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John 5:16–19

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And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day.
¶ But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.
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.
Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.
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From verse 16

  1. Acts 9:4–5Rank 1 from verse 16
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    4And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?

    5And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.

  2. John 10:39Rank 2 from verse 16
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    39Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand,

  3. John 15:20Rank 3 from verse 16
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    20Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.

  4. John 5:13Rank 4 from verse 16
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    13And he that was healed wist not who it was: for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in that place.

  5. John 7:19–20Rank 5 from verse 16
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    19Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me?

    20The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who goeth about to kill thee?

  6. John 7:25Rank 6 from verse 16
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    25Then said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this he, whom they seek to kill?

  7. Luke 6:11Rank 7 from verse 16
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    11And they were filled with madness; and communed one with another what they might do to Jesus.

  8. Mark 3:6Rank 8 from verse 16
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    6And the Pharisees went forth, and straightway took counsel with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.

  9. Matthew 12:13Rank 9 from verse 16
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    13Then saith he to the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it forth; and it was restored whole, like as the other.

From verse 17

  1. John 9:4Rank 1 from verse 17
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    4I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.

  2. John 14:10Rank 2 from verse 17
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    10Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.

  3. 1 Corinthians 12:6Rank 3 from verse 17
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    6And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all.

  4. Colossians 1:16Rank 4 from verse 17
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    16For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:

  5. Hebrews 1:3Rank 5 from verse 17
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    3Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

  6. Genesis 2:1–2Rank 6 from verse 17
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    1THUS the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.

    2And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

  7. Isaiah 40:26Rank 7 from verse 17
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    26Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.

  8. Acts 14:17Rank 8 from verse 17
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    17Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.

  9. Acts 17:28Rank 9 from verse 17
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    28For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.

  10. Matthew 10:29Rank 10 from verse 17
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    29Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.

  11. Psalms 65:6Rank 11 from verse 17
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    6Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains; being girded with power:

From verse 18

  1. John 10:30Rank 1 from verse 18
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    30I and my Father are one.

  2. John 10:33Rank 2 from verse 18
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    33The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.

  3. John 19:7Rank 3 from verse 18
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    7The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.

  4. John 8:58Rank 4 from verse 18
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    58Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.

  5. John 14:23Rank 5 from verse 18
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    23Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.

  6. John 5:23Rank 6 from verse 18
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    23That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.

  7. John 7:1Rank 7 from verse 18
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    1AFTER these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him.

  8. John 7:19Rank 8 from verse 18
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    19Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me?

  9. John 8:54Rank 9 from verse 18
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    54Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God:

  10. Philippians 2:6Rank 10 from verse 18
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    6Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:

  11. Revelation 22:1Rank 11 from verse 18
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    1AND he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.

  12. John 14:9Rank 12 from verse 18
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    9Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?

  13. John 5:16Rank 13 from verse 18
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    16And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day.

  14. Zechariah 13:7Rank 14 from verse 18
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    7¶ Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the Lord of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones.

  15. John 7:22–23Rank 15 from verse 18
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    22Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision; (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers;) and ye on the sabbath day circumcise a man.

    23If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day?

  16. Revelation 22:3Rank 16 from verse 18
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    3And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him:

  17. Matthew 12:5Rank 17 from verse 18
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    5Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?

  18. Revelation 21:22–23Rank 18 from verse 18
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    22And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.

    23And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.

From verse 19

  1. John 12:49Rank 1 from verse 19
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    49For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.

  2. John 8:28Rank 2 from verse 19
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    28Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things.

  3. John 14:10Rank 3 from verse 19
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    10Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.

  4. John 10:18Rank 4 from verse 19
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    18No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.

  5. John 5:28–30Rank 5 from verse 19
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    28Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,

    29And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.

    30I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.

  6. Romans 8:11Rank 6 from verse 19
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    11But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.

  7. John 14:16–23Rank 7 from verse 19
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    16And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;

    17Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.

    18I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.

    19Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.

    20At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.

    21He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.

    22Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world?

    23Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.

  8. Luke 21:15Rank 8 from verse 19
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    15For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.

  9. John 9:4Rank 9 from verse 19
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    4I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.

  10. John 5:21Rank 10 from verse 19
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    21For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.

  11. John 5:24–26Rank 11 from verse 19
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    24Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.

    25Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.

    26For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;

  12. 2 Corinthians 5:10Rank 12 from verse 19
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    10For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.

  13. Genesis 1:1Rank 13 from verse 19
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    1IN the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

  14. Genesis 1:26Rank 14 from verse 19
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    26¶ And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

  15. Jeremiah 17:10Rank 15 from verse 19
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    10I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.

  16. John 11:25–26Rank 16 from verse 19
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    25Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:

    26And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?

  17. John 2:19Rank 17 from verse 19
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    19Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.

  18. Philippians 4:13Rank 18 from verse 19
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    13I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

  19. Psalms 50:6Rank 19 from verse 19
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    6And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah.

  20. 1 Peter 3:18Rank 20 from verse 19
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    18For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:

  21. 2 Corinthians 12:9–10Rank 21 from verse 19
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    9And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

    10Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.

