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  • John 5:18
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 18 This is why the Jews began seeking all the more to kill him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath but he was also calling God his own Father,+ making himself equal to God.+

  • John 5:18
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
    • 18 διὰ Through τοῦτο this οὖν therefore μᾶλλον rather ἐζήτουν were seeking αὐτὸν him οἱ the Ἰουδαῖοι Jews ἀποκτεῖναι to kill ὅτι because οὐ not μόνον only ἔλυε was loosing τὸ the σάββατον sabbath ἀλλὰ but καὶ also πατέρα Father ἴδιον own ἔλεγε he was saying τὸν the θεόν, God, ἴσον equal ἑαυτὸν himself ποιῶν making τῷ to the θεῷ. God.

  • John 5:18
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 18 On this account, indeed, the Jews began seeking all the more to kill him,+ because not only was he breaking the Sabbath but he was also calling God his own Father,+ making himself equal+ to God.

  • John 5:18
    The Bible in Living English
    • 18 So because of that the Jews tried the more to kill him since he was not only overriding the obligation of the sabbath but also calling God his father, claiming to be equal to God.

  • John 5:18
    American Standard Version
    • 18 For this cause therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only brake the sabbath, but also called God his own Father, making himself equal with God.

  • John 5:18
    The Emphasized Bible
    • 18 On this account therefore the rather were the Jews seeking to slay him,—because not only was he breaking the Sabbath but was calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God.

  • John 5:18
    King James Version
    • 18 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.

  • John
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2025
    • 5:18 rs 214; ti 24-25; w88 6/1 19

  • John
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
    • 5:18 w84 2/1 6; w74 526; g65 3/8 8; w64 713

  • John
    Research Guide for Jehovah’s Witnesses—2019 Edition
    • 5:18

      Reasoning, p. 214

      Trinity, pp. 24-25

      The Watchtower,

      6/1/1988, p. 19

  • John Study Notes—Chapter 5
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 5:18

      making himself equal to God: While properly referring to God as his Father, Jesus never claimed equality with God. (Joh 5:17) Rather, it was the Jews who accused Jesus of attempting to make himself God’s equal by claiming God as his Father. Just as the Jews were wrong in stating that Jesus was a Sabbath breaker, they were wrong in making this accusation. Jesus makes this evident by what he says as recorded in verses 19 through 24​—he could do nothing of his own initiative. Clearly, he was not claiming to be equal to God.​—Joh 14:28.

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