John 5:4
for an angel of the LORD went down at certain times into the pool, and stirred up the water. Whoever stepped in first after the stirring of the water was made whole of whatever disease he had.]
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In Context
5A certain man was there, who had been sick for thirty-eight years.
Cross References
Psalms 119:60I will hurry, and not delay,to obey your commandments.
Proverbs 8:17I love those who love me.Those who seek me diligently will find me.
Ezekiel 47:8Then he said to me, "These waters issue forth toward the eastern region, and shall go down into the Arabah; and they shall go toward the sea; into the sea shall the waters go which were made to issue forth; and the waters shall be healed.
Zechariah 13:1"In that day there will be a spring opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for uncleanness.
Matthew 6:33But seek first his Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.
Luke 13:24"Strive to enter in by the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will seek to enter in, 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 →