John 5:4
And an angel of the Lord descended at certain times into the pond; and the water was moved. And he that went down first into the pond after the motion of the water, was made whole, of whatsoever infirmity he lay under.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
5And there was a certain man there, that had been eight and thirty years under his infirmity.
Cross References
Proverbs 8:17I love them that love me: and they that in the morning early watch for me, shall find me.
Ezekiel 47:8And he said to me: These waters that issue forth toward the hillocks of sand to the east, and go down to the plains of the desert, shall go into the sea, and shall go out, and the waters shall be healed.
Zechariah 13:1In that day there shall be a fountain open to the house of David, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem: for the washing of the sinner, and of the unclean woman.
Matthew 6:33Seek ye therefore first the kingdom of God, and his justice, and all these things shall be added unto you.
Luke 13:24Strive to enter by the narrow gate; for many, I say to you, shall seek to enter, 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 →