John 5:4

because an angel would go down from time to time into the pool and stir up the water —then the first one to get in after the stirring of the water became well of whatever disease that was holding him.

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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 them a large number of sick people were lying—blind, lame, paralyzed—waiting for the moving of the water;

5Now there was a certain man there who had been sick for 38 years.

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Cross References

Matthew 6:33Rather, seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

Luke 13:24“Exert yourselves to enter through the narrow gate, because many, I say to you, will try to enter and not manage it.

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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