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


In Context

13 But he who was healed didn't know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn, a crowd being in the place.

14 Afterward Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him, |Behold, you are made well. Sin no more, so that nothing worse happens to you.|

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

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

17 But Jesus answered them, |My Father is still working, so I am working, too.|

18 For this cause therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill him, because he not only broke the Sabbath, but also called 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:16So, because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jews persecuted him.

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 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.