YHN 5:17 Interlinear View

1. Greek word
2. Greek lemma
3. OET-LV words
4. OET-RV words
5. Strongs
6. Role/Morphology
7. OET Gloss
8. VLT Gloss
9. CAPS codes
10. Confidence
11. OET tags
12. OET word #
1. ὁ
2. ho
3. he
4. -
5. 35880
6. R···3NMS
7. he
8. he
9. -
10. Y31; TBethesda_pool_healing; R66074; Person=Jesus
11. 66091
1. Δέ
2. de
3. But
4. -
5. 11610
6. C·······
7. but
8. but
9. S
10. Y31; TBethesda_pool_healing
11. 66092
1. Ἰησοῦς
2. iēsous
3. -
4. -
5. 24240
6. N····NMS
7. Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa)
8. Jesus
9. UN
10. Person=Jesus
11. 66093
1. ἀπεκρίνατο
2. apokrinō
3. answered
4. -
5. 6110
6. VIAM3··S
7. answered
8. answered
9. -
10. Y31; TBethesda_pool_healing
11. 66094
1. ἀπεκρίνετο
2. apokrinō
3. -
4. -
5. 6110
6. VIIM3··S
7. ˓was˒ answering
8. ˓was˒ answering
9. -
10. -
11. 66095
1. ἀπεκρίθη
2. apokrinō
3. -
4. -
5. 6110
6. VIAP3··S
7. answered
8. answered
9. -
10. -
11. 66096
1. αὐτοῖς
2. autos
3. to them
4. -
5. 8460
6. R···3DMP
7. ˱to˲ them
8. ˱to˲ them
9. -
10. Y31; TBethesda_pool_healing; R66076
11. 66097
1. Ὁ
2. ho
3. The
4. -
5. 35880
6. E····NMS
7. the
8. the
9. D
10. Y31; TBethesda_pool_healing
11. 66098
1. Πατήρ
2. patēr
3. father
4. father
5. 39620
6. N····NMS
7. father
8. Father
9. G
10. Y31; TBethesda_pool_healing; Person=God
11. 66099
1. μού
2. egō
3. of me
4. My
5. 14730
6. R···1G·S
7. ˱of˲ me
8. ˱of˲ me
9. -
10. Y31; TBethesda_pool_healing
11. 66100
1. ἕως
2. heōs
3. until
4. -
5. 21930
6. P·······
7. until
8. until
9. -
10. Y31; TBethesda_pool_healing
11. 66101
1. ἄρτι
2. arti
3. now
4. -
5. 7370
6. D·······
7. now
8. now
9. -
10. Y31; TBethesda_pool_healing
11. 66102
1. ἐργάζεται
2. ergazomai
3. is working
4. -
5. 20380
6. VIPM3··S
7. ˓is˒ working
8. ˓is˒ working
9. -
10. Y31; TBethesda_pool_healing
11. 66103
1. κἀγώ
2. kagō
3. and I
4. But and
5. 25040
6. R···1N·S
7. and_I
8. and_I
9. -
10. Y31; TBethesda_pool_healing
11. 66104
1. ἐργάζομαι
2. ergazomai
3. am working
4. -
5. 20380
6. VIPM1··S
7. ˓am˒ working
8. ˓am˒ working
9. -
10. Y31; TBethesda_pool_healing
11. 66105

SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 5:1–18: Jesus healed a lame man by a pool on the Sabbath

In this section Jesus healed a lame man who was lying by a pool of water. Because Jesus healed him on a Sabbath day, the Jewish leaders became angry. They believed that healing a person was work and that Jews should not work on the Sabbath.

The man who was healed did not know who had healed him. Then Jesus met this man in the temple. He told him that he should not sin anymore. The healed man went to the Jewish leaders and told them that it was Jesus who had healed him.

Here are some other possibilities for a section heading:

Jesus healed a lame man on the Sabbath.

Jewish leaders criticized Jesus for healing a man on the holy/rest day.

Paragraph 5:14–18

Jesus found the man he had healed and told him to stop sinning. The man immediately went to the Jewish leaders and told them who had healed him.

The Jewish leaders came to Jesus and asked him to tell them who he was. Jesus told them that God was his Father. Jesus said that his work, like his Father’s work, continues on and does not stop on the Sabbath. The Jewish leaders were upset with him because he implied that he was equal to God.

