Healing at the Pool of Bethesda
A man had waited 38 years by the healing pool; Jesus healed him with a single command - no water, no waiting - on the Sabbath.
At the Pool of Bethesda in Jerusalem, where many sick people waited for the stirring of the water, Jesus found a man who had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. Rather than helping him into the pool, Jesus simply asked, 'Wilt thou be made whole?' and then commanded him to rise, take up his bed, and walk - and immediately the man was healed. Because it happened on the Sabbath, the healing provoked conflict with the religious leaders, becoming one of the signs in John's Gospel that reveal Jesus' identity and authority over both sickness and the Sabbath.
Details
- Category
- Healing
- Testament
- New Testament
- Performed by
- Jesus
Key Chapters
Key Passages
Rise, Take Up Thy Bed, and Walk
John 5:1-15
1fter this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
Did You Know?
The man had been an invalid for 38 years.
Jesus healed him with a word, without the pool the man was waiting for.
It happened on the Sabbath, sparking conflict with the leaders.
Archaeologists have uncovered the five-porch pool John describes.