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John 5:2 open_in_new
market a pool
Or, gate, (Nehemiah 3:1); (Nehemiah 12:39).
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John 5:3 open_in_new
waiting for
The Sinai manuscript omits "waiting for the moving of the water." and all of (John 5:4).
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John 5:4 open_in_new
For
See margin reference, ( See Scofield) - (John 5:3).
angel
See note, ( See Scofield) - (Hebrews 1:4).
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John 5:18 open_in_new
his Father
(Greek, "patēr", "his own Father"). The Jews understood perfectly that Jesus was claiming to be God.
Compare (John 10:33).
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John 5:31 open_in_new
witness
Compare (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."
Compare (John 8:14).
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John 5:34 open_in_new
saved
( See Scofield) - (Romans 1:16).
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John 5:37 open_in_new
seen
( See Scofield) - (John 1:18).