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John 5:
5 Now a certain man was there who had an infirmity thirty-eight years.
6 When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he already had been
a long time, He said to him, Do you want to be made well?
7 The sick man answered Him, Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when
the water is stirred up; but while I am coming, another steps down before me.
8 Jesus said to him, Rise, take up your bed and walk.
Is The lord dealing with Faith vs Superstitious Beliefs here? The narrative describes
those lying about the porches as impotent, blind, lame and paralyzed, waiting for
"the water to move". Any one of them would have needed some assistance to enter the pool.
Every time a strong enough gust blew through the Sheep Gate, the water would have been stirred,
and someone would have stepped into the pool first. If they were not healed, they
would say, "it was just a breeze". If they were healed, they would say "an angel had stirred
the water". If this miracle occurred, would this more likely to be understood as a Faith healing? Jesus commanded the man to rise, and he did. Would not Jesus normally say,
"your Faith has made you whole."? Yet, the narrative of John describes the background information as casually as "see Jack run".
:4 For an angel went down at a certain time into the pool and stirred up the water; then whoever stepped in first, after the stirring of the water, was made well of whatever disease he had.
Is there any other source that speaks of this type of miracle taking place around the pool
of Bethesda, or is this a narrative about Faith in action?
5 Now a certain man was there who had an infirmity thirty-eight years.
6 When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he already had been
a long time, He said to him, Do you want to be made well?
7 The sick man answered Him, Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when
the water is stirred up; but while I am coming, another steps down before me.
8 Jesus said to him, Rise, take up your bed and walk.
Is The lord dealing with Faith vs Superstitious Beliefs here? The narrative describes
those lying about the porches as impotent, blind, lame and paralyzed, waiting for
"the water to move". Any one of them would have needed some assistance to enter the pool.
Every time a strong enough gust blew through the Sheep Gate, the water would have been stirred,
and someone would have stepped into the pool first. If they were not healed, they
would say, "it was just a breeze". If they were healed, they would say "an angel had stirred
the water". If this miracle occurred, would this more likely to be understood as a Faith healing? Jesus commanded the man to rise, and he did. Would not Jesus normally say,
"your Faith has made you whole."? Yet, the narrative of John describes the background information as casually as "see Jack run".
:4 For an angel went down at a certain time into the pool and stirred up the water; then whoever stepped in first, after the stirring of the water, was made well of whatever disease he had.
Is there any other source that speaks of this type of miracle taking place around the pool
of Bethesda, or is this a narrative about Faith in action?