John 5 Bible Study Questions

John 5:1-13 Bible Study Questions

Any guess as to why the “Sheep Gate” (John 5:2) was called that?

Why was the pool of “Bethesda” (John 5:2) called that?

Where was the pool of Bethesda?

What is “kairon” (John 5:4)?

What was the man’s ailment?

What do you think of the man’s answer to Jesus?

What lesson can be drawn from John 5:8-9?

Who are the “Jews” in John 5:10?

What is sad about their reaction to the healed man?

What was wrong with the man carrying his bedding on the Sabbath?

Answers: bibleversestudy.com/johngospel/john5-bible-study.htm

John 5:14-18 Bible Study Questions

What does John 7:14-15 tell us about this man who had been healed?

What is an example of an ailment that can be caused by sin?

What could be a “worse thing” (John 5:14)?

After Jesus mentioned sin, did he turn toward Jesus or against Him?

Did Jesus warn him, “sin no more” to benefit him or to hurt him?

Whom else does the Bible record Jesus warning to "sin no more"?

How do people react today when warned about their sin(s)?

How do you react when people warn you about your sin(s)?

What is God the Father doing on the Sabbath?

How about God the Son?

Doesn't Genesis say that God “rested” on the first Sabbath: “And God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made” (Genesis 2:3)?

What is God working on?

What kind of heart did the "Jews" (John 5:16) have?

What made them seek to kill Jesus "all the more" (John 5:18)?

Does Jesus let up?

Answers: bibleversestudy.com/johngospel/john5-go-and-sin-no-more.htm

John 5:19-25 Bible Study Questions

In John 5:19-23, is Jesus saying that He is another God to rival the Father?

Is it possible to honor Jesus a little bit less than God the Father?

What are “these” in John 5:20?

What did the man do to earn the healing?

What about those who are saved - what did they do to deserve it?

When do we pass into "everlasting life" (John 5:24)?

Who are the "dead" in John 5:25?

Answers: bibleversestudy.com/johngospel/john5-go-and-sin-no-more.htm

John 5:26-27 Bible Study Questions

Who is the “Son of Man” (John 5:27) to whom Jesus is referring?

Why the Son of “Man”?

Where is the Son of Man?

Will the Son of Man remain there?

What will the Son of Man do later?

When will the Son of Man do this?

What are are signs that that time is drawing near?

When does that sound like?

Answers: bibleversestudy.com/johngospel/john5-son-of-man.htm

John 5:28-30 Bible Study Questions

Where does “the resurrection of life” (John 5:29) lead to?

Where does “the resurrection of condemnation” (John 5:29) lead to?

Who can just stay dead?

What does it mean to “have done good” (John 5:29)?

Why does Jesus say, “I can do nothing by Myself” (John 5:30)?

What about you?

Answers: bibleversestudy.com/johngospel/john5-resurrection.htm

John 5:31-38 Bible Study Questions

Why does Jesus say, “If I bear witness about Myself, My witness is not true” (John 5:31)?

Who is “the truth" in John 5:33?

So what is Jesus saying in John 5:32-35?

What does Jesus reveal in John 5:36-38)?

When did the Father Himself bear “witness about” (John 5:37) Jesus?

Answers: bibleversestudy.com/johngospel/john5-bear-witness.htm

John 5:39-47 Bible Study Questions

What's does Jesus mean by searching the "Scriptures" (John 5:39)?

Is the Old Testament sufficient for leading to "everlasting life" (John 5:39)?

Do the Jews believe the Old Testament?

Will knowledge of the New Testament save us?

How about believing that Jesus is God whose sacrificial death on the cross paid for sins?

What do we need to do more?

Are you doing it?

Answers: bibleversestudy.com/johngospel/john5-search-the-scriptures.htm