John 5:1

1 Later Jesus went to Jerusalem for a special Jewish feast.

John 5:1 Meaning and Commentary

John 5:1

After this there was a feast of the Jews
After Christ had been in Samaria, which was four months ago, ( John 4:35 ) , and had been in Galilee for that time, and had cured the nobleman's son, and had done other mighty works, the time came on for one of the three festivals of the Jews; either the feast of Pentecost, as some think; or as others, the feast of tabernacles; or rather, the feast of the passover, so called, in ( John 4:45 ) since John is very particular, in giving an account of the several passovers, in Christ's ministry:

and Jesus went up to Jerusalem;
according to the law of God, which obliged all the males to appear there at that time; and to show his compliance with it, and obedience to it, whom it became to fulfil all righteousness; and this he did also, that he might have an opportunity of discoursing, and doing his miracles before all the people, which came at this time, from the several parts of the land.

John 5:1 In-Context

1 Later Jesus went to Jerusalem for a special Jewish feast.

2 In Jerusalem there is a pool with five covered porches, which is called Bethzathan in the Jewish language. This pool is near the Sheep Gate.

3 Many sick people were lying on the porches beside the pool. Some were blind, some were crippled, and some were paralyzed.

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5 A man was lying there who had been sick for thirty-eight years.