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John: Chapter 5 Commentary
Cyrus Ingerson Scofield

John 5:2

market a pool

Or, gate, (Neh 3:1); (Neh 12:39).


John 5:3

waiting for

The Sinai manuscript omits "waiting for the moving of the water." and all of (Joh 5:4).


John 5:4

For

See margin reference, (See Scofield) - (Joh 5:3).

angel

See note, (See Scofield) - (Heb 1:4).


John 5:14

sin

Sin

(See Scofield) - (Rom 3:23).


John 5:18

his Father

(Greek, "patēr", "his own Father"). The Jews understood perfectly that Jesus was claiming to be God.

Compare (Joh 10:33).


John 5:31

witness

Compare (Joh 8:14). In (Joh 5:31).

Our Lord, defending His Messianic claims before Jews who denied those claims, accepts the biblical rule of evidence, which required "two witnesses"; (Joh 8:17); (Num 35:30); (Deu 17:6). A paraphrase of verse (Joh 5:31) would be: "If I bear witness of myself ye will say my witness is not true."

Compare (Joh 8:14).


John 5:34

saved

(See Scofield) - (Rom 1:16).


John 5:37

seen

(See Scofield) - (Joh 1:18).



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