- John 5:16
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- John 5:16
- (KJV)
And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought
to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day.
- (1611 KJV)
And therefore did the Iewes persecute Iesus, and
sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the Sabbath
day.
- (1587 Geneva Bible)
And therefore the Iewes did persecute Iesus,
and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the
Sabbath day.
- (1526 Tyndale)
And therfore the Iewes dyd persecute Iesus and
sought the meanes to slee him because he had done these thinges on
the Saboth daye.
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- Counterfeit Versions
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(CSB) Therefore, the Jews began persecuting Jesus because he was doing
these things on the Sabbath.
- (NIV) So, because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jews
persecuted him.
- (NASV) For this reason the Jews were persecuting Jesus, because He was
doing these things on the Sabbath.
- (THE MESSAGE) That is why the Jews were out to get Jesus—because he did
this kind of thing on the Sabbath.
- (AMP) For this reason the Jews began to persecute (annoy, torment) Jesus
and sought to kill Him, because He was doing these things on the
Sabbath.
- (NLT) So the Jewish leaders began harassing Jesus for breaking the
Sabbath rules.
- (ESV) And this was why the Jews were persecuting Jesus, because he was
doing these things on the Sabbath.
- (CEV) They started making a lot of trouble for Jesus because he did
things like this on the Sabbath.
- (NCV) Because Jesus was doing this on the Sabbath day, some evil people
began to persecute him.
- (1901 ASV) And for this cause the Jews persecuted Jesus, because he did
these things on the sabbath.
- (HCSB) Therefore, the Jews began persecuting Jesus because He was doing
these things on the Sabbath.
- (RSV) And this was why the Jews persecuted Jesus, because he did this on
the sabbath.
- (NAB-Roman Catholic) Therefore, the Jews began to persecute Jesus
because he did this on a sabbath.
- (NWT-Jehovah’s Witnesses) So on this account the Jews went persecuting
Jesus, because he was doing these things during Sabbath.
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- Textus Receptus - Traditional Text
- kai dia touto ediwkon ton ihsoun oi ioudaioi kai ezhtoun auton
apokteinai oti tauta epoiei en sabbatw
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- Hort-Westcott - Critical Text
- kai dia touto ediwkon oi ioudaioi ton ihsoun oti tauta epoiei en sabbatw
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- Corrupted Manuscripts
- This verse is corrupted in the following manuscripts:
- Aleph 01 - Sinaiticus -
Nineteenth Century Counterfeit
B 03 - Vaticanus - Fourth century
- C 04 - Ephraemi Rescriptus - Fifth century
- D 05 - Bezae Cantabrigiensis - Fifth century
- L 019 - Seventh century
- 33 (Miniscule) - Ninth Century
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- Manuscripts which agree with the Textus Receptus for this verse
- Byzantine Text (450-1450 A.D.)
- A 02 - Alexandrinus - Fifth century
- K 017 - Ninth century
- Gamma 036 - Ninth or Tenth century
- Delta 037 - Ninth century
- Theta 038 - Ninth century
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- Published Critical Greek Texts with Corruptions
- Omit “and sought to slay him”
- Greisbach, Johann - 1805
- Lachmann, Karl - 1842 (in margin or brackets)
- Tischendorf, Constantine - 1869
- Tregelles, Samuel - 1857
- Alford, Henry - 1849 revised in 1871
- Westcott and Hort - 1881
- Weiss, Bernhard - 1894
- Nestle - 1927 as revised in seventeenth edition in 1941
- Nestle-Aland - 1979 - Twenty Sixth Edition
- Nestle-Aland - 1993 - Twenty Seventh Edition
- United Bible Societies - 1983 - Fourth Edition
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- Affected Teaching
- Jesus was being accused of being a sabbath breaker because he healed the
man with the disease for 38 years. The religious leaders had reviled him for
breaking the sabbath plus they wanted to take it to the next level and slay
Him. The modern versions omit the part where the religious leaders sought to
slay the Lord Jesus Christ, either by bringing charges against Him before
the council or some other way. This portion shows the hostility those
leaders had toward the Lord Jesus Christ and the principle is important
because those of us who are Christians can expect the religious
establishment to hate us also. Religion has always been the enemy of
Christianity and there have been many attempts down through the ages to
amalgamate the two, but water and oil cannot be homogenized. This verse is a
warning to Christians that not only would we be persecuted for our faith but
that persecution can also include our well-being. We may be silenced by
either being told to be quiet and keep our views to ourselves or we may be
physically killed. That is why this is an important part of the verse and
should not have been omitted because it keeps the true Christian on their
toes.
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