For an angel. The water was intermittent from the upper springs of the waters of Gihon (see App-68, and 2 Chronicles 32:33, Revised Version) The common belief of the man expressed in John 5:7 is hereby described. All will be clear, if we insert. parenthesis, thus: "For [it was said that] an angel", &c.
at. certain season. from time to time. Greek. kata (App-104. kairon.
into. Greek. en. App-104.
troubled. Greek. tarasso. Compare John 11:33; John 12:27; John 13:21; John 14:1; John 14:27.
whole. well or sound. Greek. hugies. Seven times in John. Compare John 7:23.
he had. held him fast. See note on "withholdeth", 2 Thessalonians 2:6.