Johannes 5

John 5:9

Immediately the man became well, and picked up his pallet and began to walk.
Now it was the Sabbath on that day.

(en) Sabbath. The Sabbath was the day of rest mandated in the Law of Moses (Ex. 31:14, Lev. 23:3). The Sabbath day began at sunset on Friday and ended on sunset on Saturday.

Johannes 5:14

Derefter fandt Jesus ham i templet og sagde til ham: "Se, du er blevet rask; synd ikke mere, så der ikke sker dig noget værre."

Så der ikke sker noget værre. Jesus trækker en grænse mellem synd og sygdom. Det er ikke Gud, der gør os syge, men Satan og synden. "Syndens løn er døden", og det inkluderer døden i alle dens former. Sygdom er en slags død. Sygdom betyder, at noget er gået i stykker. Der er noget galt.

This does not mean those who are sick are sinners who need to repent. The sin that opened the door to death was Adam’s sin (Rom. 5:12). But make sinful and unhealthy choices and there will be consequences. Sexual immorality can lead to disease. Adultery can destroy a marriage. Drunkenness can lead to liver damage. DIY religion can lead to burnout and heart disease.

We reap what we sow. This is why Jesus told the woman caught in adultery to go and sin no more. He wanted to break the destructive cycle. So he gave her the gift of no condemnation (setting her free from sin) and then he graced or empowered her to stay free. See indgang for John 8:11.

John 5:16

For this reason the Jews were persecuting Jesus, because He was doing these things on the Sabbath.

(en) “For this reason” was one of Jesus’s favorite sayings, and one adopted here by John. See indgang for Matt. 6:25.

(b) Sabbath. The Sabbath was the day of rest mandated in the Law of Moses (Ex. 31:14, Lev. 23:3). The Sabbath day began at sunset on Friday and ended on sunset on Saturday.

Johannes 5:18

  For this reason therefore the Jews were seeking all the more to kill Him, because He not only was breaking the Sabbath, but also was calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God.

(en) Kill him. On several occasions people tried to murder Jesus (Matt. 26:59, Mark 14:55, Luke 4:30, 22:2, John 7:19, 25, 11:53). But none succeeded. Jesus would freely lay down his life for all. No one would take it from him (John 10:18).

(b) God his own Father. Religious people get angry when you call God your Father. “God is a distant judge watching you and recording all your sins. How dare you speak of the Almighty in such familiar terms?” They will persecute you thinking they are offering a service to God (John 16:2). By their actions they testify that they don’t know God or Jesus (John 16:3).

The Jews weren’t troubled that Jesus’ followers called him a messiah – messiahs come and go – but claiming to be God’s Son was a blasphemy worth of death (John 19:7).

Johannes 5:19

Derfor svarede Jesus og sagde til dem: "Sandelig, sandelig siger jeg jer: Sønnen kan intet gøre af sig selv, medmindre det er noget, han ser Faderen gøre; thi hvad Faderen end gør, disse Ting gør og Sønnen på samme måde.

(en) Faderen; se indgang for John 4:21.

(b) The Son can do nothing of Himself. Jesus shows us how to live in total dependence on the Father.

First Adam chose the path of independence and cut himself off from life. Last Adam shows us how to live in dependence on God (John 10:37).

Johannes 5:20

For Faderen elsker Sønnen og viser ham alt, hvad han selv gør; og Faderen skal vise ham større gerninger end disse, så I skal undre jer.

(en) Faderen; se indgang for John 4:21.

(b) Faderen elsker Sønnen. Det oprindelige ord for "elsker" er verbet phileo hvilket betyder kærlighed eller hengivenhed. Faderen betragter sønnen med øm hengivenhed.

Johannes 5:21

"For ligesom Faderen oprejser de døde og giver dem liv, sådan giver også Sønnen liv, hvem han vil.

(en) Faderen; se indgang for John 4:21.

(b) Gives them life… gives life. Zoe-life originates with God and is manifested and given to us in Jesus through the Holy Spirit (John 6:63). See indgang til nyt liv.

Johannes 5:23

for at alle skal ære Sønnen ligesom de ærer Faderen. Den, der ikke ærer Sønnen, ærer ikke Faderen, som sendte ham.

(en) Faderen; se indgang for John 4:21.

(b) Who sent him. On numerous occasions, Jesus told his disciples that he was not from earth but had come or been sent from heaven. See indgang for John 6:38.

