John 5:4

John 5:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had.

Context of John 5:4

2Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew, Bethesda, having five porches. 3In these lay a great multitude of sick people, blind, lame, paralyzed, waiting for the moving of the water. 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. 5Now a certain man was there who had an infirmity thirty-eight years. 6When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he already had been in that condition a long time, He said to him, “Do you want to be made well?”

John 5:4 word by word

Words taken from the KJV.

• Forγάρgar · forG1063
• an angelἄγγελοςaggelos · angelG32
• went downκαταβαίνωkatabainō · to come/go downG2597
• at a certainκατάkata · according toG2596
• seasonκαιρόςkairos · time/right timeG2540
• intoἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• the poolὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the poolκολυμβήθραkolumbēthra · poolG2861
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• troubledταράσσωtarassō · to troubleG5015
• the waterὕδωρhudōr hudatos · waterG5204
• thenοὖνoun · therefore/thenG3767
• firstπρῶτοςprōtos · firstG4413
• afterμετάmeta · with/afterG3326
• the troublingταραχήtarachē · disturbanceG5016
• stepped inἐμβαίνωembainō · to climbG1684
• was madeγίνομαιginomai · to beG1096
• wholeὑγιήςhugiēs · healthyG5199
• ofνόσημαnosēma · diseaseG3553
• ·ὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• whatsoeverδήποτεdēpote · whateverG1221
• he hadκατέχωkatechō · to hold back/fastG2722

Cross-references for John 5:4

• Psalms 119:60I made haste, and did not delay To keep Your commandments.
• Proverbs 6:4Give no sleep to your eyes, Nor slumber to your eyelids.
• Proverbs 8:17I love those who love me, And those who seek me diligently will find me.
• Ecclesiastes 9:10Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work or device or knowledge or wisdom in the grave where you are going.
• Hosea 13:13The sorrows of a woman in childbirth shall come upon him. He is an unwise son, For he should not stay long where children are born.
• Matthew 6:33But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.
• Matthew 11:12And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force.
• Luke 13:24“Strive to enter through the narrow gate, for many, I say to you, will seek to enter and will not be able.
• Luke 16:16“The law and the prophets were until John. Since that time the kingdom of God has been preached, and everyone is pressing into it.
• 2 Kings 5:10And Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, “Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh shall be restored to you, and you shall be clean.”
• Ezekiel 47:8Then he said to me: “This water flows toward the eastern region, goes down into the valley, and enters the sea. When it reaches the sea, its waters are healed.
• Zechariah 13:1“In that day a fountain shall be opened for the house of David and for the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for uncleanness.
• Zechariah 14:8And in that day it shall be That living waters shall flow from Jerusalem, Half of them toward the eastern sea And half of them toward the western sea; In both summer and winter it shall occur.
• 1 Corinthians 6:11And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.
• 1 John 1:7But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.

Commentaries on John 5:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4Angel - "Of the Lord," is added by AKL, about 20 others, the Ethiopic, Armenian, Slavonic, Vulgate, Anglo-Saxon, and six copies of the Itala: Cyril and Ambrose have also this reading. If this reading be genuine, and the authorities which support it are both ancient and respectable, it destroys Dr. Hammond's conjecture, that, by the angel, a messenger only, sent from the Sanhedrin, is meant, and that these cures were all performed in a natural way. Those…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4An angel - It is not affirmed that the angel did this “visibly,” or that they saw him do it. They judged by the “effect,” and when they saw the waters agitated, they concluded that they had healing properties, and descended to them. The Jews were in the habit of attributing all favors to the ministry of the angels of God, Genesis 19:15; Hebrews 1:14; Matthew 4:11; Matthew 18:10; Luke 16:22; Acts 7:53; Galatians 3:19; Acts 12:11. This fountain, it seems…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-40This chapter is structured like a courtroom case (a legal trial). It begins with a description of the event that led to the conflict (5:1–15). This is followed by the decision of the Jewish leaders to take action against Jesus (5:16). Next comes a statement of the charges against him (5:18). The chapter then presents the defense given by Jesus, where he explains his authority and his relationship with the Father (5:17, 19–40).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. an angel, &c.--This miracle differed in two points from all other miracles recorded in Scripture: (1) It was not one, but a succession of miracles periodically wrought: (2) As it was only wrought "when the waters were troubled," so only upon one patient at a time, and that the patient "who first stepped in after the troubling of the waters." But this only the more undeniably fixed its miraculous character. We have heard of many waters having a…Read the comment

Topics related to John 5:4

• Angel (a Spirit)
• Jesus, the Christ
• Miracles

In the dictionaries

• Folk
• Judgment
• Lest
• Light
• Pool
• Step
• Trouble
• Troubling
• Witness
• Angel

Commentaries on John 5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings