Jesus did not directly reply to the Jews’ charge that he had an evil spirit, but showed the crowd gathered that the sentence passed on him of death was a trivial one and unjust. He reminded them that the leaders’ judge against him was due to his healing of the cripple at Bethesda on the Sabbath. That day Jesus ordered him to take up his bed and go home restored.
Yesu hakujibu moja kwa moja kwa hisia ya Wayahudi kwamba anayo roho mbaya, bali aliwaonyesha makutano waliokuwepo kwamba, tamko lililotajwa juu yake kwamba auawe ilikuwa ni upuzi wala si haki. Aliwakumbusha kwamba hukumu ya viongozi juu yake ilisababishwa na uponyaji wake kwa kilema pale Bethesha kwa siku ya sabato.