John Chapter 5 Bible Study

In Jerusalem, Jesus went to the religious festival where there were a lot of sick people. Jesus saw a man and asked Him,  “Do you want to get well?” The man answered, “Sir, I don’t have anyone to put me in the pool when the water is stirred up; while I am trying to get in, somebody else gets there first.” Jesus said to the man, “Get up, take up your mats and walk.” So the man got well, picked up his mat and started walking. It was the Sabbath day, so the Jewish authorities told the man, “It’s against the law for you to carry your mat. Who told you to do this?” The man who was healed did not know who Jesus was, and Jesus had slipped away. When Jesus met him in the Temple, “You are well now; do not sin or something worse may happen to you.”

The Jewish authorities found out that Jesus healed the man, and began to persecute Him doing these things. Jesus answered them, “My Father is always working, and I must work also.” The saying made the Jewish authorities more determined to kill Him for saying that God was His own Father and made Himself equal with God. 

Jesus said, “I am telling you the truth: the Son does only what He sees His Father doing. The Father loves the Son to show all that He is doing. He will do even greater things, and you all will be amazed. As the Father raises the dead, gives them life and the full right to judge, so the Son will do it in the same way. Those who hear My words and believe in Him have eternal life and will not be judged. The time is coming when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God and come to life. He made His Son to be the source of life. Those who have done good will rise and live; those who have done evil will rise and be condemned.”

“I can do nothing; I judge only as God tells me because it is He who sent me wants. If I accept on My behalf, what I will say will not be false proof. There is someone who accepts Me on My behalf, and what He says to Me is true. John spoke on behalf of the truth to your messengers. I say this to a human witness of Mine so that he will be saved. John was like a shining lamp so that you will enjoy his light for a while. But I have a witness on My behalf greater than the witness that John gave to show that the Father has sent Me. You have never heard the Father’s voice or seen His face, for you do not believe His message spoken clearly in your hearts. You think that these Scriptures speak about Me only, that in them you may have eternal life in studying them. I know what kind of people you are. You are unloving people by God. I came with the authority of My Father; if someone comes with his own authority, you shall receive him. You receive praise from each other but do not praise the one true God. But how can you believe me then? Please don’t think that I am the one accusing you of your praise; Moses is the one. If you had believed in Moses, you would have done the same for Me. He wrote all about Me. Since you don’t believe what he wrote down, then how can you believe in what I say?” 

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Questions

1. Why did Jesus describe Himself as the true witness to the Father?
2. How did the man feel when Jesus said to take up your mat and walk?
3. Where did the healing take place?
4. Why were the Jews beating Jesus on the Sabbath?