¹⁰So the Jews were saying to the one who had been healed, “It is the Sabbath, and it is not permitted for you to pick up the mat!”^d ¹¹But he answered them, “The one who made me well—that one said to me, ‘Pick up your mat and walk!’ ” ¹²So they asked him,^e “Who is the man who said to you, ‘Pick up your mat^* and walk?’ ” ¹³But the one who was healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn while^* a crowd was in the place.

Equal with God

¹⁴After these things Jesus found him at the temple and said to him, “Look, you have become well! Sin no longer, lest something worse happen to you.” ¹⁵The man went and reported to the Jews that Jesus was the one who made him well. ¹⁶And on account of this the Jews began to persecute^* Jesus, because he was doing these things on the Sabbath. ¹⁷But he answered^f them, “My Father is working until now, and I am working.” ¹⁸So on account of this the Jews were seeking even more to kill him, because he not only was breaking the Sabbath, but also was calling God his own Father, thus^* making himself equal with God.

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Footnotes

*The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began to walk”)
dSome manuscripts have “your mat”
eSome manuscripts have “They asked him”
*In Greek the direct object (“your mat”) is not in the Greek text but the repetition is implied from the previous verse
*Here “while” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“was”)
*The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began to persecute”)
fSome manuscripts have “Jesus answered”
*Here “thus” is supplied as a component of the participle (“making”) which is understood as result