The New Testament of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ Part 22

V.

AFTER these things there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. (2)And there is in Jerusalem by the sheep-gate a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.

(3)In these lay a mult.i.tude of the infirm, of blind, lame, withered [waiting for the moving of the water. (4)For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water. He therefore; who first went in after the troubling of the water, was made whole of whatever disease he had][5:4]. (5)And a certain man was there, who had an infirmity thirty and eight years. (6)Jesus seeing this man lying, and knowing that he had been already a long time thus, says to him: Dost thou desire to be made whole? (7)The infirm man answered him: Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool; but while I am coming, another goes down before me. (8)Jesus says to him: Rise, take up thy bed, and walk. (9)And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed and walked.

And on that day was the sabbath. (10)The Jews therefore said to him that was cured: It is the sabbath; it is not lawful for thee to carry the bed. (11)He answered them: He who made me whole, the same said to me: Take up thy bed, and walk. (12)They asked him therefore: Who is the man that said to thee: Take up thy bed and walk? (13)And he who was healed knew not who it was; for Jesus conveyed himself away, there being a mult.i.tude in the place.

(14)Afterward Jesus finds him in the temple. And he said to him: Behold, thou hast been made whole; sin no more, lest something worse befall thee. (15)The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus who made him whole. (16)And for this the Jews persecuted Jesus, because he did these things on the sabbath. (17)But Jesus answered them: My Father works. .h.i.therto, and I work. (18)For this therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only broke the sabbath, but also called G.o.d his Father, making himself equal with G.o.d.

(19)Jesus therefore, answered and said to them: Verily, verily, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of himself, but what he sees the Father do; for what things soever he does, these also does the Son in like manner. (20)For the Father loves the Son, and shows him all things that he himself does; and greater works than these will he show him, that ye may marvel. (21)For as the Father raises up the dead, and quickens them; so also the Son quickens whom he will. (22)For neither does the Father judge any one; but all judgment he has given to the Son; (23)that all may honor the Son, as they honor the Father. He that honors not the Son, honors not the Father who sent him.

(24)Verily, verily, I say to you, he that hears my word, and believes him who sent me, has everlasting life, and comes not into judgment, but has pa.s.sed out of death into life. (25)Verily, verily, I say to you, an hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of G.o.d; and they that hear shall live. (26)For as the Father has life in himself, so he gave also to the Son to have life in himself. (27)And he gave him authority to execute judgment also, because he is a son of man. (28)Marvel not at this; for an hour is coming, in which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, (29)and shall come forth; they that did good, to the resurrection of life, and they that did evil, to the resurrection of judgment.

(30)I can of myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge; and my judgment is just; because I seek not my own will, but the will of him who sent me.

(31)If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true. (32)There is another that bears witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesses of me is true. (33)Ye have sent to John, and he has borne witness to the truth. (34)But I receive the witness not from man; but these things I say, that ye might be saved. (35)He was the burning and s.h.i.+ning lamp; and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light. (36)But I have greater witness than that of John; for the works which the Father gave me to finish, the works themselves that I do bear witness of me, that the Father has sent me. (37)And the Father, who sent me, he has borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor have ye seen his shape. (38)And ye have not his word abiding in you; for whom he sent, him ye believe not.

(39)Search[5:39] the Scriptures; because in them ye think ye have eternal life, and these are they that testify of me; (40)and ye will not come to me, that ye may have life. (41)I receive not honor from men. (42)But I know you, that ye have not the love of G.o.d in you.

(43)I have come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not; if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive. (44)How can ye believe, receiving honor from one another, and the honor that is from G.o.d alone ye seek not? (45)Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father; there is one that accuses you, Moses in whom ye have placed your hope. (46)For if ye believed Moses, ye would believe me; for he wrote of me. (47)But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?

VI.

AFTER these things Jesus went away, beyond the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias. (2)And a great mult.i.tude followed him, because they saw the signs which he wrought on the sick. (3)And Jesus went up into the mountain, and there he sat with his disciples. (4)And the pa.s.sover, the feast of the Jews, was near. (5)Jesus therefore lifting up his eyes, and seeing that a great mult.i.tude is coming to him, says to Philip: Whence shall we buy bread that these may eat? (6)And this he said to try him; for he himself knew what he was about to do.

(7)Philip answered him: Two hundred denaries worth of bread is not sufficient for them, that each one may take a little. (8)One of his disciples, Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, says to him: (9)There is a lad here, who has five barley loaves and two small fishes; but what are they among so many? (10)Jesus said: Make the men lie down.

Now there was much gra.s.s in the place. So the men lay down, in number about five thousand. (11)And Jesus took the loaves; and having given thanks, he distributed to those who were lying down; and likewise of the fishes as much as they desired. (12)When they were filled, he said to his disciples: Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost. (13)Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above to those who had eaten. (14)The men therefore, seeing the sign that Jesus wrought, said: This is of a truth the Prophet that comes into the world.

