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Verse John 5:6. _WILT THOU BE MADE WHOLE?_] Christ, by asking this
question, designed to excite in this person faith, hope, and a greater
desire of being healed. He wished him to reflect on his miser...
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CHAPTER 5
_ 1. The Healing of the Impotent Man. (John 5:1 .)_
2. The Opposition of the Jews. (John 5:10 .)
3. His Unity with the Father. (John 5:19 .)
4. The Present Hour. Believers Delivered from...
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JOHN 5:1_ A_. THE POOL OF BETHZATHA. If in John 5:1 we read the feast,
Tabernacles is probably meant (_cf. John 7:2)._ The true text,
however, seems to have a feast. Pentecost, Purim (in March, to sui...
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WILT THOU BE MADE WHOLE?
On the Sabbath day, while Jesus was attending the feast, he walked out
to the pool of Bethesda, and seeing this poor sufferer and knowing
that he had long been there without r...
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MAN'S HELPLESSNESS AND CHRIST'S POWER (John 5:1-9)...
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After this there was a Feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to
Jerusalem. In Jerusalem, near the sheepgate, there is a bathing-pool
with five porches, which was called in Hebrew, Bethzatha. In these
p...
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SAW. seeing. App-133. The Lord, in this and the sixth sign, takes the
initiative (John 9:1).
KNEW. knowing. App-132. See note on John 1:10. Not the same word as in
John 5:32. a long time. Compare...
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_knew_ Or, PERCEIVED, perhaps supernaturally (see on John 16:19), but
He might learn it from the bystanders: the fact was very likely
notorious.
_Wilt thou?_ Or, more strongly, DOST THOU WILL? Note th...
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John 2:13 TO JOHN 11:57. The Work
We here enter on the second portion of the first main division of the
Gospel, thus subdivided: The Work (1) among _Jews_, (2) among
_Samaritans_, (3) among _Galilean...
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ΓΝΟΎΣ. Perhaps supernaturally, as He knew the past life of the
Samaritan woman (see on John 2:25): but He might learn it from the
bystanders; the fact would be well known.
ΘΈΛΕΙΣ. DOST THOU WISH? Note...
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THE SIGN AT THE POOL OF BETHESDA...
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Ver 1. After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to
Jerusalem. 2. Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool,
which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five por...
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_THE LAME MAN HEALED AT THE POOL -- JOHN 5:1-13:_ We read, 'After this
there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now
there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is cal...
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WILT THOU BE MADE WHOLE?— Our Lord proposed this question, that the
man might have an opportunity of declaring his case in the hearing of
the multitude; (see John 5:13.) because such a declaration ten...
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A HELPLESS MAN HEALED
_Text 5:1-9_
1
After these things there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to
Jerusalem.
2
Now there is in Jerusalem by the sheep gate a pool, which is called in
Heb...
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EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN
John 5:1-15
We begin with the usual Analysis:—
"After this there was a feast of the Jews" (John 5:1). "After this"
or, as it should be. "After these things," is an e...
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When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long time in
that case, he saith unto him, Wilt thou be made whole?
WHEN JESUS SAW HIM LIE, AND KNEW THAT HE HAD BEEN NOW A LONG TIME IN
THA...
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46 The first sign, at Calla, signifies the blessing of Israel in the
kingdom. This, the second sign, is also at Calla, hence is also
concerned with the coming kingdom. The wine prefigured the joy of t...
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BETHESDA. CHRIST AND THE SABBATH
1-47. A miracle at the Pool of Bethesda on the Sabbath Day, and a
controversy arising therefrom. This miracle may be regarded as a
parable illustrating the deadly effe...
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JOHN TELLS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS
GOSPEL OF JOHN
_MARION ADAMS_
CHAPTER 5
JESUS CURES A SICK MAN 5:1-15
V1 After this, Jesus went to *Jerusalem for another *Jewish
*festival. V2 There was a p...
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And now Jesus sees him lying there among the throng of sufferers, and
every ache of every limb, and. every sorrow of every heart told of the
perfection of life marred by the curse of sin; but this man...
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CHAPTER 12
SABBATH CURE AT BETHESDA.
