John 5:4

For from time to time an angel descended into the pool and stirred the water. As soon as the water was stirred, the first to enter the pool would be healed of his disease.

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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

3On these walkways lay a great number of the sick, the blind, the lame, and the paralyzed, awaiting the moving of the water.

5One man there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years.

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Cross References

Psalms 119:60I hurried without hesitating to keep Your commandments.

Proverbs 8:17I love those who love me, and those who seek me early shall find me.

Ezekiel 47:8And he said to me, “This water flows out to the eastern region and goes down into the Arabah. When it empties into the Dead Sea, the water there becomes fresh.

Zechariah 13:1“On that day a fountain will be opened to the house of David and the people of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and impurity.

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

Luke 13:24“Make every effort to enter through the narrow gate. For many, I tell you, will try to enter and will 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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