John 5

John 5:2

market a pool Or, gate, Nehemiah 3:1; Nehemiah 12:39

John 5:3

waiting for The Sinai MS. omits “waiting for the moving of the water.” and all of Joh 5:4.

John 5:4

For See margin ref. (See Scofield “John 5:3”) angel See note, (See Scofield “Hebrews 1:4”)

John 5:14

sin Sin. (See Scofield “Romans 3:23”).

John 5:18

his Father (Greek - βιβλαρίδιον," his own Father). The Jews understood perfectly that Jesus was claiming to be God. Cf. John 10:33.

John 5:31

witness Cf. John 8:14. In John 5:31 our Lord, defending His Messianic claims before Jews who denied those claims, accepts the biblical rule of evidence, which required “two witnesses”; John 8:17; Numbers 35:30; Deuteronomy 17:6. A paraphrase of verse John 5:31 would be: “If I bear witness of myself ye will say my witness is not true.” Cf. John 8:14.

John 5:34

saved (See Scofield “Romans 1:16”).

John 5:37

seen Cf. (See Scofield “John 1:18”).