5:17a

But Jesus answered them,

But Jesus told them,
Jesus responded to them by saying,
But Jesus’ answer to them was this, (JBP)

But: The Greek conjunction that the BSB translates as But here introduces Jesus’ response to the Jewish leaders’ persecution. Jesus defended himself against their belief that he should not be healing people on the Sabbath. He argued that it was the right thing to do. Some translations, such as the NIV, leave this conjunction untranslated. Introduce Jesus’ argument in a way that is natural in your language.

Jesus answered them: Jesus was responding to the behavior of the Jewish leaders rather than answering a specific question. So it may be natural to translate this phrase without using the word answered. For example:

Jesus said to them (NIV)

So he told them (NET)

5:17b

“To this very day My Father is at His work,

“My Father is always working, even now,
“God, my Father, has never stopped working,

To this very day My Father is at His work: The Greek phrase that the BSB translates as is at His work is more literally “is working until now.” It implies that because God works even on the rest day, Jesus can also work on that day. The Jewish Scriptures say that God rested from his work on the seventh day of creation (Genesis 2:2–3). But Jesus was saying that God continued to work through all of history. He never stopped acting in his world, helping and providing for people. Here are other ways to translate this clause:

My Father never stops working (NCV)

My Father has never stopped working (CEV)

My Father is working right now (GW)

My Father: This phrase refers to God. Jesus was implying that he considered that God was his father. If this is not clear, it may be necessary to say:

My Father God

is at His work: The word work does not here refer to physical labor or effort. It refers to what God does to help people. God was continuing to act in the world.

5:17c

and I too am working.”

and like him I continue to work.”
and so I keep on working too.”

and I too am working: The Greek word that the BSB translates as and joins God’s work and Jesus’ work. Both were doing the same work.

By saying this, Jesus implied two things:

The Father’s work, like his own, was to help people
It was because the Father was working that he, the Son, must work.

Here are other ways to translate this clause:

My Father is still working, and I also am working. (NRSV)

My Father is working right now, and so am I. (GW)

My Father continues to work helping people, and I must do the same.

OET-LV English word order (‘Reverse’ interlinear)

1. OET-LV words
2. OET-RV words
3. Strongs
4. Greek word
5. Greek lemma
6. Role/Morphology
7. OET Gloss
8. VLT Gloss
9. CAPS codes
10. Confidence
11. OET tags
12. OET word #
1. But
2. -
3. 11610
4. S
5. de
6. C-·······
7. but
8. but
9. S
10. Y31; TBethesda_pool_healing
11. 66092
1. he
2. -
3. 35880
5. ho
6. R-···3NMS
7. he
8. he
9. -
10. Y31; TBethesda_pool_healing; R66074; Person=Jesus
11. 66091
1. answered
2. -
3. 6110
5. apokrinō
6. V-IAM3··S
7. answered
8. answered
9. -
10. Y31; TBethesda_pool_healing
11. 66094
1. to them
2. -
3. 8460
5. autos
6. R-···3DMP
7. ˱to˲ them
8. ˱to˲ them
9. -
10. Y31; TBethesda_pool_healing; R66076
11. 66097
1. The
2. -
3. 35880
4. D
5. ho
6. E-····NMS
7. the
8. the
9. D
10. Y31; TBethesda_pool_healing
11. 66098
1. father
2. father
3. 39620
4. G
5. patēr
6. N-····NMS
7. father
8. Father
9. G
10. Y31; TBethesda_pool_healing; Person=God
11. 66099
1. of me
2. My
3. 14730
5. egō
6. R-···1G·S
7. ˱of˲ me
8. ˱of˲ me
9. -
10. Y31; TBethesda_pool_healing
11. 66100
1. is working
2. -
3. 20380
5. ergazomai
6. V-IPM3··S
7. ˓is˒ working
8. ˓is˒ working
9. -
10. Y31; TBethesda_pool_healing
11. 66103
1. until
2. -
3. 21930
5. heōs
6. P-·······
7. until
8. until
9. -
10. Y31; TBethesda_pool_healing
11. 66101
1. now
2. -
3. 7370
5. arti
6. D-·······
7. now
8. now
9. -
10. Y31; TBethesda_pool_healing
11. 66102
1. and I
2. But and
3. 25040
5. kagō
6. R-···1N·S
7. and_I
8. and_I
9. -
10. Y31; TBethesda_pool_healing
11. 66104
1. am working
2. -
3. 20380
5. ergazomai
6. V-IPM1··S
7. ˓am˒ working
8. ˓am˒ working
9. -
10. Y31; TBethesda_pool_healing
11. 66105

Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.

Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the CNTR.