7The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me.
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For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper.
For the LORD shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none shut up, or left.
Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.
For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life: …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(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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