(15)Jesus therefore, knowing that they were about to come and take him by force, to make him a king, withdrew again into the mountain, himself alone. (16)And when evening came, his disciples went down to the sea, (17)and entering into the s.h.i.+p, were going over the sea to Capernaum. And it was now dark, and Jesus had not come to them; (18)and as a strong wind was blowing, the sea began to rise. (19)When therefore they had rowed about twenty-five or thirty furlongs, they see Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing near to the s.h.i.+p; and they were afraid. (20)But he says to them: It is I, be not afraid. (21)They therefore willingly received him into the s.h.i.+p; and immediately the s.h.i.+p was at the land whither they were going.

(22)On the morrow, the mult.i.tude that stood on the other side of the sea, seeing that there was no other boat there but one, and that Jesus went not with his disciples into the s.h.i.+p, but his disciples went away alone (23)(but there came other boats from Tiberias near to the place where they ate bread, when the Lord had given thanks); (24)when therefore the mult.i.tude saw that Jesus was not there, nor his disciples, they themselves entered into the boats, and came to Capernaum, seeking for Jesus. (25)And having found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him: Rabbi, when camest thou hither?

(26)Jesus answered them and said: Verily, verily, I say to you, ye seek me, not because ye saw signs, but because ye ate of the loaves and were filled. (27)Work not for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures unto everlasting life, which the Son of man will give to you; for him the Father, G.o.d, has sealed, (28)Therefore they said to him: What shall we do, that we may work the works of G.o.d?

(29)Jesus answered and said to them: This is the work of G.o.d, that ye believe on him whom he sent. (30)They therefore said to him: What sign doest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? What dost thou work? (31)Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written: He gave them bread from heaven to eat. (32)Jesus therefore said to them: Verily, verily, I say to you, Moses has not given you the bread from heaven; but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven. (33)For the bread of G.o.d is that which[6:33] comes down out of heaven, and gives life to the world.

(34)They therefore said to him: Lord, evermore give us this bread.

(35)Jesus said to them: I am the bread of life. He that comes to me shall never hunger, and he that believes on me shall never thirst.

(36)But I said to you, that ye have also seen me, and do not believe.

(37)All that the Father gives me will come to me; and him that comes to me I will not cast out. (38)Because I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me. (39)And this is the will of him who sent me, that of all which he has given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up at the last day. (40)For this is the will of my Father, that every one who sees the Son, and believes on him, may have everlasting life; and I will raise him up at the last day.

(41)The Jews therefore murmured at him, because he said: I am the bread that came down out of heaven. (42)And they said: Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How then does this man say: I have come down out of heaven?

(43)Jesus answered and said to them: Murmur not among yourselves.

(44)No one can come to me, except the Father who sent me draw him; and I will raise him up at the last day. (45)It is written in the prophets: And they shall all be taught of G.o.d. Every one that has heard from the Father, and has learned, comes to me. (46)Not that any one has seen the Father, save he who is from G.o.d; he has seen the Father.

(47)Verily, verily, I say to you, he that believes on me has everlasting life. (48)I am the bread of life. (49)Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and are dead. (50)This is the bread that comes down out of heaven, that one may eat thereof, and not die. (51)I am the living bread that came down out of heaven. If any one eat of this bread, he shall live forever; yea, and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.

(52)The Jews therefore contended with one another, saying: How can this man give us his flesh to eat? (53)Jesus therefore said to them: Verily, verily, I say to you, except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you. (54)He that eats my flesh, and drinks my blood, has eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day. (55)For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. (56)He that eats my flesh, and drinks my blood, abides in me, and I in him. (57)As the living Father has sent me, and I live because of the Father; so he that eats me, he also shall live because of me.

(58)This is the bread that came down out of heaven. Not as your fathers ate the manna, and are dead; he that eats of this bread shall live forever.

(59)These things he said in the synagogue, while teaching in Capernaum.

(60)Many therefore of his disciples, when they heard it, said: This is a hard saying; who can hear it? (61)But Jesus, knowing in himself that his disciples murmured at this, said to them: Does this offend you?

(62)What then if ye behold the Son of man ascending up where he was before? (63)It is the spirit that makes alive, the flesh profits nothing; the words which I have spoken to you are spirit, and are life. (64)But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who it was that should betray him. (65)And he said: For this cause I have said to you, that no one can come to me, except it be given him from the Father.

(66)From this time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.

(67)Jesus said therefore to the twelve: Will ye also go away?

(68)Simon Peter answered him: Lord, to whom shall we go? Thou hast words of eternal life. (69)And we believe and know, that thou art the Holy One of G.o.d. (70)Jesus answered them: Did I not choose you, the twelve, and one of you is a devil? (71)He spoke of Judas Iscariot, son of Simon; for he it was that would betray him, being one of the twelve.

