John 5:1–15 · He heals and helps
At the pool
Jesus asks a man who has waited 38 years: do you want to be healed?
4 minSeason 2, Episode 4
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5A certain man was there who had been sick for thirty-eight years.
6When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he had been sick for a long time, he asked him, “Do you want to be made well?”
7The sick man answered him, “Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, but while I’m coming, another steps down before me.”
8Jesus said to him, “Arise, take up your mat, and walk.”
9Immediately, the man was made well, and took up his mat and walked. Now it was the Sabbath on that day.
John 5:5–9, World English Bible. Read the whole chapter on Free Scripture ↗
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The man's life before Jesus finds him is imagined. Jesus' question and the healing follow John 5.
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Why would Jesus ask a question with such an obvious answer?
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