John 5:4
for a messenger at a set time was going down in the pool, and was troubling the water, the first then having gone in after the troubling of the water, became whole of whatever sickness he was held.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
5and there was a certain man there being in ailment thirty and eight years,
Cross References
Psalms 119:60I have made haste, And delayed not, to keep Thy commands.
Proverbs 8:17I love those loving me, And those seeking me earnestly do find me.
Ezekiel 47:8And he saith unto me, 'These waters are going forth unto the east circuit, and have gone down unto the desert, and have entered the sea; unto the sea they are brought forth, and the waters have been healed.
Zechariah 13:1In that day there is a fountain opened To the house of David And to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, For sin and for impurity.
Matthew 6:33but seek ye first the reign of God and His righteousness, and all these shall be added to you.
Luke 13:24'Be striving to go in through the straight gate, because many, I say to you, will seek to go 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 →