16So, because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jews persecuted him.


In Context

13 The man who was healed had no idea who it was, for Jesus had slipped away into the crowd that was there.

14 Later Jesus found him at the temple and said to him, "See, you are well again. Stop sinning or something worse may happen to you."

15 The man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.

16 So, because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jews persecuted him.

17 Jesus said to them, "My Father is always at his work to this very day, and I, too, am working."

18 For this reason the Jews tried all the harder to kill him; not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God.

John 5:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:16And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:16Therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, because he did these things on the sabbath.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:16And for this cause the Jews persecuted Jesus, because he did these things on the sabbath.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:16And for this the Jews persecuted Jesus and sought to kill him, because he had done these things on sabbath.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:16And for this cause did the Jews persecute Jesus, because he did these things on the sabbath.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:16And therefore the Jews persecuted Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:16For this cause the Jews persecuted Jesus, and sought to kill him, because he did these things on the Sabbath.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:16and because of this were the Jews persecuting Jesus, and seeking to kill him, because these things he was doing on a sabbath.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:16And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day.