John 5:16

Now because Jesus was doing these things ¹  on the Sabbath, the Jewish leaders ²  began persecuting ³  him.

Mt 12:13; Mr 3:6; Lu 6:11; Joh 5:13; Joh 7:19,20,25; Joh 10:39; Joh 15:20; Ac 9:4,5

¹ sn Note the plural phrase these things which seems to indicate that Jesus healed on the Sabbath more than once (cf. John 20:30). The synoptic gospels show this to be true; the incident in 5:1-15 has thus been chosen by the author as representative.

² tn Or “the Jewish authorities”; Grk “the Jews.” See the note on the phrase “Jewish leaders” in v. 10.

³ tn Or “harassing.”