After these things, there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now in Jerusalem by the sheep gate, there is a pool, which is called in Hebrew, \u201cBethesda\u201d, having five porches. In these lay a great multitude of those who were sick, blind, lame, or paralyzed, waiting for the moving of the water; for an angel went down at certain times into the pool, and stirred up the water. Whoever stepped in first after the stirring of the water was healed of whatever disease he had. A certain man was there, who had been sick for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he had been sick for a long time, he asked him, \u201cDo you want to be made well?\u201d
\nThe sick man answered him, \u201cSir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, but while I\u2019m coming, another steps down before me.\u201d
\nJesus said to him, \u201cArise, take up your mat, and walk.\u201d
\nImmediately, the man was made well, and took up his mat and walked.
\nNow it was the Sabbath on that day. So the Jews said to him who was cured, \u201cIt is the Sabbath. It is not lawful for you to carry the mat.\u201d
\nHe answered them, \u201cHe who made me well, the same said to me, \u2018Take up your mat, and walk.\u2019\u201d
\nThen they asked him, \u201cWho is the man who said to you, \u2018Take up your mat, and walk\u2019?\u201d
\nBut he who was healed didn\u2019t know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn, a crowd being in the place.
\nAfterward Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him, \u201cBehold, you are made well. Sin no more, so that nothing worse happens to you.\u201d
\nThe man went away, and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well. For this cause the Jews persecuted Jesus, and sought to kill him, because he did these things on the Sabbath. But Jesus answered them, \u201cMy Father is still working, so I am working, too.\u201d For this cause therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill him, because he not only broke the Sabbath, but also called God his own Father, making himself equal with God. Jesus therefore answered them, \u201cMost certainly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing of himself, but what he sees the Father doing. For whatever things he does, these the Son also does likewise. For the Father has affection for the Son, and shows him all things that he himself does. He will show him greater works than these, that you may marvel. For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son also gives life to whom he desires. For the Father judges no one, but he has given all judgment to the Son, that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He who doesn\u2019t honor the Son doesn\u2019t honor the Father who sent him.<\/p>\n
(John 5:1-23 WEB)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
After these things, there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now in Jerusalem by the sheep gate, there is a pool, which is called in Hebrew, \u201cBethesda\u201d, having five porches. In these lay a … Continue reading