In this place Jesus miraculously healed a paralyzed man (John 5:1-16)-The Pool of Bethesda Jerusalem

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THE POOL OF BETHESDA
This is the site of one of only two miracles that Jesus performed in Jerusalem, both associated with water (the other being the blind man’s healing at the Pool of Siloam in John 9:1-12). Water was always critical for life in this part of the world. Tired pilgrims would head here in large crowds to refresh themselves and partake in ritual cleansings before going to the Temple. During this festival time, with exceptionally huge crowds, Jesus knew it would be packed with eyewitnesses.

John 5:1-9 records what happened next:
“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 Bethesda, having five porticoes. In these lay a multitude of those who were sick, blind, lame, and withered, [waiting for the moving of the waters; for an angel of the Lord went down at certain seasons into the pool and stirred up the water; whoever then first, after the stirring up of the water, stepped in was made well from whatever disease with which he was afflicted.] A man was there who had been ill for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he had already been a long time in that condition, He said to him, ‘Do you wish to get well?’ The sick man answered Him, ‘Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, but while I am coming, another steps down before me.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Get up, pick up your pallet and walk.’ Immediately the man became well, and picked up his pallet and began to walk. Now it was the Sabbath on that day.”

Located in the Muslim Quarter near the Church of St. Anne and the Lions Gate (then known as the Sheep Gate because of access to the Temple for sacrificing lambs), the large site is completely obvious as a major hole in the ground. Since it is below ground level, the only access to the pools is by a stairway. Discovered in 1956, there are two sizable rectangular reservoirs to collect rainwater, with four colonnaded porticos around the sides and one opposite it, confirming John’s account of five colonnades. The southern reservoir has steps and a landing, which indicates it was a ritual bath (a mikveh). The other one appears to be a reserve pool to replenish the mikveh, and probably created the movement of waters when the dam was opened up for clean water.

Bethesda means “house of mercy” in Hebrew, and the pool’s healing powers was a long held pagan tradition, as evidenced by a Greek-healing site nearby, and had nothing to do with God’s mercy. The fact that Jesus ignored it, unlike the blind man who washed in the Pool of Siloam, confirms this as well. In Greece, Asclepius was the god of medicine, and this pool was part of the Hellenization of Judea, like the non-Jewish theaters and bathhouses in Judea.

Some Christians don’t understand this pagan aspect of the pool because a copyist, unfamiliar with Asclepius and the pagan pool himself, added the angel stirring up the waters to help the reader understand. Most modern Bibles bracket the text [3b-4] to show that the earliest and most reliable manuscripts do not include this uninspired addition.
Zahi Shaked A tour guide in Israel and his camera zahigo25@walla.com +972-54-6905522 tel סיור עם מורה הדרך ומדריך הטיולים צחי שקד 0546905522
My name is Zahi Shaked
In 2000 I became a registered licensed tourist guide.
My dedication in life is to pass on the ancient history of the Holy Land.

Following upon many years of travel around the world, which was highlighted by a very exciting emotional and soul-searching meeting with the Dalai Lama, I realized that I had a mission. To pass on the history of the Holy Land, its religions, and in particular, the birth and development of Christianity.

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