John 5:18

¹⁶ Now because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jews began to persecute Him.

¹⁷ But Jesus answered them, “To this very day My Father is at His work, and I too am working.”

Because of this, the Jews tried all the harder to kill Him. Not only was He breaking the Sabbath, but He was even calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God.

¹⁹ So Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing by Himself, unless He sees the Father doing it. For whatever the Father does, the Son also does.

²⁰ The Father loves the Son and shows Him all He does. And to your amazement, He will show Him even greater works than these.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: Because of this, the Jews tried all the harder to kill Him. Not only was He breaking the Sabbath, but He was even calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God.
KJV: Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.
WEB: For this cause therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill him, because he not only broke the Sabbath, but also called God his own Father, making himself equal with God.
ASV: For this cause therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only brake the sabbath, but also called God his own Father, making himself equal with God.
DARBY: For this therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he had not only violated the sabbath, but also said that God was his own Father, making himself equal with God.
BLB: Therefore because of this, the Jews were seeking more to kill Him, because not only was He breaking the Sabbath, but He was also calling God His own Father, making Himself equal to God.

ÅB: Derfor sto da jødene ham enn mere etter livet, fordi han ikke bare brøt sabbaten, men også kalte Gud sin Far og gjorde seg selv Gud lik.
OTB: Av denne grunn søkte de enda mer å drepe ham, fordi han ikke bare brøt sabbaten, men også kalte Gud sin egen Far, og gjorde seg selv lik Gud.
B1930: Derfor stod da jødene ham enn mere efter livet, fordi han ikke bare brøt sabbaten, men også kalte Gud sin Fader og gjorde sig selv Gud lik.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

John 10:30
I and the Father are one.”
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John 10:33
“We are not stoning You for any good work,” said the Jews, “but for blasphemy, because You, who are a man, declare Yourself to be God.”
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John 19:7
“We have a law,” answered the Jews, “and according to that law He must die, because He declared Himself to be the Son of God.”
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John 8:58
“Truly, truly, I tell you,” Jesus declared, “before Abraham was born, I am!”
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John 14:23
Jesus replied, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word. My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.
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John 5:23
so that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.
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John 8:54
Jesus answered, “If I glorify Myself, My glory means nothing. The One who glorifies Me is My Father, of whom you say ‘He is our God.’
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Revelation 22:1
Then the angel showed me a river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb
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