Chapter V.
1-9. Jesus goes up to Jerusalem on the occasion of a festival, and there cures a man on the Sabbath day.
10-16. The Jews first challenge him who was healed, and then persecute Christ for violating the Sabbath.
17. Christ's answer and defence.
18. They are still more exasperated, and seek to kill Him.
19-39. Christ's discourse, in which He proves, by various arguments, that He is justified in calling God HIS Father, and in making Himself equal to God.
40-47. He upbraids their incredulity, and points out its cause.
| 1. Post haec erat dies festus Iudaeorum, et ascendit Iesus Ierosolymam. | 1. After these things was a festival day of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. |
1. The interval to be admitted between the events now about to be narrated and the preceding, depends upon the answer to be given to the question: what festival is here referred to? On this question a great diversity of opinion has always existed among commentators. The more common opinion is that it is the festival of the Pasch; others, however, hold that it is the festival of Pentecost, or of Tabernacles, or of the Purification of the Temple, or of Lots.