John 5:16
And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day.
KJV
καὶ διὰ τοῦτο ἐδίωκον οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι τὸν Ἰησοῦν, ὅτι ταῦτα ἐποίει ἐν σαββάτῳ.
Greek NT
Propterea persequebantur Judæi Jesum, quia hæc faciebat in sabbato.
Vulgate
And for this cause the Jews persecuted Jesus, because he did these things on the sabbath.
ASV
Therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, because he did these things on the sabbath.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
διά
dia
preposition · 633×
διώκω
dioko
verb · 44×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
ποιέω
poieo
verb · 569×
σάββατον
sabbaton
noun · 68×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
Ἰησοῦς
iesous
noun · 908×
Ἰουδαῖος
ioudaios
adjective · 193×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
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SBLGNT: οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι τὸν Ἰησοῦν | WH/Treg/NIV: οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι τὸν Ἰησοῦν | RP: τὸν Ἰησοῦν οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι καὶ ἐζήτουν αὐτὸν ἀποκτεῖναι
- οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι τὸν Ἰησοῦν — SBLGNT
- οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι τὸν Ἰησοῦν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- τὸν Ἰησοῦν οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι καὶ ἐζήτουν αὐτὸν ἀποκτεῖναι — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Acts 9:4 — And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
- Heb 12:3 — For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.
- John 5:10 — The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath day: it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed.
- John 5:18 — Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.
- John 7:1 — After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him.
- John 10:39 — Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand,
- Luke 6:2 — And certain of the Pharisees said unto them, Why do ye that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath days?