Juan 5:1

1 Después de esto, se celebraba una fiesta de los judíos, y Jesús subió a Jerusalén.

Juan 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.

Juan 5:1 In-Context

1 Después de esto, se celebraba una fiesta de los judíos, y Jesús subió a Jerusalén.

2 Y hay en Jerusalén, junto a la puerta de las ovejas, un estanque que en hebreo se llama Betesda y que tiene cinco pórticos.

3 En éstos yacía una multitud de enfermos, ciegos, cojos y paralíticos que esperaban el movimiento del agua;

4 porque un ángel del Señor descendía de vez en cuando al estanque y agitaba el agua; y el primero que descendía al estanque después del movimiento del agua, quedaba curado de cualquier enfermedad que tuviera.

5 Y estaba allí un hombre que hacía treinta y ocho años que estaba enfermo.