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2Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.

John 5:2

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Matthew Henry

(vv. 1-16)

This miraculous cure is not recorded by any other of the evangelists, who confine themselves mostly to the miracles wrought in Galilee, but John relates those wrought at Jerusalem. Concerning this observe, I. The time when this cure was wrought: it was at a feast of the Jews , that is, the passover, for that was the most celebrated feast. Christ, though residing in Galilee, yet went up to Jerusale...

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