“The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus, which had made him whole.”
So, because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jews were trying to kill him. — John's summary judgment is stark: Sabbath healing is grounds for death. The escalation from legal objection to murderous intent shows the depth of opposition. The phrase these things (tauta) generalizes to a pattern of Sabbath violations.
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