Man Healed at Pool of Bethsada
Man Healed at Pool of Bethsada One man there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years . When Jesus saw him lying by the pool and knew he had been there a long time, He said to him, “Do you want to get well?” “Sir,” he replied, “I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am coming, someone else gets there first.” (They believed that an angel came down at intervals and energized the waters and whoever stepped in first was healed of his affliction.) This is the eighteenth of thirty-five major miracles Jesus said to him, “Get up! Pick up your mat and walk.” Immediately the man was healed, and he picked up his mat and began walking. This happened on a Sabbath day , so the Jews said to the man who had been healed, “This is the Sabbath . It’s illegal for you to carry the mat.” He answered, “The Man who made me well is the One who told me to pick up the mat and walk.” So they asked him, “Who is this Man who told you, ‘Pick up your ma...