...whole ? The long continuance of this poor man's lameness, and his helpless, friendless condition, icho had no man, when the water was troubled, to put him into the pool; and whose infirmity made him so slow in coming himself, that his hopes were always disappointed, and...

...virtues. Truly, as waited wearily for years the sick man by the side of Betheada's pool, " for he bad no man, when the water was troubled, to put him into the pool" , so wait many wearily now for that time when the muchneeded help will be given them. It is but sand-blind...

...Bethesda. " Whosoever first, after the troubling of the waters, stepped in, was made whole," while he who "had no man, when the water was troubled, to put him into the pool," was in a bad way, for "while he was coming another stepped down before him." Sometimes, when the claimant...

...Bethesda. " Whosoever first, after the troubling of the waters, stepped in, was made whole," while he who " had no man, when the water was troubled, to put him into the pool," was in a bad way, for " while he was coming another stepped down before him." Sometimes, when the claimant...

...asserted an entire independence of the usual interpretation put by the Jews and their teachers on the law of the Sabbath. When our Lord came to explain,...Lord selected him from the crowd on account of both these circumstances; certainly, it seems as if St. John meant us to understand that the first of them...

...him and gained the blessing. For -not only was he powerless in himself : he •was also friendless. He had no man, when the water was troubled, to put him into the pool (verse 7). His case was indeed pitiable. And yet, there were many coming and going that way, and especially...

...people crowd into the porches of the pool ? and, What did the paralysed man mean by his complaint, that he had no man, when the water was troubled, to put him into the pool, and that while he was corning, another stepped down before him ? These questions in fact suggested...