were to honor myself, that honor would be worthless. [But] it is my Father who honors me [and] you say He is your God.

John 7:19

Did not Moses give you the Law, and yet not one of you is obeying it? Why are you trying to kill me?”

John 7:1

Then after these things happened, Jesus traveled in Galilee [only], for He did not want to move around in Judea because the Jews [there] were trying to kill Him.

John 5:16

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

John 14:9

Jesus replied to him, “Have I been with you men all this time, and [still] you do not know me, Philip? The person who has seen me, has [also] seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?

Matthew 12:5

Or, have you not read in the Law of Moses that the priests in the Temple defiled the Sabbath day [i.e., by doing the ‘work’ of offering sacrifices] and were not held guilty [of wrongdoing]? [See Num. 28:9-10]

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 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.”