John 5:1

After these things was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

In Context

2Now there is in Jerusalem, at the sheepgate, a pool, which is called in Hebrew, Bethesda, having five porches.

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Cross References

Exodus 34:23Thrice in the year shall all thy males appear before the Lord Jehovah, the God of Israel.

Deuteronomy 16:16Three times in the year shall all thy males appear before Jehovah thy God in the place which he will choose, at the feast of unleavened bread, and at the feast of weeks, and at the feast of tabernacles; and they shall not appear before Jehovah empty:

John 2:13And the passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

Matthew Henry on John 5:1

We have in the gospels a faithful record of all that Jesus began both to do and to teach, Acts i. 1 . These two are interwoven, because what he taught explained what he did, and what he did confirmed what he taught. Accordingly, we have in this chapter a miracle and a sermon. I. The miracle was the cure of an impotent man that had been diseased thirty-eight years, with the circumstances of that cure, ver. 1-16 . II. The sermon was Christ's vindication of himself before the sanhedrim, when he was prosecuted as a… Read the whole commentary →

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