“ After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. ”
A feast - Probably the Passover, though it is not certain. There were two other feasts - the Pentecost and the Feast of Tabernacles - at which all the males were required to be present, and it mi...
John 5:1-9 a . The Pool of Bethzatha. If in John 5:1 we read the feast, Tabernacles is probably meant ( cf. John 7:2 ). The true text, however, seems to have a feast. Pentecost, Purim (in Ma...
After, &c.. phrase common in John. See John 21:1 . Ten times in the Revelation. After . Greek. meta. App-104. this . these things, a feast. Perhaps Purim, but uncertain. the Jews....
1. There was a feast of the Jews. Though the Evangelist does not expressly state what feast this was, yet the probable conjecture is that he means Pentecost, at least if what is here relat...
After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. A feast - This is generally supposed, by the best critics, to have been the feast of the passover, which was the most eminent...
There was a feast of the Jews,— This, in all probability, was the feast of the passover, called the feast, by way of eminence; and therefore it might be rendered, was the feast of the Jews. S...
After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. The first verse of this chapter raises the most difficult, perhaps, and most controverted, of all questions touching th...
A feast ] i.e. the Feast of Purim, which occurs in March (Adar 14, 15), about a month before the Passover. Its origin is doubtful, though the Jews commemorated in it the triumph over Haman, who prop...
A feast of the Jews. — The writer does not tell us what feast this was, and we must be content to remain without certain knowledge. There is, perhaps, no Jewish feast with which it has not been ide...
Chapter 12 SABBATH CURE AT BETHESDA. “After these things there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now there is in Jerusalem by the sheep gate a pool, which is called in Hebr...
Weakness Made Strength John 5:1-9 An interval of some months lies between the previous chapter and this, in which many of the incidents of our Lord's Galilean life took place. John does not tou...
It was at this time that the conflict between Christ and His enemies, which culminated in His Cross began. A miracle wrought on the Sabbath gave rise to this first outbreak. Throughout this chapter w...
CONTENTS Jesus visits the pool of Bethesda. He healeth one there, after thirty and eight years disease. He preacheth most blessedly to the Jews. ( John 5:1 ) After this there was a feast of the Jew...
After this there was a feast of the Jews ,.... After Christ had been in Samaria, which was four months ago, John 4:35 , and had been in Galilee for that time, and had cured the nobleman's son, and...
After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Ver. 1. A feast of the Jews ] This was the feast of Pentecost. Others say the Passover, which came but once a year. The t...
After this there was a feast Greek, η εορτη, the feast; of the Jews This, in all probability, was the feast of the passover; because that solemnity was called the feast , by way of eminence, ( M...
AGAIN IN JERUSALEM: THE POOL OF BETHESDA (vs.1-15) Once more we find the Lord Jesus visiting Jerusalem, and as in Chapter 2:13 the feast is called "the Jews' Passover" rather than the Passover of...
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 J...
JOHN CHAPTER 5 1 Thessalonians 5:1-9 Christ cures an impotent man at the pool of Bethesda on the sabbath day. 1 Thessalonians 5:10-16 The Jews cavil, and persecute him for it. 1 Thessalonia...
‘After these things there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.' Some time later Jesus went up to Jerusalem for ‘a feast of the Jews' The manuscript evidence strongly favours no d...
EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES “Up to the present time our Lord has offered Himself to typical representatives of the whole Jewish race at Jerusalem, in Judæa, in Samaria, and in Galilee, in such...
John 5:1-9 . After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having fi...
John 5:2 . Now there is at Jerusalem a pool, called Bethesda, which signifies a house of mercy, beneficence, or alms. The pool was situate at too great a distance from the temple to be a place for...
After this there was a feast of the Jews The Pool of Bethesda, a type of favoured localities in a religious community in which the highest miraculous aid has not yet appeared The miraculous aid...
EXPOSITION Here commences the second division of the Gospel ( John 5:1 ) II. THE CONFLICT WITH THE CHOSEN PEOPLE IN JERUSALEM , GALILEE , AND JERUSALEM , TO THE DEATH...
After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
Deuteronomy 16:16 ; Exodus 23:14-17 ; Exodus 34:23 ; Galatians 4:4 ; John 2:13 ; Leviticus 23:2 ; Matthew 3:15
The Man Made Whole John 5:1-10 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Every footstep of the Lord Jesus Christ was one of mercy and of grace. The beautiful thing about Christ's healing and helping hand is, that He...
A feast — Pentecost.