“After these things there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up
to Jerusalem. Now there is in Jerusalem by the sheep gate a pool,
which is called in Hebrew B...
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Jesus when He saw the man lying and had ascertained (γνοὺς,
having learned from the man or his friends) that already he had passed
a long time (in that infirmity) says: θέλεις ὑγιὴς
γενέσθαι; “Do you...
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WEAKNESS MADE STRENGTH
John 5:1-9
An interval of some months lies between the previous chapter and this,
in which many of the incidents of our Lord's Galilean life took place.
John does not touch on...
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It was at this time that the conflict between Christ and His enemies,
which culminated in His Cross began. A miracle wrought on the Sabbath
gave rise to this first outbreak. Throughout this chapter we...
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_Wilt thou be made whole? No doubt but the poor man desired nothing
more. Christ put this question, to raise him to a lively faith and
hope. (Witham)_...
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CHAPTER 13
THE POOL OF BETHESDA
John 5:1-47. _“After these things there was a feast of the Jews, and
Jesus went up to Jerusalem.”_ You always find the phraseology in the
Bible, _“Go up to Jerusalem.”...
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SECOND PART: THE DEVELOPMENT OF UNBELIEF IN ISRAEL. 5:1- 12:50.
UP to this point, decided faith and unbelief have been only
exceptional phenomena; the masses have remained in a state of passive
indiff...
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FIRST SECTION: 5:1-47. FIRST OUTBREAK OF HATRED IN JUDEA.
1. The miracle, occasion of the conflict: John 5:1-16; John 2. The
discourse of Jesus, commentary and defense of the miracle: John
5:17-47....
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“ _There was a man there_, _held by his sickness for thirty-eight
years._ 6. _When Jesus saw him lying_, _and knew that he had been
already sick for a long time, he said unto him: Dost thou wish to be...
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Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep-market, a pool, which is called
in the Hebrew tongue, Bethesda, having five porches. (3) In these lay
a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withere...
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The opening verses (John 1:1-18) introduce the most glorious subject
which God Himself ever gave in employing the pen of man; not only the
most glorious in point of theme, but in the profoundest point...
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6._Wilt thou be made whole? _He does not inquire about it, as if it
were a doubtful matter, but partly in order to kindle in the man a
desire of the favor which was offered to him, and partly to quick...
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chapter 5 contrasts the quickening power of Christ, the power and the
right of giving life to the dead, with the powerlessness of legal
ordinances. They required strength in the person that was to pro...
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WHEN JESUS SAW HIM LIE,.... In such a helpless condition:
AND KNEW THAT HE HAD BEEN NOW A LONG TIME, [IN THAT CASE], or "in his
disease", as the Ethiopic version supplies; even seven years before
Chr...
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When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long time _in
that case_, he saith unto him, Wilt thou be made whole?
Ver. 6. _And knew that he had been, &c._] Christ's eye affected his
heart...
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_A certain man was there_ Among the crowds which now lay in the
porticoes of Bethesda, was one who _had an infirmity_ A weakness, as
the word ασθενεια means; _thirty and eight years_ He had
probably l...
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The healing:...
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WHEN JESUS SAW HIM LIE AND KNEW THAT HE HAD BEEN NOW A LONG TIME IN
THAT CASE, HE SAITH UNTO HIM, WILT THOU BE MADE WHOLE?...
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AGAIN IN JERUSALEM: THE POOL OF BETHESDA
(vs.1-15)
Once more we find the Lord Jesus visiting Jerusalem, and as in Chapter
2:13 the feast is called "the Jews' Passover" rather than the Passover
of Jeh...
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1-9 We are all by nature impotent folk in spiritual things, blind,
halt, and withered; but full provision is made for our cure, if we
attend to it. An angel went down, and troubled the water; and wha...
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Christ, as God, knew the particular time when this infirmity seized
him, which was eight years or upward before our Saviour's birth, and
about the time when the temple was re-edified, or rather enlarg...
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Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV
, and calls them into his own kingdom? And why is his goodness, which
does not save all [thus], defective? Also, why does he, indeed, seem
to be good as respects men,...
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John 5:6 Jesus G2424 saw G1492 (G5631) him G5126 lying G2621 (G5740)
and G2532 knew G1097 (G
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‘And a certain man was there who had been an invalid for thirty
eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he had now
been like that a long time, he says to him, “Do you want to be mad...
