John 5:18

5:18 For this reason the Jewish leaders ¹  were trying even harder to kill him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was also calling God his own Father, thus making himself equal with God.

John 5:22-25

5:22 Furthermore, the Father does not judge ²  anyone, but has assigned ³  all judgment to the Son, 5:23 so that all people ⁴  will honor the Son just as they honor the Father. The one who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.

5:24 “I tell you the solemn truth, ⁵  the one who hears ⁶  my message ⁷  and believes the one who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned, ⁸  but has crossed over from death to life. 5:25 I tell you the solemn truth, ⁹  a time ¹⁰  is coming – and is now here – when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.

John 5:37

5:37 And the Father who sent me has himself testified about me. You people ¹¹  have never heard his voice nor seen his form at any time, ¹² 

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¹ tn Or “the Jewish authorities”; Grk “the Jews.” See the note on the phrase “Jewish leaders” in v. 10.

² tn Or “condemn.”

³ tn Or “given,” or “handed over.”

⁴ tn Grk “all.” The word “people” is not in the Greek text but is supplied for stylistic reasons and for clarity (cf. KJV “all men”).

⁵ tn Grk “Truly, truly, I say to you.”

⁶ tn Or “obeys.”

⁷ tn Or “word.”

⁸ tn Grk “and does not come into judgment.”

⁹ tn Grk “Truly, truly, I say to you.”

¹⁰ tn Grk “an hour.”

¹¹ tn The word “people” is not in the Greek text, but is supplied to clarify that the following verbs (“heard,” “seen,” “have residing,” “do not believe”) are second person plural.

¹² sn You people have never heard his voice nor seen his form at any time. Compare Deut 4:12. Also see Deut 5:24 ff., where the Israelites begged to hear the voice no longer – their request (ironically) has by this time been granted. How ironic this would be if the feast is Pentecost, where by the 1st century a.d. the giving of the law at Sinai was being celebrated.