Johannes 5:16

16 En daarom vervolgden de Joden Jezus, en zochten Hem te doden, omdat Hij deze dingen op den sabbat deed.

Johannes 5:16 Meaning and Commentary

John 5:16

And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus
With their tongues, reproaching and reviling him, as a sabbath breaker, a destroyer of the law, and a sinful wicked man:

and sought to slay him;
either in a violent way, by setting the zealots, a sort of ruffians under the pretence of religion, upon him; or rather in a judicial way, summoning him before the sanhedrim, in order to condemn him to death for the breach of the sabbath, which by the law of Moses was punishable with death:

because he had done these things on the sabbath day;
because he had cured the man of his disease, under which he had laboured eight and thirty years, and had ordered him to take up his bed, and walk home with it on his back on the sabbath day. This drew upon him their resentment to such a degree, that they not only persecuted him with their tongues, but sought to take away his life. Nothing would satisfy them but his blood.

Johannes 5:16 In-Context

14 Daarna vond hem Jezus in den tempel, en zeide tot hem: Zie, gij zijt gezond geworden; zondig niet meer, opdat u niet wat ergers geschiede.

15 De mens ging heen, en boodschapte den Joden, dat het Jezus was, Die hem gezond gemaakt had.

16 En daarom vervolgden de Joden Jezus, en zochten Hem te doden, omdat Hij deze dingen op den sabbat deed.

17 En Jezus antwoordde hun: Mijn Vader werkt tot nu toe, en Ik werk ook.

18 Daarom zochten dan de Joden te meer Hem te doden, omdat Hij niet alleen den sabbat brak, maar ook zeide, dat God Zijn eigen Vader was, Zichzelven Gode evengelijk makende.