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147:3.1 The afternoon of the second [[Sabbath]] in [[Jerusalem]], as [[the Master]] and [[the apostles]] were about to [[participate]] in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_temple temple] services, [[John, the Apostle|John]] said to [[Jesus]], " Come with me, I would show you something. " [[John, the Apostle|John]] conducted [[Jesus]] out through one of the [[Jerusalem]] gates to a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pool_of_Bethesda pool of water called Bethesda]. [[Surrounding]] this pool was a [[structure]] of five porches under which a large group of sufferers lingered in [[quest]] of [[healing]]. This was a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_springs hot spring] whose reddish-tinged [[water]] would bubble up at irregular intervals because of [[gas]] accumulations in the rock [[caverns]] underneath the pool. This periodic disturbance of the warm [[waters]] was believed by many to be due to [[supernatural]] [[influences]], and it was a [[popular]] [[belief]] that the first [[person]] who entered the [[water]] after such a disturbance would be [[healed]] of whatever [[infirmity]] he had.[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_5]

147:3.1 The afternoon of the second [[Sabbath]] in [[Jerusalem]], as [[the Master]] and [[the apostles]] were about to [[participate]] in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_temple temple] services, [[John, the Apostle|John]] said to [[Jesus]], " Come with me, I would show you something. " [[John, the Apostle|John]] conducted [[Jesus]] out through one of the [[Jerusalem]] gates to a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pool_of_Bethesda pool of water called Bethesda]. [[Surrounding]] this pool was a [[structure]] of five porches under which a large group of sufferers lingered in [[quest]] of [[healing]]. This was a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_springs hot spring] whose reddish-tinged [[water]] would bubble up at irregular intervals because of [[gas]] accumulations in the rock [[caverns]] underneath the pool. This periodic disturbance of the warm [[waters]] was believed by many to be due to [[supernatural]] [[influences]], and it was a [[popular]] [[belief]] that the first [[person]] who entered the [[water]] after such a disturbance would be [[healed]] of whatever [[infirmity]] he had.[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_5]

147:3.2 [[The apostles]] were somewhat restless under the restrictions imposed by [[Jesus]], and [[John, the Apostle|John]], the youngest of [[the twelve]], was especially restive under this restraint. He had brought [[Jesus]] to the pool [[thinking]] that the sight of the assembled [[sufferers]] would make such an [[appeal]] to [[the Master]]'s [[compassion]] that he would be moved to [[perform]] a [[miracle]] of [[healing]], and thereby would all [[Jerusalem]] be astounded and presently be won to believe in the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]]. Said [[John, the Apostle|John]] to [[Jesus]]: " Master, see all of these suffering ones; is there nothing we can do for them? " And [[Jesus]] replied: " [[John, the Apostle|John]], why would you [[tempt]] me to turn aside from the way I have [[chosen]]? Why do you go on [[desiring]] to substitute the working of [[wonders]] and the [[healing]] of the sick for the [[proclamation]] of the [[gospel]] of [[eternal]] [[truth]]? My son, I may not do that which you [[desire]], but gather together these [[sick]] and afflicted that I may speak [[words]] of good cheer and eternal [[comfort]] to them. "

147:3.2 [[The apostles]] were somewhat restless under the restrictions imposed by [[Jesus]], and [[John, the Apostle|John]], the youngest of [[the twelve]], was especially restive under this restraint. He had brought [[Jesus]] to the pool [[thinking]] that the sight of the assembled [[sufferers]] would make such an [[appeal]] to [[the Master]]'s [[compassion]] that he would be moved to [[perform]] a [[miracle]] of [[healing]], and thereby would all [[Jerusalem]] be astounded and presently be won to believe in the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]]. Said [[John, the Apostle|John]] to [[Jesus]]: " Master, see all of these suffering ones; is there nothing we can do for them? " And [[Jesus]] replied: " [[John, the Apostle|John]], why would you [[tempt]] me to turn aside from the way I have [[chosen]]? Why do you go on [[desiring]] to substitute the working of [[wonders]] and the [[healing]] of the sick for the [[proclamation]] of the [[gospel]] of [[eternal]] [[truth]]? My son, I may not do that which you [[desire]], but gather together these [[sick]] and afflicted that I may speak [[words]] of good cheer and eternal [[comfort]] to them. "

147:3.5 One man who had been many years downcast and grievously afflicted by the infirmities of his troubled [[mind]], [[rejoiced]] at [[Jesus]]' [[words]] and, picking up his bed, went forth to his [[home]], even though it was the [[Sabbath]] day. This afflicted man had waited all these years for somebody to help him; he was such a [[victim]] of the [[feeling]] of his own helplessness that he had never once entertained the [[idea]] of helping himself which proved to be the one thing he had to do in order to [[effect]] recovery—take up his bed and walk.[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_5]

147:3.5 One man who had been many years downcast and grievously afflicted by the infirmities of his troubled [[mind]], [[rejoiced]] at [[Jesus]]' [[words]] and, picking up his bed, went forth to his [[home]], even though it was the [[Sabbath]] day. This afflicted man had waited all these years for somebody to help him; he was such a [[victim]] of the [[feeling]] of his own helplessness that he had never once entertained the [[idea]] of helping himself which proved to be the one thing he had to do in order to [[effect]] recovery—take up his bed and walk.[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_5]

147:3.6 Then said [[Jesus]] to [[John, the Apostle|John]]: " Let us depart ere the chief [[priests]] and the [[scribes]] come upon us and take offense that we spoke [[words]] of life to these afflicted ones. " And they returned to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_temple temple] to join their companions, and presently all of them departed to spend the night at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethany Bethany]. But [[John, the Apostle|John]] never told the other [[apostles]] of this [[visit]] of himself and [[Jesus]] to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pool_of_Bethesda pool of Bethesda] on this [[Sabbath]] afternoon.

147:3.6 Then said [[Jesus]] to [[John, the Apostle|John]]: " Let us depart ere the chief [[priests]] and the [[scribes]] come upon us and take offense that we spoke [[words]] of life to these afflicted ones. " And they returned to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_temple temple] to join their companions, and presently all of them departed to spend the night at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethany Bethany]. But [[John, the Apostle|John]] never told the other [[apostles]] of this [[visit]] of himself and [[Jesus]] to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pool_of_Bethesda pool of Bethesda] on this [[Sabbath]] afternoon.

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