Illustrated bible History - Catholic Apologetics Information

CHAPTER XXVI.
A E ,. NOIV, thcio was at JC~~S~~CIII
T the tkne of the P;issovc!r, .Jesus went np agaiin to Jerua
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Probatic:~, n*hicll in IIcbra~vis nnmcd Ilctlrsaic1,z. It was surrountlctl
t)y n grc*.zt bniltling which had five poi~llcs, ullder
wl~ict~ lay, nt nll timrs, rr.grc:\t nlultilutlc of the sicli, the l:tme,
thcblind, ant1 t?lc jnlirm, twiting fbr tha ~noriiigof the ~valcr.
For at fitntcd ti mcs, ail nngcl cnmc clown i nlo the pond and
mooctl the tvntcr ; nnrl hc who first went clowil into thc pool,
aftcr tl~c nngcl's visil, mns curcl1 of Ilia discnsc.
2. Among the crowcl of Cl~osc that wislicd lo Lo hrnlod, thcrc
was :I m;n 1v11o 11:~d bee11 it~fin~ for tl~irly-eight Spays. Jcsns,
rseeing hirn, was ino~rcd 20 lbity, al~tl tr:~icl tollin1 : " IYilt thou
be made whole ? " TIie ir~firirl luan itns~vorctl : " Sir, J Imvc
no one, when the water is troublerl, to put mc into tllc pontl;
for, whilst I am coming, nothe her goc!th tlown bcforc wc."
3. JCMS snid to hi111 : ('Arise, ktlrc? tip tlry bctl nncl \vnll; I "
1mmcdi.ztcly thc ma.11 wr~s he:lletl, hc took up his bcd
and went a1va.y rcjoicing. This toolr placc on the Sabb:~tI~.
The Jerva, tl:crcfbre, sccing thc mnn carrying his bed, ~oid
to him : 4' It is the Sabbath l It is not 1:~wftil for thce to tnlce
up thy Bed.') The man answered : " Hc ~vl~o mnclo me
whole, He sitid to me : ' Take up thy bcd and wfill;.' "
4. Hnt the Jews asketl again: "Who is Hc that said to
thee : Takc up tliy Led ant1 ~vnlk." Now the Illan na9 not
able to h11 thcn~, for Jesus had withdrawn from the 111u1tit~tde.
Soon aftcr, Jesns ~rlct this mmc mntl in the telnplc, untl
said to 11irrl: '' Bchold, thou art ~nnrlc wllole ; sin no morc,
lcst some worse thing happen to thc?~." 'l'hc mail tl~en \rc!nt
his way, ancl told the Jc~vs that it IVU Jcsus tvlio liad llealed
him.