18 This was why the Jews were seeking all the more to kill him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God. John 5:18
John 5:18
Equal with God! Here we have the beginning of a monologue that Jesus gives to the Jews explaining his own relationship with the Father and telling of his own authority. This is the beginning of their trying to stop Jesus – even unto death.