Day 5 of 21
John 5
Jesus heals a man lame for thirty-eight years on the Sabbath, then defends his authority as the Son who works, judges, and gives life like the Father.
The first major Jerusalem conflict begins as Jesus' Sabbath healing provokes opposition from the religious leaders.
“After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.”
“The feast of Pentecost. Jesus always went up to Jerusalem at the time of the feasts, that it might be seen that He was not an enemy to, but an observer of, the Law. And it gave Him the opportunity of impressing the simple multitude by miracles and teaching: as great numbers used then to collect from the neighboring towns.”
Catena Aurea · St. Thomas Aquinas, tr. J. H. Newman · public domain
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