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.
(a) 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.
Juan 5:14
Después Jesús lo encontró en el templo y le dijo: “He aquí, has sanado; no peques más, para que no te suceda nada peor”.
Para que no pase nada peor. Jesús traza una línea entre el pecado y la enfermedad. No es Dios quien nos enferma, sino Satanás y el pecado. “La paga del pecado es muerte” y eso incluye la muerte en todas sus formas. La enfermedad es una especie de muerte. Enfermedad significa que algo se ha roto. Algo anda mal.
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 entrada for John 8:11.
John 5:16
For this reason the Jews were persecuting Jesus, because He was doing these things on the Sabbath.
(a) “For this reason” was one of Jesus’s favorite sayings, and one adopted here by John. See entrada 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.
Juan 5:18
Por esto los judíos procuraban con mayor frecuencia matarlo, porque no sólo quebrantaba el sábado, sino que también llamaba a Dios Padre suyo, haciéndose igual a Dios.
(a) Mátalo. 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) Dios su propio Padre. 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).
Juan 5:19
Por eso respondió Jesús y les decía: De cierto, de cierto os digo, que el Hijo no puede hacer nada por sí mismo, a menos que vea hacer al Padre; porque todo lo que hace el Padre, esto también lo hace el Hijo de igual manera.
(a) El padre; ver entrada 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).
Juan 5:20
“Porque el Padre ama al Hijo y le muestra todas las cosas que él mismo hace; y el Padre le mostrará obras mayores que éstas, de modo que os maravilléis.
(a) El padre; ver entrada for John 4:21.
(b) El Padre ama al Hijo. La palabra original para “ama” es el verbo fileo que significa cariño o cariño. El Padre mira al hijo con tierno afecto.
Juan 5:21
“Porque así como el Padre resucita a los muertos y les da vida, así también el Hijo a los que quiere da vida.
(a) El padre; ver entrada 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 entrada para la Vida Nueva.
Juan 5:23
para que todos honren al Hijo como honran al Padre. El que no honra al Hijo, no honra al Padre que lo envió.
(a) El padre; ver entrada 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 entrada for John 6:38.
Juan 5:24
“De cierto, de cierto os digo, el que oye mi palabra y cree al que me envió, tiene vida eterna, y no viene a juicio, sino que ha pasado de muerte a vida.
(a) escucha mi palabra. La fe viene por escuchar la palabra de Cristo.
Es el amor inagotable de Dios lo que nos inspira a confiar en él (ver entrada 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) y cree. Todas las bendiciones de Dios, incluido el perdón, la salvación, la justicia y la vida eterna, nos llegan gratuitamente por gracia y se reciben por fe. La fe no obliga a Dios a perdonarnos ni a santificarnos. Pero la fe es el conducto por el que fluye la gracia. Ver entrada for Eph. 2:8.
(C) Desmayado 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) Vida eterna es vivir para siempre en unión con Jesús; ver entrada for John 3:15.
(mi) Has passed out of death into life. Once upon a time you were dead in sins and separated from the zoe-vida de Dios (ver entrada 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).
Juan 5:25
“De cierto, de cierto os digo, que viene la hora, y ahora es, en que los muertos oirán la voz del Hijo de Dios, y los que la oigan vivirán.
El hijo de Dios. La mayor parte del tiempo Jesús se refirió a sí mismo como el Hijo del Hombre (ver entrada 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).
Juan 5:26
“Porque así como el Padre tiene vida en sí mismo, así también dio al Hijo el tener vida en sí mismo;
(a) El padre; ver entrada for John 4:21.
(b) Has life in Himself. God is the source of zoe-vida, la vida del espíritu. Ver entrada para la Vida Nueva.
Juan 5:28
“No os maravilléis de esto; porque viene la hora en que todos los que están en los sepulcros oirán su voz,
(un) 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).
Juan 5:29
y saldrá; los que hicieron las buenas obras a una resurrección de vida, los que cometieron las malas obras a una resurrección de juicio.
Los que hicieron las buenas obras. 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 entrada 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).
Otras lecturas: "Juzgados por lo que hemos hecho"
Juan 5:36
“Pero el testimonio que tengo es mayor que el testimonio de Juan; porque las obras que el Padre me ha dado para realizar, las mismas obras que Yo hago, dan testimonio de mí que el Padre me ha enviado.
(a) El padre; ver entrada 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 entrada for John 6:38.
Juan 5:37
“Y el Padre que me envió, él ha dado testimonio de mí. No has oído Su voz en ningún momento ni has visto Su forma.
(a) El padre; ver entrada 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 entrada for John 6:38.
Juan 5:38
“No tenéis Su palabra permanente en vosotros, porque no creéis a Aquel a quien Él envió.
(un) 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 entrada 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 entrada for John 6:38.
Juan 5:39
“Escudriñáis las Escrituras porque pensáis que en ellas tenéis vida eterna; son éstos los que dan testimonio de Mí;
Vida eterna es vivir para siempre en unión con Jesús; ver entrada for John 3:15.
Juan 5:40
y no queréis venir a Mí para tener vida.
(a) 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 psique– o la vida del alma que heredamos de Adán y el zoe– or spirit life that comes from God (John 5:26). It’s the second kind of life that is described here. See entrada para la Vida Nueva.
John 5:42
but I know you, that you do not have the love of God in yourselves.
(a) I know you. I know your hearts.
(b) Love. 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).
Otras lecturas: "The love of God"
Juan 5:43
“Yo he venido en nombre de mi Padre, y no me recibís; si otro viene en su nombre, lo recibiréis.
(un) Mi padre; ver entrada for John 4:21.
(b) no me recibes. 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).
Pero el imperativo que aparece mucho más que cualquier otro es la instrucción de creer. Debemos creer en Jesús (ver entrada 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.
(a) El padre; ver entrada 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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