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After going to the pool – Siloam means “sent” – the man is able to see.
The pool of Siloam, where the Gospels say Jesus healed a man born blind, is to open to the public.
Visitors to Jerusalem will soon be able to watch the final phase of excavations on the entire 2,700-year-old pool, say Israeli authorities.
According to chapter nine of John's gospel , Jesus instructs a man “blind from birth” to “go, wash in the pool of Siloam.” Earlier, he tells his disciples the man was not born blind – as they have assumed – because of sin.
Spitting on the ground, Jesus makes mud with the saliva, spreading the mix on the man’s eyes. After going to the pool – Siloam means “sent” – the man is able to see.
Originally part of Jerusalem’s water system, the pool was built by King Hezekiah, eight centuries before Christ.
Chapter 20 of the Book of Kings says “...the rest of the acts of Hezekiah...and how he made the Pool, and the conduit, and brought water into the city, are they not written in the Book of Chronicles of the kings of Judah?”
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The pool of Siloam, where the Gospels say Jesus healed a man born blind, is to open to the public.
Visitors to Jerusalem will soon be able to watch the final phase of excavations on the entire 2,700-year-old pool, say Israeli authorities.
According to chapter nine of John's gospel , Jesus instructs a man “blind from birth” to “go, wash in the pool of Siloam.” Earlier, he tells his disciples the man was not born blind – as they have assumed – because of sin.
Spitting on the ground, Jesus makes mud with the saliva, spreading the mix on the man’s eyes. After going to the pool – Siloam means “sent” – the man is able to see.
Originally part of Jerusalem’s water system, the pool was built by King Hezekiah, eight centuries before Christ.
Chapter 20 of the Book of Kings says “...the rest of the acts of Hezekiah...and how he made the Pool, and the conduit, and brought water into the city, are they not written in the Book of Chronicles of the kings of Judah?”
Continued below.
Pool of Siloam where Jesus healed blind man opens to public
The pool of Siloam, where the Gospels say Jesus healed a man born blind, is to open to the public.
