John 5:4

For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and stirred the water. Then he who entered first after the motion of the water, was cured of whatever disease he had.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had.

In Context

3In these lay a great multitude of sick persons, blind, lame, withered, who waited for the moving of the water.

5And a certain man was there, who had been sick thirty-eight years.

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Cross References

Matthew 6:33But seek first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness, and all these things shall be given to you in addition.

Luke 13:24Strive to enter in through the strait gate; for many, I say to you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.

Matthew Henry on John 5:2-17

The Cure at the Pool of Bethesda. 1 After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 2 Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches. 3 In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water. 4 For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of… Read the whole commentary →

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