Ἰωάννην 5:17

Greek Modern Translation

Ο δε Ιησους απεκριθη προς αυτους· Ο Πατηρ μου εργαζεται εως τωρα, και εγω εργαζομαι.

Parallel Translations

Byzantine/Majority Text
ο δε ιησους απεκρινατο αυτοις ο πατης μου εως αρτι εργαζεται καγω εργαζομαι

SBL Greek New Testament (2010)
ὁ ⸀δὲ ἀπεκρίνατο αὐτοῖς· Ὁ πατήρ μου ἕως ἄρτι ἐργάζεται κἀγὼ ἐργάζομαι.

Tischendorf 8th Edition
ὁ δὲ ἀπεκρίνατο αὐτοῖς· ὁ πατήρ μου ἕως ἄρτι ἐργάζεται, κἀγὼ ἐργάζομαι.

Textus Receptus (1550/1894)
ο δε ιησους απεκρινατο αυτοις ο πατης μου εως αρτι εργαζεται καγω εργαζομαι

Westcott/Hort UBS4 (1881)
ο δε δε δε δε απεκρινατο αυτοις ο πατηρ μου εως αρτι εργαζεται καγω εργαζομαι

Bible Verse Review
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My: John 9:4, John 14:10, Genesis 2:1, Genesis 2:2, Psalms 65:6, Isaiah 40:26, Matthew 10:29, Acts 14:17, Acts 17:28, 1 Corinthians 12:6, Colossians 1:16, Hebrews 1:3

Reciprocal: Genesis 1:26 - Let us Isaiah 40:28 - fainteth Zechariah 13:7 - the man Matthew 7:21 - my Matthew 9:5 - Arise Matthew 12:2 - Behold Matthew 12:8 - General Matthew 27:43 - I am Mark 2:28 - General Luke 2:49 - my John 1:3 - General John 1:10 - was in John 2:16 - my John 8:25 - Even John 10:25 - I told John 10:30 - General John 10:36 - I am John 14:23 - make Acts 2:22 - which Ephesians 3:9 - created Colossians 1:17 - and by Colossians 2:2 - of the Father

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But Jesus answered them,.... Being convened before them, and charged by them with the violation of the sabbath, he vindicated himself in the following manner, saying;

my Father worketh hitherto: he who is my Father, not by creation, or adoption, but by nature, though he ended all his work on the seventh day, and rested from what he had done; yet he did not cease from working at all, but has continued to work ever since, on sabbath days, as well as on other days; in upholding and governing the world, in continuing the species of beings, and all creatures in their being; in providing for them, and in dispensing the bounties of his providence to them; in causing his sun to shine, and showers of rain to descend on the earth; and in taking care of, and protecting even the meanest of his creatures: and much more men; and still more his own people:

and I work; or "also I work"; as the Syriac and Arabic version reads; i.e. in conjunction with him, as a co-efficient cause in the works of providence, in the government of the world, in upholding all things in it, in bearing up the pillars of the earth, in holding things together, and sustaining all creatures: or I also work in imitation of him, in doing good both to the bodies and souls of men on the sabbath day, being the Lord of it: I do but what my Father does, and therefore, as he is not to be blamed for his works on that day, as none will say he is, no more am I. So Philo the Jew says b,

"God never ceases to work; but as it is the property of fire to burn, and of snow to cool, so of God to work.''

And what most men call fortune, he calls the divine Logos, or word, to whom he ascribes all the affairs of providence c.

b Leg. Ailegor. l. 1. p. 41. c Quod Deus sit Immutab. p. 318.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

My Father - God.

Worketh hitherto - Worketh “until now,” or until 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 creation; 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:

1. Because he called God his Father, John 5:18.
2. 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.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse John 5:17. My Father worked hitherto, and I work. — Or, As my Father worketh until now, c., καθως being understood. God created the world in six days: on the seventh he rested from all creating acts, and set it apart to be an everlasting memorial of his work. But, though he rested from creating, he never ceased from preserving and governing that which he had formed: in this respect he can keep no sabbaths for nothing can continue to exist, or answer the end proposed by the Divine wisdom and goodness, without the continual energy of God. So I work - I am constantly employed in the same way, governing and supporting all things, comforting the wretched, and saving the lost; and to me, in this respect, there is no sabbath.