VII.

AND after these things Jesus walked in Galilee; for he would not walk in Judaea, because the Jews were seeking to kill him.

(2)Now the feast of the Jews, the feast of tabernacles, was at hand.

(3)His brothers therefore said to him: Depart hence, and go into Judaea, that thy disciples also may behold thy works that thou doest.

(4)For no one does anything in secret, and he himself seeks to be known openly. If thou doest these things, manifest thyself to the world. (5)For neither did his brothers believe on him. (6)Jesus therefore says to them: My time is not yet come; but your time is always ready. (7)The world can not hate you; but me it hates, because I testify of it, that its works are evil. (8)Go ye up to the feast. I go not up to this feast; because my time is not yet fully come.

(9)Having said these things to them, he remained in Galilee. (10)But when his brothers were gone up to the feast, then he also went up, not openly, but as it were in secret.

(11)The Jews therefore sought him at the feast, and said: Where is he?

(12)And there was much murmuring among the mult.i.tudes concerning him.

Some said: He is a good man; others said: Nay, but he misleads the mult.i.tude. (13)No one, however, spoke openly of him, for fear of the Jews.

(14)But when it was already the midst of the feast, Jesus went up into the temple and taught. (15)And the Jews wondered, saying: How knows this man letters, having never learned? (16)Jesus therefore answered them, and said: My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me. (17)If any one desires to do his will, he shall know of the teaching, whether it is of G.o.d, or whether I speak from myself. (18)He that speaks from himself seeks his own glory; but he that seeks the glory of him who sent him, the same is true, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

(19)Has not Moses given you the law, and none of you keeps the law?

Why do ye seek to kill me? (20)The mult.i.tude answered and said: Thou hast a demon; who seeks to kill thee? (21)Jesus answered and said to them: I did one work, and ye all marvel. (22)Moses has for this cause given you circ.u.mcision, not that it is of Moses, but of the fathers; and on the sabbath ye circ.u.mcise a man. (23)If a man receives circ.u.mcision on the sabbath, that the law of Moses may not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I made a man altogether whole on the sabbath? (24)Judge not according to appearance, but judge the righteous judgment.

(25)Then said some of those of Jerusalem: Is not this he whom they seek to kill? (26)But, lo, he speaks boldly, and they say nothing to him. Did the rulers know[7:26] in truth that this is the Christ?

(27)But we know this man, whence he is; but when the Christ comes, no one knows whence he is.

(28)Jesus therefore cried, teaching in the temple and saying: Ye both know me, and ye know whence I am; and I have not come of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not. (29)I know him; because I am from him, and he sent me. (30)Therefore they sought to seize him; and no one laid hands on him, because his hour had not yet come.

(31)But of the mult.i.tude many believed on him, and said: When the Christ comes, will he work more signs than these which this man wrought? (32)The Pharisees heard the mult.i.tude murmuring these things concerning him; and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers to seize him. (33)Jesus therefore said: Yet a little while I am with you, and I go to him who sent me. (34)Ye will seek me, and shall not find me; and where I am, ye can not come. (35)The Jews said therefore among themselves: Whither will this man go, that we shall not find him? Will he go to those dispersed among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks? (36)What is this saying that he said: Ye will seek me, and shall not find me; and where I am, ye can not come?

(37)In the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying: If any one thirst, let him come to me and drink. (38)He that believes on me, as said the Scripture, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. (39)And this he spoke concerning the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive; for the Holy Spirit was not yet [given], because Jesus was not yet glorified.

(40)Some of the mult.i.tude therefore, hearing the words, said: Of a truth this is the Prophet. (41)Others said: This is the Christ. But some said: Does the Christ then come out of Galilee? (42)Did not the Scripture say, that the Christ comes of the seed of David, and from the town of Bethlehem, where David was? (43)A division therefore arose among the mult.i.tude because of him. (44)And some of them desired to seize him; but no one laid hands on him.

(45)The officers therefore came to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said to them: Why did ye not bring him? (46)The officers answered: Never man spoke like this man[7:47]. (47)The Pharisees answered them: Are ye also led astray? (48)Did any of the rulers believe on him, or of the Pharisees? (49)But this mult.i.tude, that know not the law, are accursed. (50)Nicodemus says to them (he who came to him by night, being one of them): (51)Does our law judge a man, except it first hear from him, and know what he does? (52)They answered and said to him: Art thou also of Galilee? Search, and see, that out of Galilee arises no prophet[7:52]. (53)[7:53][And each one went to his house.

VIII.

JESUS went to the mount of the Olives.

(2)And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came to him; and having sat down, he was teaching them. (3)And the scribes and the Pharisees bring to him a woman taken in adultery; and having placed her in the midst, (4)they say to him: Teacher, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act: (5)Now in the law Moses commanded us, that such should be stoned; what then dost thou say?