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Were they partaking in the pagan practices or were they lying in wait to catch someone being healed on the Sabbath? In this account Jesus entered the pagan worship area in direct confrontation to the Roman officials and priests.
Jesus addressed the most long standing case, the man who had been ill for 38 years. Perhaps it was an appeal that Jesus might help him into the pool. Certainly, Jesus has the ability to heal, but did he have to heal in this instance. What followed this incident is the more important part of scripture. Sin no more, lest a worse thing come upon you. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.
You have neither heard His voice at any time, nor seen His form. We were in Israel a few months ago and when we came to Bethesda I recognized it from my readings in BAR but also found the real thing much easier to understand.
It is a complicated site and for once the church building associated with it St. It had the finest acoustics I have ever heard. It turned our tour group into a world- class choir! Also you need to appreciate how you are right outside the north walls of the Temple Mount. They told us this is where the sheep were washed which then went through the sheep gate to the temple. This tradition is carried on in Lourdes where pilgrims immerse themselves in a cold bath in the hopes of being healed.
Some one places it near the sheep market gate. Baths in common mikveh was then means to get ritual purity. It gave justice to go to the temple. Sickness was obstacle to do so. Going to pool was competition — same like as in our time. Jesus moved allthing. He is the health pool and the temple himself. Grace does not demand speed from sick ones, but it works with the word of Jesus. This cured Jew became a witness of Jesus. The pagan gods medicinal baths were stired not by an angle but by by Romans when they opened the gate to let more water in.
Jesus stood in direct defiance of these pagan ways when He healed the invalid. I am an ailing individual who has visited many Medical Doctors regarding what I presume to be chronical diseases that eats some parts of my flesh,especially the buttocks. Normally it starts as boils which ultimately grow into ulcers.
I have of recent started praying asking God to bless my bath tabs and give me miracle healing as it has happened to those who has deepen themselves in the pool of Bethesda in the Christ Jesus era. This through the faith that I have, usually give me hope that one day my prayers will be answered.
It seems to me that id rebuilt, the Lord would use its waters for healing as in days of old. However, when archaeologists unearthed this site in the late 19th century, they discovered a Jewish ritual bath, a mikveh, that did indeed have five sides! The Pool of Bethesda today is an elaborate complex marked by Byzantine and Crusader churches. Read more about this archaeological discovery here. While there, Jesus went near the pool of Bethesda. Legend had it that if the waters were stirred up, then the first person into the pool would be healed.
Therefore, many people with different […]. Thanks for the help! Reading commentaries on this subject has given me new insight to share with my class.
Thank you for the information provided on the inter-net, the pictures, etc. I read an interesting theory about Angels entering the Pool, they did so only at the time God instructed them to do so. It was a surprise when the Angels disturbed the waters, and people would wait long periods of time for a chance to be healed. The man, the Paralytic who was healed in John is not shown to be a man of Faith, yet Jesus healed this man. Jerusalem Model. Jerusalem Roads. Jerusalem Temple.
Jerusalem Walls. Kidron Valley. Lower City. Mariamne Tower. Market Pavilions. Monument of Alexander Jannaeus. Mount of Olives. New City. Palace of Annas. Palace of Caiaphas.
Phasael Tower. Pilate's Aqueduct. Pool of Bethesda. Pool of Siloam. Psephinus Tower. Robinson's Arch. Royal Porticoes. Serpent's Pool. Synagogue of the Freedmen. Temple Facade. Tomb of Absalom. Tomb of David. Tomb of Huldah. Tyropoeon Valley. Anne Church was constructed to commemorate the site of the miracle, which now covers the Bethsda Pool complex. The site of Bethsda Pool is also believed to be the location of the grotto where Saint Mary mother of Jesus was born.
Travel to Israel and visit the Pools of Bethesda where Jesus performed the famous miracle of healing of the paralytic. Rate this item 1 2 3 4 5 1 Vote. Published in Christian Sites.
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