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🗓️ 8 October 2021
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0:00.0 | Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble and I'm your host for the Bible recap. |
0:13.3 | There's a quiet corner in the old city of Jerusalem with manicured gardens outside a |
0:17.2 | beautiful church and off to the side, you can walk down the stairs to the pools of Bethesda. |
0:22.4 | You can even see the remains of the five portacos where one of my favorite stories happened. |
0:27.2 | In Jesus' day, this pool is where the invalids of Jerusalem gather. |
0:30.8 | One of the reasons they like this spot is because the word on the street is that these |
0:34.0 | waters have healing powers. |
0:36.2 | From time to time, the waters start to swirl and people say that if you jump in when that |
0:40.2 | happens, you'll get healed. |
0:42.6 | Your Bible may have a footnote that says some ancient versions of this text include a |
0:46.2 | local rumor that it was angels stirring the waters. |
0:49.1 | Maybe, but there's a bit more evidence that the bubbling and swirling is from a natural |
0:53.0 | spring or a hot spring that would occasionally rear its head. |
0:56.3 | And those can and do sometimes have the effect of helping aches and pains. |
1:00.8 | Regardless, this is a place of hope or invalids. |
1:04.2 | Jesus rolls up to the pools of Bethesda one day and starts a conversation with a man who |
1:08.0 | has been there for 38 years. |
1:10.4 | Jesus asks if he wants to be healed, and the man doesn't give a yes or no answer. |
1:15.1 | Maybe because he doesn't want to get his hopes up. |
1:17.1 | So instead, he tells Jesus why healing seems impossible for him. |
1:21.3 | After all, he's been there for 13,870 days, and in that time, he's probably had to watch |
1:28.0 | other people get the healing he's longed for. |
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