John 5:1

After this there was a Jewish festival, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

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

In Context

2Now in Jerusalem by the sheep gate, there is a pool, which in Hebrew is called Bethesda, and it has five roofed porches.

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Cross References

Exodus 34:23Three times a year all your men must appear before Lord Yahweh, the God of Israel.

Deuteronomy 16:16Three times in a year all your males must appear before Yahweh your God at the place that he will choose: at the Festival of Unleavened Bread, at the Festival of Weeks, and at the Festival of Shelters. No one will appear before Yahweh empty-handed;

John 2:13Now 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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