John 5:17
John · New Testament · Chapter 5
“But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.”John 5:17
What Does John 5:17 Mean?
John 5:17 is found in the book of John, chapter 5, verse 17 of the New Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Trinity.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to John 5:17 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
John 10:30“I and my Father are one.”John 1:3“All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.”John 14:23“Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.”Luke 2:49“And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father’s business?”John 9:4“I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.”John 14:10“Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.”Matthew 9:5“For whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and walk?”1 Corinthians 12:6“And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all.”Colossians 1:16“For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:”Isaiah 40:28“Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.”Genesis 2:2“And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.”Matthew 7:21“Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.”Hebrews 1:3“Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;”Genesis 2:1“Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.”Genesis 1:26“And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.”Isaiah 40:26“Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.”Matthew 12:8“For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.”John 10:36“Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?”Colossians 1:17“And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.”John 1:10“He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.”
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