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  • John 5:16
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 16 For this reason the Jews were persecuting Jesus, because he was doing these things during the Sabbath.

  • John 5:16
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
    • 16 καὶ And διὰ through τοῦτο this ἐδίωκον were persecuting οἱ the Ἰουδαῖοι Jews τὸν the Ἰησοῦν Jesus ὅτι because ταῦτα these (things) ἐποίει he was doing ἐν in σαββάτῳ. sabbath.

  • John 5:16
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 16 So on this account the Jews went persecuting+ Jesus, because he was doing these things during Sabbath.

  • John 5:16
    The Bible in Living English
    • 16 and because of that the Jews persecuted Jesus, since he had done that on a sabbath.

  • John 5:16
    American Standard Version
    • 16 And for this cause the Jews persecuted Jesus, because he did these things on the sabbath.

  • John 5:16
    The Emphasized Bible
    • 16 And on this account were the Jews persecuting Jesus, because these things he had been doing on Sabbath.

  • John 5:16
    King James Version
    • 16 And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day.

  • John
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2025
    • 5:16 w95 3/1 6-7

  • John
    Research Guide for Jehovah’s Witnesses—2019 Edition
    • 5:16

      The Watchtower,

      3/1/1995, pp. 6-7

  • John Study Notes—Chapter 5
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 5:16

      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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