10 So the Jews said to the man who had been healed, “It is the Sabbath, and it is not lawful for you to take up your bed.” 11 But he answered them, “The man who healed me, that man said to me, ‘Take up your bed, and walk.’” 12 They asked him, “Who is the man who said to you, ‘Take up your bed and walk’?” 13 Now the man who had been healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn, as there was a crowd in the place. 14 Afterward Jesus found him in the temple and said to him, “See, you are well! Sin no more, that nothing worse may happen to you.” 15 The man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had healed him. 16 And this was why the Jews were persecuting Jesus, because he was doing these things on the Sabbath. 17 But Jesus answered them, “My Father is working until now, and I am working.” 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.
The question is "Who? - Who is this man Who healed you? Who is this man Who told you to carry your bedroll in the temple? Who is this man Who thinks He can heal on the Sabbath and break our rules for it? Who is this man Who calls God His Father? Jesus is the answer to every one of those questions. There was a chorus that was popular a generation ago called "Jesus is the Answer". People loved it, but there was also this thought that it was too simplified, like how little preschoolers in Sunday School think that the answer to every question their teacher asked was "Jesus." The more in-depth question is "Who is this Jesus?" He is the One Who made the Sabbath, so He is Lord over it, and cannot be called a "Sabbath-breaker." He is God the Son, and has every right to refer to Himself as equal with God. He is the One Who had spoken God's word of right and wrong, and has every right to confront us when we sin against it. Who do you believe Jesus to be?
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