The Skeptics Annotated Bible (844 page)

46 So
Jesus came again into Cana
of Galilee, where he made the water wine.
And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum.

(4.46)
“Jesus came again into Cana … And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum.”

47 When he heard that Jesus was come out of Judaea into Galilee,
he
went unto him, and
besought him that he would come
down,
and heal his son: for he was at the point of death.

(4.47)
“He … besought him that he would come … and heal his son: for he was at the point of death.”

48 Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe.

49 The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my child die.

50
Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way; thy son liveth.
And the man believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went his way.

(4.50) “Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way; thy son liveth.”

51 And
as he was now going down, his servants met him, and told him, saying, Thy son liveth.

(4.51) “As he was now going down, his servants met him, and told him, saying, Thy son liveth.”

52 Then enquired he of them the hour when he began to amend. And they said unto him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.

53 So the father knew that it was at the same hour, in the which Jesus said unto him, Thy son liveth: and himself believed, and his whole house.

54 This is again the second miracle that Jesus did, when he was come out of Judaea into Galilee.

5
After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

2 Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.

3 In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, 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: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had.

(5.4) “An angel went down … into the pool, and troubled the water: Whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had.” Whoever enters a pool after it is stirred up by angels will be cured of “whatsoever disease he had.”

5 And
a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years.

(5.5)
“A certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years.”

6 When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he saith unto him, Wilt thou be made whole?

7 The impotent 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 steppeth down before me.

8
Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk.

(5.8) “Jesus saith unto 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 the same day was the sabbath.

(5.9)
“And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked.”

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.

11 He answered them, He that made me whole, the same said unto me, Take up thy bed, and walk.

12 Then asked they him, What man is that which said unto thee, Take up thy bed, and walk?

13 And he that was healed wist not who it was: for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in that place.

14 Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole:
sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.

(5.14) “Sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.” Jesus believed people are crippled by God as a punishment for sin. He told a crippled man, after healing him, to “sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.”

15 The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus, which had made him whole.

(5.16-18) John, with his usual anti-Semitism, says that the Jews persecuted Jesus and “sought to slay him.”

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

(5.16)
“Therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day.”

17 But
Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.

(5.17)
“Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.”
Jesus says he and his dad always work on the Sabbath. (So you can too!)
101 Is it necessary to keep the Sabbath?
439 Does God work on the Sabbath?