Juan 5:16

16 A causa de esto los judíos perseguían a Jesús, porque hacía estas cosas en el día de reposo.

Juan 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.

Juan 5:16 In-Context

14 Después de esto Jesús lo halló<***> en el templo y le dijo: Mira, has sido sanado; no peques más, para que no te suceda algo peor.

15 El hombre se fue, y dijo a los judíos que Jesús era el que lo había sanado.

16 A causa de esto los judíos perseguían a Jesús, porque hacía estas cosas en el día de reposo.

17 Pero El les respondió: Hasta ahora mi Padre trabaja, y yo también trabajo.

18 Entonces, por esta causa, los judíos aún más procuraban matarle, porque no sólo violaba el día de reposo, sino que también llamaba a Dios su propio Padre, haciéndose igual a Dios.