Footnote

b Some may point to John 5:17, 18, where it says: “‘My Father is working still, and I am working.’ This was why the Jews sought all the more to kill him, because he not only broke the sabbath but also called God his own Father, making himself equal with God.” However, John is describing what the unbelieving Jews incorrectly thought Jesus meant, that he was “making himself equal with God.” This is evident from the fact that they also incorrectly accused Jesus of breaking the Sabbath.​—Compare Matthew 5:17-19.