Verse 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.
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