Johannes 5:24

"Sandelig, sandelig siger jeg jer: Den, som hører mit ord og tror på ham, som har sendt mig, har evigt liv og kommer ikke for dommen, men er gået over fra døden til livet.

(en) Hører mit ord. Tro kommer ved at høre Kristi ord.

Det er Guds usvigelige kærlighed, der inspirerer os til at stole på ham (se indgang for 1 John 4:16). Since the love of God is revealed in Jesus Christ (John 17:26), faith comes from hearing about Jesus (Acts 15:7, 28:24).

(b) Og tror. Alle Guds velsignelser, inklusive tilgivelse, frelse, retfærdighed og evigt liv, kommer til os frit af nåde og modtages ved tro. Troen tvinger ikke Gud til at tilgive os eller hellige os. Men troen er den kanal, som nåden strømmer igennem. Se indgang for Eph. 2:8.

(c) Besvimede means to cross over or change places. The moment you put your faith in Jesus, you passed out of Adam’s family and were placed into God’s family. Crossing over from death to life is a one-way trip. Once the Lord takes hold of you, he will never let you go (John 10:28).

(d) Evigt liv lever for evigt i forening med Jesus; se indgang for John 3:15.

(e) Has passed out of death into life. Once upon a time you were dead in sins and separated from the zoe-life of God (see indgang for Eph. 2:1). But the moment you put your faith in Christ you crossed over from death to life. Whoever believes in Christ has eternal life and shall not perish (John 3:15-16).

John 5:25

“Truly, truly, I say to you, an hour is coming and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.

The Son of God. Most of the time Jesus referred to himself as the Son of Man (see indgang for Matt. 8:20). But on a few occasions he acknowledged that he was the Son of God (John 3:18, 10:36, 11:4, Rev. 2:18).

Johannes 5:26

”For ligesom Faderen har liv i sig selv, således gav han også Sønnen at have liv i sig selv;

(en) Faderen; se indgang for John 4:21.

(b) Has life in Himself. God is the source of zoe-livet, åndens liv. Se indgang til nyt liv.

John 5:28


“Do not marvel at this; for an hour is coming, in which all who are in the tombs will hear His voice,

(en) An hour. While the other apostles spoke of living in the last days and a coming day of the Lord (Heb. 1:2), John preferred shorter metaphors. He said we are living in the last hour (1 John 2:18) and spoke of the coming hour of the Lord.

(b) Hear. The Lord will return with a shout to raise the dead (1 Th. 4:16).

Johannes 5:29

og vil komme frem; de, der gjorde de gode gerninger til en opstandelse af livet, de, der begik de onde gerninger, til en opstandelse af dommen.

Dem, der gjorde de gode gerninger. What are the good deeds Jesus wants us to do and which lead to eternal life? He has just told us: “He who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life” (John 5:24). Doing good is hearing and believing Jesus. Indeed, this is the work of God (see indgang for John 6:29).

Jesus is speaking to religious Jews who were trying to kill him (verse 18). Jesus doesn’t rebuke these people for being murderous, but for being unbelievers. “You refuse to come to me to have life” (John 5:40). “If you believed Moses, you would believe me, for he wrote about me” (John 5:46).

Yderligere læsning: "Dømt for det vi har gjort”

John 5:36

“But the testimony which I have is greater than the testimony of John; for the works which the Father has given Me to accomplish—the very works that I do—testify about Me, that the Father has sent Me.

(en) Faderen; se indgang for John 4:21.

(b) Sent Me. On numerous occasions, Jesus told his disciples that he was not from earth but had come or been sent from heaven. See indgang for John 6:38.

Johannes 5:37

"Og Faderen, som har sendt mig, han har vidnet om mig. Du har hverken hørt hans røst på noget tidspunkt eller set hans skikkelse.

(en) Faderen; se indgang for John 4:21.

(b) Sent Me. On numerous occasions, Jesus told his disciples that he was not from earth but had come or been sent from heaven. See indgang for John 6:38.

Johannes 5:38

"I har ikke hans ord blivende i jer, for I tror ikke på ham, som han har sendt.

(en) You do not believe. The religious Jews considered themselves a God-fearing people. They had faith in the one God, yet they persecuted his Son and tried to kill him (John 5:18). Thus their faith was a dead and useless faith for it was not accompanied by the work of believing in the One sent by God (see indgang for Jas. 2:14).

