John Chapter 5 verse 16 Holy Bible
And for this cause the Jews persecuted Jesus, because he did these things on the sabbath.
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And for this reason the Jews were turned against Jesus, because he was doing these things on the Sabbath.
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And for this the Jews persecuted Jesus [and sought to kill him], because he had done these things on sabbath.
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And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day.
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For this cause the Jews persecuted Jesus, and sought to kill him, because he did these things on the Sabbath.
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and because of this were the Jews persecuting Jesus, and seeking to kill him, because these things he was doing on a sabbath.
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Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(16) The words, "and sought to slay Him," should be omitted. They have been inserted in some MSS. to explain the first clause of John 5:18. For "He had done," read He was doing. The word is in the imperfect tense, expressing continuance or custom. It is either that from this one instance they generalise a law of practice to justify their persecution, or that some of the earlier unrecorded miracles were also performed on the Sabbath. (Comp. Luke 6:1-11.)Parallel Commentaries ...GreekNowΚαὶ (Kai)ConjunctionStrong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. becauseδιὰ (dia)PrepositionStrong's 1223: A primary preposition denoting the channel of an act; through.[Jesus] was doingἐποίει (epoiei)Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularStrong's 4160: (a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do.these thingsταῦτα (tauta)Demonstrative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter PluralStrong's 3778: This; he, she, it. onἐν (en)PrepositionStrong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.[the] Sabbath,σαββάτῳ (sabbatō)Noun - Dative Neuter SingularStrong's 4521: The Sabbath, a week. theοἱ (hoi)Article - Nominative Masculine PluralStrong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.JewsἸουδαῖοι (Ioudaioi)Adjective - Nominative Masculine PluralStrong's 2453: Jewish. From Iouda; Judaean, i.e. Belonging to Jehudah.began to persecuteἐδίωκον (ediōkon)Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person PluralStrong's 1377: To pursue, hence: I persecute. A prolonged form of a primary verb dio; to pursue; by implication, to persecute.[Him].Ἰησοῦν (Iēsoun)Noun - Accusative Masculine SingularStrong's 2424: Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites.Jump to PreviousAccount Cause Jesus Jews Kill Persecute Persecuted Persecuting Reason Sabbath Seeking Slay Sought Turned
