Answered (απεκρινατο). Regular aorist middle indicative of αποκρινομα, in John here only and verse 19, elsewhere απεκριθη as in ve…

My Father. God.

Worketh hitherto. Works until now, or until this time. God has not ceased to work on the Sabbath.…

My Father worketh hitherto (or, up to this moment).—They charge Him with breaking the law of God. His an…

The whole work of nature is continued on Sabbath days as well as other days. Stars shine through the Sabbath night, and the sun rises and sets on t…

St. John Chrysostom: The man, when healed, did not go to the marketplace or give himself up to pleasure or vainglory. Instead,…

Jesus’ argument for healing on the Sabbath was that God does not suspend his activities on the Sabbath. The laws of nature take no holiday. But mor…

My Father worketh hitherto. We must see what kind of defense Christ employs. He does not reply that the Law about keeping the Sabbath was …

But Jesus answered them
Being convened before them, and charged by them with the violation of the sabbath, he vindic…

The divine power of the miracle proved Jesus to be the Son of God, and he declared that he worked with, and like his Father, as he saw fit. These a…

1. Having seen a visible miracle that shows the power of Christ to restore spiritual life, we now see an opportunity given to him to teach. …