Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things?
Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign showest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things? Though the act itself, and the words that accompanied it, when taken together, were sign enough, they are not convinced. Yet were they awed; insomuch that though at His very next appearance at Jerusalem they "sought to kill him" for speaking of "His Father" just as He did now (John 5:18), they, at this Jerusalem they "sought to kill him" for speaking of "His Father" just as He did now (John 5:18), they, at this early stage, only ask a sign.