John 5:4
For an Angel went downe at a certaine season into the poole, and troubled the water: whosoeuer then first, after the stirring of the water, stepped in, was made whole of whatsoeuer disease he had.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
5And a certaine man was there, which had bene diseased eight and thirtie yeeres.
Cross References
Psalms 119:60I made haste and delaied not to keepe thy commandements.
Proverbs 8:17I loue them that loue me: and they that seeke me earely, shall finde me.
Ezekiel 47:8Then saide he vnto me, These waters issue out towarde the East countrey, and runne downe into the plaine, and shall goe into one sea: they shall runne into another sea, and the waters shalbe wholesome.
Zechariah 13:1In that day there shall be a fountaine opened to the house of Dauid, and to the inhabitants of Ierusalem, for sinne and for vncleannesse.
Matthew 6:33But seeke ye first the kingdome of God, and his righteousnesse, and all these things shall be ministred vnto you.
Luke 13:24Striue to enter in at the straite gate: for many, I say vnto you, will seeke to enter in, 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 →