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The Son Quickeneth Whom He Will
John 5:19-29
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John 5: A healed man and the authority to give life
A man disabled for thirty-eight years is healed without reaching the pool he has watched, and the carried bed immediately becomes the center of a Sabbath dispute. Jesus answers by tying his work to the Father’s continuing work, which pushes the argument from one healing into claims about divine authority, life, judgment, and resurrection. The Son does what the Father does, gives life, and will call those in graves. Jesus then names the witnesses supporting those claims: John the Baptist, the works themselves, the Father, and the Scriptures. The Book of John refuses to treat Scripture as the problem. The sharper accusation is that people can search it, trust Moses, and still refuse the one to whom those writings testify. A chapter that begins with bodily restoration ends with the question of whether revered testimony will actually be received.
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