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John 5:16New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
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16 For this reason the Jews were persecuting Jesus, because he was doing these things during the Sabbath.
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John 5:16The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
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16 καὶ διὰ τοῦτο ἐδίωκον οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι τὸν Ἰησοῦν ὅτι ταῦτα ἐποίει ἐν σαββάτῳ.
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John 5:16The Bible in Living English
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16 and because of that the Jews persecuted Jesus, since he had done that on a sabbath.
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John 5:16American Standard Version
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16 And for this cause the Jews persecuted Jesus, because he did these things on the sabbath.
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John 5:16The Emphasized Bible
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16 And on this account were the Jews persecuting Jesus, because these things he had been doing on Sabbath.
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John 5:16King James Version
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16 And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day.
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John Study Notes—Chapter 5New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
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were persecuting: The imperfect form of the Greek verb used here indicates that the Jews—perhaps referring to the Jewish leaders or to Jews who zealously adhered to human traditions connected with the Mosaic Law—began to persecute Jesus and continued doing so.
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