(b) He sent. On numerous occasions, Jesus told his disciples that he was not from earth but had come or been sent from heaven. See indgang for John 6:38.

Johannes 5:39

"Du ransager skrifterne, fordi du tror, ​​at du i dem har evigt liv; det er disse, der vidner om Mig;

Evigt liv lever for evigt i forening med Jesus; se indgang for John 3:15.

Johannes 5:40

og du er uvillig til at komme til Mig, så du kan få liv.

(en) You are unwilling to come. We are not born immortal (Rom. 2:6–8). Eternal life is a gift we receive when come to Christ (John 3:15, 5:24). Those who refuse to come to Christ will not have eternal life but remain dead in their sins (Eph. 2:1).

(b) Life. Two kinds of life are described in the Bible; the psuche– eller sjæleliv, vi har arvet fra Adam og den zoe– or spirit life that comes from God (John 5:26). It’s the second kind of life that is described here. See indgang til nyt liv.

John 5:42

but I know you, that you do not have the love of God in yourselves.

(en) I know you. I know your hearts.

(b) Elsker. The original noun (agape) describes the love that comes from God. God is the source and definition of agape-love (Eph. 2:4, 1 John 4:8, 16). “Love is from God” (1 John 4:7). Unlike the brittle love of man, the love of God is unconditional and self-sacrificing (Eph. 5:25, 1 John 3:16). The agape-love of God is patient, long-suffering, and hopeful and never fails (1 Cor. 13:4–8).

(c) You do not have the love of God. They had rejected God’s love. The issue was not that they didn’t love God, but they had not received God’s love for them. The religious Jews viewed God as a harsh judge rather than a loving Father. And because they did not know how much God loved them, they didn’t trust him. Instead of resting in the gracious promises God made to their forefather Abraham, the Jews were working hard to earn blessings that had already been given.

(d) Love of God. The unconditional love of God for us is the foundation of the new covenant. Indeed, it is the foundation of life, the universe and everything. The love of God is the answer to your deepest questions. Why did God make me? Why did he send his Son to rescue me? Why does he not hold my sins against me? Answer: Because God loves you with a love that will never give up.

Manmade religion portrays God as capricious and his love as variable. “Sometimes he loves you, sometimes he doesn’t.” But the gospel of grace declares God’s love for you is constant and shadowless (Ps. 136, Jas. 1:17). Religion prostitutes the love of God by putting price tags on his affection. “You have to earn his favor.” But the gospel of grace declares that God loved you while you were a sinner and nothing can separate you from his love (Rom. 5:8, 8:38–39). Religion demands that you impress God with the fervency of your love, but the gospel of grace inspires you to trust in your heavenly Father who loves you without limit (Eph. 3:17–19).

Yderligere læsning: "The love of God”

Johannes 5:43

"Jeg er kommet i min Faders navn, og I tager ikke imod mig; hvis en anden kommer i hans eget navn, skal du tage imod ham.

(en) Min far; se indgang for John 4:21.

(b) Du modtager mig ikke. They did not believe that Jesus had been sent by the Father (John 6:29).

In the New Testament, there are more than 200 imperative statements linked with faith. Some of these statements exhort us to: receive Jesus (John 1:11-12), receive the message of Jesus (John 17:8), obey or heed the message or good news of Jesus (John 17:6) and turn to God in repentance (Acts 26:20).

Other scriptures encourage us to accept the word (Mark 4:20), confess Jesus as Lord (Rom. 10:9), call on the name of the Lord (Act 2:21), eat the bread of life (John 6:50-51), be reconciled to God (2 Cor. 5:20), submit to God’s righteousness (Rom. 10:3), and be born again (John 3:3, 7).

Men det ene imperativ, der fremstår langt mere end noget andet, er instruktionen til tro på. Vi skal tro på Jesus (se indgang for John 3:16).

John 5:44

“How can you believe, when you receive glory from one another and you do not seek the glory that is from the one and only God?

Glory from one another. Self-righteous people crave validation from others. They wear masks and put on a show because have not received their Father’s affirmation. Perversely, the desire to receive praise from fickle people hinders them from seeking the greater honor that comes from God.

John 5:45

“Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father; the one who accuses you is Moses, in whom you have set your hope.

(en) Faderen; se indgang for John 4:21.

(b) Moses, the law-giver, who condemns all hypocrites who are pretending to live by the law.

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