John 5:7

The ailing man answered him, 'Sir, I have no man, that, when the water may be troubled, he may put me into the pool, and while I am coming, another doth go down before me.'

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me.

In Context

6him Jesus having seen lying, and having known that he is already a long time, he saith to him, 'Dost thou wish to become whole?'

8Jesus saith to him, 'Rise, take up thy couch, and be walking;'

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Cross References

Psalms 72:12For he delivereth the needy who crieth, And the poor when he hath no helper,

John 5:3in these were lying a great multitude of the ailing, blind, lame, withered, waiting for the moving of the water,

1 Corinthians 9:24have ye not known that those running in a race — all indeed run, but one doth receive the prize? so run ye, that ye may obtain;

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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