John 5:17
But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.
John 5:17 in other translations
| BSB | But Jesus answered them, “To this very day My Father is at His work, and I too am working.” |
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| WEB | But Jesus answered them, “My Father is still working, so I am working, too.” |
| ASV | But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh even until now, and I work. |
| YLT | And Jesus answered them, ‘My Father till now doth work, and I work;' |
| DARBY | But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto and I work. |
| BBE | But his answer was: My Father is still working even now, and so I am working. |
| Webster | But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work. |
What does John 5:17 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 5:17-18
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Barnes' Notes
Worketh hitherto. Worketh until now, or till this time. God has not ceased to work on the Sabbath. He makes the sun to rise; he rolls the stars; he causes the grass, the tree, the flower to grow. He has not suspended his operations on the Sabbath, and the obligation to rest on the Sabbath does not extend to him. He created the world in six days, and ceased the work of creations; but he has not ceased to govern it, and to carry forward, by his providence, his great plans on the Sabbath.
And I work. "As God does good on that day; as he is not bound by the law which requires his creatures to rest on that day, so I do the same. The law on that subject may be dispensed with, also, in my case, for the Son of man is Lord of the Sabbath." In this reply it is implied that he was equal with God from two circumstances:
1st. Because he called God his Father, Jn 5:18.
2nd. Because he claimed the same exemption from law which God did, asserting that the law of the Sabbath did not bind him or his Father, thus showing that he had a right to impose and repeal laws in the same manner as God. He that has a right to do this must be God.
(n) "My father" Jn 9:4, 14:10
Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on John 5:17-23
Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain
John 5:17 in the original Greek
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Cross references for John 5:17
- John 9:4
I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.
- John 14:10
Believest 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.
- Colossians 1:16
For 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:
- 1 Corinthians 12:6
And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all.
- Hebrews 1:3
Who 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;
- Genesis 2:1-2
Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And 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.
- Isaiah 40:26
Lift 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.
- Acts 17:28
For 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.
- Acts 14:17
Nevertheless 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.
- Matthew 10:29
Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.
- Psalms 65:6
Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains; being girded with power:
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Context
- John 5:16
And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day.
- John 5:17
But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.
- John 5:18
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.
John 5:17 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y Jesús les respondió: Mi Padre hasta ahora obra, y yo obro. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Mais Jésus leur répondit: Mon Père travaille jusqu’à maintenant, et moi je travaille. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Jesus aber antwortete ihnen: Mein Vater wirkt bis jetzt, und ich wirke. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Jesus autem respondit eis: Pater meus usque modo operatur, et ego operor. |