  22. Colossians 1:16Rank 22 from verse 19
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    16For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:

  23. Ephesians 2:5Rank 23 from verse 19
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    5Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)

  24. Ephesians 3:16Rank 24 from verse 19
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    16That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;

  25. Exodus 4:11Rank 25 from verse 19
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    11And the Lord said unto him, Who hath made man’s mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the Lord?

  26. Philippians 3:21Rank 26 from verse 19
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    21Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.

  27. Psalms 138:3Rank 27 from verse 19
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    3In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul.

  28. Revelation 2:23Rank 28 from verse 19
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    23And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.

  29. 1 Corinthians 15:12Rank 29 from verse 19
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    12Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead?

  30. 2 Corinthians 4:14Rank 30 from verse 19
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    14Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus, and shall present us with you.

  31. Acts 2:24Rank 31 from verse 19
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    24Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.

  32. Ephesians 1:18–19Rank 32 from verse 19
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    18The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

    19And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,

  33. Isaiah 44:24Rank 33 from verse 19
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    24Thus saith the Lord, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the Lord that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself;

  34. John 3:3Rank 34 from verse 19
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    3Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

  35. Proverbs 2:6Rank 35 from verse 19
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    6For the Lord giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.

  36. Romans 6:4Rank 36 from verse 19
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    4Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.

  37. 1 Thessalonians 4:14Rank 37 from verse 19
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    14For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.

  38. Isaiah 45:24Rank 38 from verse 19
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    24Surely, shall one say, in the Lord have I righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed.

  39. Colossians 1:11Rank 39 from verse 19
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    11Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;

  40. Psalms 27:14Rank 40 from verse 19
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    14Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.

WORDS IN THIS PASSAGE

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DEFINED WORDS

John 5:16

COMBINED MEANING

persecute

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Trouble, afflict, or pursue after; to pursue, harass, or oppress.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Cawdrey 1604 · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

on

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1. At, upon, or in contact with the named place, object, side, or time. 2. Toward, against, concerning, depending upon, or directed to the named person or thing. 3. Forward or continuing; in joined expressions such as go on, put on, and lay hold on, the other words supply the particular action.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

sabbath

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An appointed holy rest or cessation from ordinary labour; especially the seventh-day rest, or a sabbatical rest for the land.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

day

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Sense 1: Light or the period of light between morning and evening, as distinguished from night. Sense 2: A complete daily cycle. Sense 3: A specified time, occasion, period, age, or season.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

DEFINED WORDS

John 5:17

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

answered

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of answer, meaning to reply, respond, or give account.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

father

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Sense 1: A male parent or begetter. Sense 2: An ancestor, forefather, founder, source, originator, chief, elder, or one bearing paternal authority and care. Sense 3: God as Father, including the Father of Jesus Christ and of those described as his children.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

worketh

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Third-person singular present form of work, meaning to labour, act, operate, perform, make, produce, accomplish, or bring about.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

work

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Sense 1: Labour, occupation, an assigned task, or service. Sense 2: An action, deed, operation, effect, product, thing made, or manner of workmanship. Sense 3: To labour, act, operate, perform, make, produce, accomplish, or bring about.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

DEFINED WORDS

John 5:18

COMBINED MEANING

sabbath

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An appointed holy rest or cessation from ordinary labour; especially the seventh-day rest, or a sabbatical rest for the land.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

father

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Sense 1: A male parent or begetter. Sense 2: An ancestor, forefather, founder, source, originator, chief, elder, or one bearing paternal authority and care. Sense 3: God as Father, including the Father of Jesus Christ and of those described as his children.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

equal

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Sense 1: The same in measure, value, standing, or likeness. Sense 2: Just, right, or even.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

DEFINED WORDS

John 5:19

COMBINED MEANING

answered

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of answer, meaning to reply, respond, or give account.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

say

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Sense 1: To speak, declare, tell, or express. Sense 2: What is said.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

you

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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

Son

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A title of Jesus Christ as the Son of God and the Son of man.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

seeth

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1. Perceives with the eyes. 2. Observes or considers. 3. Understands. 4. Experiences or takes heed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

father

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Sense 1: A male parent or begetter. Sense 2: An ancestor, forefather, founder, source, originator, chief, elder, or one bearing paternal authority and care. Sense 3: God as Father, including the Father of Jesus Christ and of those described as his children.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

soever

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An emphasizing element meaning ever, at all, or without exception within the stated class, forming expressions such as whatsoever, whosoever, wheresoever, and howsoever.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

likewise

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Sense 1: In the same, similar, or corresponding manner. Sense 2: In a matching case.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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5:16And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day.

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5:17¶ But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.

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5:18Therefore 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.

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5:19Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.

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5:20For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye may marvel.

5:21For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.

5:22For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son:

5:23That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.

5:24Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.

5:25Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.

5:26For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;

5:27And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man.

5:28Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,

5:29And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.

5:30I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.

5:31If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.

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