John 5:4

For at times an angel would go down into the pool and stir up the water. The first person who stepped in after the water was stirred up was healed of whatever disease he had.

Text-Critical English NT

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 the porticoes were lying a great multitude of disabled people, including the blind, the lame, and the paralyzed, who were waiting for the moving of the water.

5One man was there who had been suffering in his disability for 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 will be added to you.

Luke 13:24“Strive to enter through the narrow gate. For many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able to.

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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