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THE HEALING OF THE DISABLED MAN AT THE POOL (JOHN 5:1).
When John recounts an incident in the life of Jesus we must always ask
what it is intended to illustrate, for he always has a purpose in
mind. H...
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John 5:6. JESUS SEEING HIM LYING THERE, AND PERCEIVING THAT HE HATH
BEEN NOW A LONG TIME IN THAT CASE, SAITH UNTO HIM, WILT THOU BE MADE
WHOLE? The first movement is altogether on the side of Jesus: c...
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With the beginning of this chapter we enter upon the fourth and
leading division of the Gospel, extending to the close of chap. 12.
Its object is to set Jesus forth in the height of His conflict with...
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KNEW THAT HE HAD BEEN A LONG TIME
(γνους οτ πολυν ηδη χρονον εχε). How Jesus
"knew" (γνους, second aorist active participle of γινωσκω)
we are not told, whether supernatural knowledge (John 2:24) or...
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John 5:6
Consider whether, over and above the general typical features which we
may detect in this miracle, there be not significative circumstances
in the history from which, as Christians, we may d...
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John 5:1. After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up
to Jerusalem. Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool,
which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five por...
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John 5:1. _After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up
to Jerusalem._
For he had respect to the Law. As long as the Law lasted, Christ
observed it. Oh, that we were as careful to obey...
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CONTENTS: Healing of the man at the pool of Bethesda. Jesus answers
the Jews. The four-fold witness to Jesus.
CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, infirm man, John the Baptist, Moses.
CONCLUSION: Jesus Christ, th...
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John 5:2. _Now there is at Jerusalem a pool, called Bethesda,_ which
signifies a house of mercy, beneficence, or alms. The pool was situate
at too great a distance from the temple to be a place for wa...
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DO YOU WANT TO GET WELL? He asks this to get the man's attention, and
to arouse him to _hope._...
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_After this there was a feast of the Jews_
THE POOL OF BETHESDA, A TYPE OF FAVOURED LOCALITIES IN A RELIGIOUS
COMMUNITY IN WHICH THE HIGHEST MIRACULOUS AID HAS NOT YET APPEARED
The miraculous aid is...
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JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 5:6 KNEW probably indicates Jesus’ divine
knowledge of the man’s situation (compare John 1:48; J
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JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 5:1 Chapters John 5:1 tell of escalating conflict
between Jesus and the Jewish authorities. As Jesus defends his
ministry, he cites several major witnesses on his behalf....
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1-47
CHAPTER 5
_After these things,_ &c. Observe, John here omits many things which
Christ did in Galilee, but which Matthew records from the 4th to the
12th chapter of his Gospel. For what Matthew...
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_When Jesus saw_, &c. Christ knew well that he had a desire to be
healed, but He asked the question - 1. To afford the sick man an
opportunity for conversation, and from thence of being healed. As S....
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_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_
“Up to the present time our Lord has offered Himself to typical
representatives of the whole Jewish race at Jerusalem, in Judæa, in
Samaria, and in Galilee, in such a...
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EXPOSITION
Here commences the second division of the Gospel (John 5:1)
II. THE CONFLICT WITH THE CHOSEN PEOPLE IN JERUSALEM, GALILEE, AND
JERUSALEM, TO THE
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Shall we turn in our Bibles to the fifth chapter of the gospel of
John.
John has just recorded in the fourth chapter the ministry of Jesus in
the Galilee when He was at the city of Cana and the noblem...
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Hebrews 4:13; Hebrews 4:15; Isaiah 65:1; Jeremiah 13:27; John 21:17;...
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Had been now a long time [π ο λ υ ν η δ η χ ρ ο ν ο ν ε
χ ε ι]. Literally, he hath already much time.
Wilt thou [θ ε λ ε ι ς]. Not merely, do you wish, but are you in
earnest? See on Matthew 1:19. Jes...
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THE MAN MADE WHOLE
John 5:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
Every footstep of the Lord Jesus Christ was one of mercy and of grace.
The beautiful thing about Christ's healing and helping hand is, that
He made no...