Siloam] The evangelist regards this pool of. healing water as a type of Christ, who is 'sent' by the Father to heal the diseases of the soul. The OT. forms of the word are Shiloah, Isaiah 8:6, and Shelah, Nehemiah 3:15. It is now called Birket Silwan. It is fed by an underground conduit from the Virgin's Fountain.

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