53. Cognovit ergo pater, quia 53. The father therefore knew illa hora erat, in qua dixit that it was at the same hour, ei Iesus: Filius tuus vivit: that Jesus said to him, Thy et credidit ipse, et domus son liveth; and himself eius tota. believed and his whole house. 54. Hoc iterum secundum signum 54. This _is_ again the second fecit Iesus, cum venisset a miracle that Jesus did, when Iudaea in Galilaeam. he was come out of Judea into Galilee. 54. It is not said that this was the second miracle He performed, but that it was the second He performed on coming out of Judea into Galilee. For the first, see ii. 6, 11, and compare i. 43. CHAPTER V. 1‐9. *Jesus goes up to Jerusalem on the occasion of a festival, and there cures a man on the Sabbath day.* 10‐16. *The Jews first challenge him who was healed, and then persecute Christ for violating the Sabbath.* 17. *Christ’s answer and defence.* 18. *They are still more exasperated, and seek to kill Him.* 19‐39. *Christ’s discourse, in which He proves, by various arguments, that He is justified in calling God HIS Father, and in making Himself equal to God.* 40‐47. *He upbraids their incredulity, and points out its cause.* 1. Post haec erat dies festus 1. After these things was a Iudaeorum, et ascendit Iesus festival day of the Jews, and Ierosolymam. Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 1. The interval to be admitted between the events now about to be narrated and the preceding, depends upon the answer to be given to the question: what festival is here referred to? On this question a great diversity of opinion has always existed among commentators. The more common opinion is that it is the festival of the _Pasch_; others, however, hold that it is the festival of _Pentecost_, or of _Tabernacles_, or of the _Purification_ of the Temple, or of _Lots_. The Pasch was celebrated from the evening of the 14th till that of the 21st of Nisan, the first month of the Jewish sacred year. Pentecost was the fiftieth day from the second day of the Pasch. The feast of Tabernacles was celebrated from the evening of the 14th till that of the 22nd of Tisri, the seventh month of the sacred year. The feast of Purification lasted eight days, beginning with the 25th Casleu, the ninth month of the sacred year. The feast of Lots lasted two days, the 14th and 15th of Adar, the twelfth month of the sacred year.