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The Bible Recap

Day 281 (John 5) - Year 3

The Bible Recap

Tara-Leigh Cobble

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality:christianity

4.833.3K Ratings

🗓️ 8 October 2021

⏱️ 8 minutes

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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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