Once when Jesus attended one of the feasts at Jerusalem, he saw a man sitting by a pool of water who had been paralyzed, apparently from the waist down, for thirty-eight years. Jesus said to him, “Arise, take up your pallet [bedding], and walk” (John 5:8). The man did so, it was the Sabbath, and he was accused of breaking it.
The Sabbath is the seventh day of the week on the Jewish calendar. It was supposed to be “holy,” meaning set apart from the other six days for the worship of God. One of the Ten Commandments forbids physical labor on the Sabbath (Exodus 20:8-11).
The penalty for breaking the Sabbath was most severe. The Torah is God’s Law, and it states unequivocally, “whoever does any work on the Sabbath day shall surely be put to death” (Exodus 31:15; cf. v. 14).
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Author: Kermit Zarley
Keywords: healing on the sabbath, Jesus broke the sabbath, equal to God, Jesus equal to God, Trinity, Triunity, Trinitarianism, Trinitarian, Arianism, Arian, Three in one, Three gods, Three gods one person, Triune, Three persons in one God, homoiousios, Homoousios, Homoiousian
Bible reference(s): John 5:16-18
Source: “Was Jesus ‘Making Himself Equal with God’?” The Restitution of Jesus Christ, 2008.
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