“And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day.”
But Jesus answered them, 'My Father is always at his work to this very day, and I, too, am working.' — Jesus' defense invokes the Father's continuous creative work (noetic act implied from Genesis 2:3: God rested but presumably creation continues through divine sustaining). If the Father works on the Sabbath, Jesus (as the Son) likewise works. This argument appears shocking: Jesus claims to share the Father's prerogative.
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