Joh 5:18 | HCSB | STEP | This is why the Jews began trying all the more to kill Him : Not only was He breaking the Sabbath , but He was even calling God His own Father , making Himself equal with God .

a Mt 12:14; 26:4; 27:1; Mk 3:6; 14:1; Lk 6:11; Jn 7:1,19; 10:33; 11:53

John 5:18

18 This is why the Jews began trying all the more to kill Him: ^a Not only was He breaking the Sabbath, but He was even calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God.