John 5:18
New Testament • 14 words with Strong's data
"Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God."
Word-by-Word Analysis
כֵּן
kên
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner...
יְהוּדִי
Yᵉhûwdîy
a Jehudite (i.e. Judaite or Jew), or descendant of Jehudah (i.e. Judah)
בָּקַשׁ
bâqash
to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
שָׁחַט
shâchaṭ
to slaughter (in sacrifice or massacre)
פָּנִים
pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...
שָׁבַר
shâbar
to burst (literally or figuratively)
שַׁבָּת
shabbâth
intermission, i.e (specifically) the Sabbath
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
אֱלֹהִים
ʼĕlôhîym
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of...
אָב
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
עָרַךְ
ʻârak
to set in a row, i.e. arrange, put in order (in a very wide variety of applications)
אֱלֹהִים
ʼĕlôhîym
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of...
Key Terms in This Verse
עָרַךְ ʻârak
to set in a row, i.e. arrange, put in order (in a very wide variety of applications)
Study H6186 →בָּקַשׁ bâqash
to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
Study H1245 →יְהוּדִי Yᵉhûwdîy
a Jehudite (i.e. Judaite or Jew), or descendant of Jehudah (i.e. Judah)
Study H3064 →נֶפֶשׁ nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Study H5315 →אָב ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
Study H1 →פָּנִים pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
Study H6440 →Cross References
I and my Father are one.
The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.
The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.
Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.
That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.
Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him.
Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God:
Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me?
And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.
Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little one...
Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?
And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day.
And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him:
Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?
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