Do you want to be made well?

Contents of John Chapter 5

The Healing at the Pool (John 5:1-15)

The Authority of the Son (John 5:16-30)

Testimonies About Jesus (John 5:31-47)

John 6:1 assumes Jesus is in Galilee, but chapter 5 is set in Jerusalem. There is, however, no reason to doubt that Jesus moved around in this fashion.

The vague expression "after these things" (5:1; 6:1) suggests that although John is giving us a sequence of events, he is not concerned with giving us a detailed itinerary.

Furthermore, shifting the chapters would destroy the thematic development, for chapter 5 is linked to the initial stories, which have revealed God's glory and the conflict that is now evoked.

The healing of the man by the pool (5:1-15) reveals the glory at its brightest and triggers the conflict (5:16-18) that will dominate the rest of the story.

The challenge of the Jewish opponents leads to Jesus' keynote address (5:19-30), a statement by Jesus that is fundamental to understanding him and all of his activity.

Then follows a series of confirming witnesses (5:31-40) and Jesus' condemning accusation of his opponents (5:41-47).

The Great Physician will not allow any of the disease to remain within us. Thanks be to God! Jesus, however, never speaks of hell in these terms; it is always spoken of as something to avoid at all cost (for example, Mt 5:29-30; 18:8-9; Mk 9:43-48).

Do you want to be made well?

His question may seem rhetorical, but Jesus knew that not every sick person wants to be healed, and that some are so discouraged that they put away all hope. Jesus is dealing with a man who may have his heart withered as well as his legs. Jesus builds the faith of this man.

i. Do you want to be made well: Jesus asked this same kind question on three other occasions. He asked it when John and James asked, through their mother, to be “top guys” in Jesus’ administration (Matthew 20:21, Mark 10:36); when two blind men cried out to be healed (Matthew 20:32, Mark 10:51, Luke 18:41); and when Jesus invited His disciples to come follow Him (John 1:38).

ii. This is an entirely fair question. So much of our petition and intercession before God is hampered because we have so little idea of what we really want.

Summary

We have in the gospels a faithful record of all that Jesus began both to do and to teach, Acts 1:1.

These two are interwoven, because what he taught explained what he did, and what he did confirmed what he taught. Accordingly, we have in this chapter a miracle and a sermon.

I. The miracle was the cure of an impotent man that had been diseased thirty-eight years, with the circumstances of that cure, John 5:1-16.

II. The sermon was Christ's vindication of himself before the Sanhedrin, when he was prosecuted as a criminal for healing the man on the Sabbath day, in which,

1. He asserts his authority as Messiah, and Mediator between God and man, John 5:17-29.

2. He proves it by the testimony of his Father, of John Baptist, of his miracles, and of the scriptures of the Old Testament, and condemns the Jews for their unbelief, John 5:30-47.

Do you want to be made well?

Contents of John Chapter 5

The Healing at the Pool (John 5:1-15)

The Authority of the Son (John 5:16-30)

Testimonies About Jesus (John 5:31-47)

John 6:1 assumes Jesus is in Galilee, but chapter 5 is set in Jerusalem. There is, however, no reason to doubt that Jesus moved around in this fashion.

The vague expression "after these things" (5:1; 6:1) suggests that although John is giving us a sequence of events, he is not concerned with giving us a detailed itinerary.

Furthermore, shifting the chapters would destroy the thematic development, for chapter 5 is linked to the initial stories, which have revealed God's glory and the conflict that is now evoked.

The healing of the man by the pool (5:1-15) reveals the glory at its brightest and triggers the conflict (5:16-18) that will dominate the rest of the story.

The challenge of the Jewish opponents leads to Jesus' keynote address (5:19-30), a statement by Jesus that is fundamental to understanding him and all of his activity.

Then follows a series of confirming witnesses (5:31-40) and Jesus' condemning accusation of his opponents (5:41-47).

Do you want to be made well?

ii. This is an entirely fair question. So much of our petition and intercession before God is hampered because we have so little idea of what we really want.

Summary

We have in the gospels a faithful record of all that Jesus began both to do and to teach, Acts 1:1.

These two are interwoven, because what he taught explained what he did, and what he did confirmed what he taught. Accordingly, we have in this chapter a miracle and a sermon.

I. The miracle was the cure of an impotent man that had been diseased thirty-eight years, with the circumstances of that cure, John 5:1-16.

II. The sermon was Christ's vindication of himself before the Sanhedrin, when he was prosecuted as a criminal for healing the man on the Sabbath day, in which,

1. He asserts his authority as Messiah, and Mediator between God and man, John 5:17-29.

2. He proves it by the testimony of his Father, of John Baptist, of his miracles, and of the scriptures of the Old Testament, and condemns the Jews for their unbelief, John 5:30-47.

Do you want to be made well?

Contents of John Chapter 5

The Healing at the Pool (John 5:1-15)

The Authority of the Son (John 5:16-30)

Testimonies About Jesus (John 5:31-47)

John 6:1 assumes Jesus is in Galilee, but chapter 5 is set in Jerusalem. There is, however, no reason to doubt that Jesus moved around in this fashion.

The vague expression "after these things" (5:1; 6:1) suggests that although John is giving us a sequence of events, he is not concerned with giving us a detailed itinerary.

Furthermore, shifting the chapters would destroy the thematic development, for chapter 5 is linked to the initial stories, which have revealed God's glory and the conflict that is now evoked.

The healing of the man by the pool (5:1-15) reveals the glory at its brightest and triggers the conflict (5:16-18) that will dominate the rest of the story.

The challenge of the Jewish opponents leads to Jesus' keynote address (5:19-30), a statement by Jesus that is fundamental to understanding him and all of his activity.

Then follows a series of confirming witnesses (5:31-40) and Jesus' condemning accusation of his opponents (5:41-47).

Do you want to be made well?

ii. This is an entirely fair question. So much of our petition and intercession before God is hampered because we have so little idea of what we really want.

Summary

We have in the gospels a faithful record of all that Jesus began both to do and to teach, Acts 1:1.

These two are interwoven, because what he taught explained what he did, and what he did confirmed what he taught. Accordingly, we have in this chapter a miracle and a sermon.

I. The miracle was the cure of an impotent man that had been diseased thirty-eight years, with the circumstances of that cure, John 5:1-16.

II. The sermon was Christ's vindication of himself before the Sanhedrin, when he was prosecuted as a criminal for healing the man on the Sabbath day, in which,

1. He asserts his authority as Messiah, and Mediator between God and man, John 5:17-29.

2. He proves it by the testimony of his Father, of John Baptist, of his miracles, and of the scriptures of the Old Testament, and condemns the Jews for their unbelief, John 5:30-47.

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