“ And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years. ”
An infirmity - A weakness. We know not what his disease was. We know only that it disabled him from walking, and that it was of very long standing. It was doubtless regarded as incurable.
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...
And, &c. See App-176. man. Greek anthropos. App-123. thirty and eight years . The period of the wanderings. Compare "from birth", John 9:1 .
5. And there was a man there. The Evangelist collects various circumstances, which prove that the miracle may be relied on as certain. The long duration of the disease had taken away all hop...
And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years. Had an infirmity thirty and eight years - St. Chrysostom conjectured that blindness was the infirmity of this person: what...
And a certain man was there,— Among the crowds who lay in the porticos of Bethesda, there was one, who had an infirmity, — ασθενεια,— most probably a paralytic disorder, which hardly ever gives wa...
And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years. And [or rather, 'Now' de ( G1161 )] a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years -...
Bethesda. Christ and the Sabbath 1-47. A miracle at the Pool of Bethesda on the Sabbath Day, and a controversy arising therefrom. This miracle may be regarded as a parable illustrating the deadly...
Thirty and eight years. — The period expresses, not his age on the one hand, nor the time of his being at Bethesda on the other, but the time during which he had suffered from the infirmity. Helple...
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...
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, wither...
And a certain man was there ,.... At Bethesda's pool, in one of the five porches, or cloisters, that belonged to it: which had an infirmity thirty and eight years ; what his infirmity was, is not...
And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years. Ver. 5. Thirty and eight years ] A long while to be in misery: but what is this to eternity of extremity! We need have...
A certain man was there Among the crowds which now lay in the porticoes of Bethesda, was one who had an infirmity A weakness, as the word ασθενεια means; thirty and eight years He had probably...
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...
What this man's name was, or what his circumstances in the world, or what his particular disease, we are not told; nor is it said that he had lain there thirty-eight years, but that he had so long la...
The Healing of the Disabled Man at the Pool ( John 5:1-18 ). When John recounts an incident in the life of Jesus we must always ask what it is intended to illustrate, for he always has a purpose i...
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...
And a certain man was here which had an infirmity thirty and eight years.
Acts 14:8 ; Acts 3:2 ; Acts 4:22 ; Acts 9:33 ; John 5:14 ; John 9:1 ; John 9:21 ; Luke 13:16 ; Luke 8:43 ; Mark 9:21
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...