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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - John 5:5

What this man’s name was, or what his circumstances in the world, or what his particular disease, we are not told; nor is it said that he had lain there thirty-eight years, but that he had so long laboured under his weakness: which, whether it was the palsy or no, is uncertain: probably it was a disease hardly curable by human art and ordinary means; for it cannot be thought but in that time he had used all rational means, which he finding of no value as to his case, he came and lay at this... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - John 5:1-18

EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES“Up to the present time our Lord has offered Himself to typical representatives of the whole Jewish race at Jerusalem, in Judæa, in Samaria, and in Galilee, in such a way as to satisfy the elements of true faith. Now the conflict begins which issues in the Passion. Step by step faith and unbelief are called out in a parallel development. The works and words of Christ become a power for the revelation of men’s thoughts. The main scene of this saddest of all... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - John 5:1-47

Shall we turn in our Bibles to the fifth chapter of the gospel of John.John has just recorded in the fourth chapter the ministry of Jesus in the Galilee when He was at the city of Cana and the nobleman came to Him concerning his son, who was sick. And Jesus spoke the word and some twenty miles distance the Spirit of God did a work and healed the nobleman's son.So after this, that would be after His ministry there in Cana, and the healing of the nobleman's son,There was a feast of the Jews; and... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - John 5:1-47

John 5:2 . Now there is at Jerusalem a pool, called Bethesda, which signifies a house of mercy, beneficence, or alms. The pool was situate at too great a distance from the temple to be a place for washing the sacrifices, but people washed here who had any ceremonial impurity. The verb being in the present tense, proves that both Jerusalem and the pool existed when the evangelist wrote, as stated in the introduction. This gospel therefore was written before the destruction of the city. John... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - John 5:1-18

John 5:1-18After this there was a feast of the JewsThe Pool of Bethesda, a type of favoured localities in a religious community in which the highest miraculous aid has not yet appearedThe miraculous aid is I.ENIGMATICAL: An angel troubling the water. II. OCCASIONAL: At a certain season. III. EXTREMELY LIMITED: To the one who steps in first. IV. TO MANY UNAVAILABLE: The impotent. (J. P. Lange, D. D.)The working of God in the medicinal spring an emblem of the saving work of God in generalI. IN... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - John 5:5

5 And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years. Ver. 5. Thirty and eight years ] A long while to be in misery: but what is this to eternity of extremity! We need have something to mind us of God, to bring us to Christ. King Alured prayed God always to send him some sickness, whereby his body might be tamed, and he the better disposed and affectioned to Godward. read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - John 5:5

thirty: John 5:14, John 9:1, John 9:21, Mark 9:21, Luke 8:43, Luke 13:16, Acts 3:2, Acts 4:22, Acts 9:33, Acts 14:8 Reciprocal: Job 13:26 - makest Psalms 25:7 - the sins Mark 5:25 - twelve Luke 5:18 - General Luke 13:11 - eighteen read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - John 5:5

5. An infirmity Probably a paralysis. From John 5:14 it seems probable that it was the consequence of his own vices. Thirty and eight years Strange, say some, that in thirty-eight years this man should have found no friend to help him into the pool. But it is said, not that he had lain there thirty-eight years, but that his disease had been of that duration. He may not have been there a week. read more