John 5:3 (Healing at the Pool)

(The Healing Angle & Jesus)

A question was asked, "Did Jesus Heal everyone?" The answer is Yes and No. Before everyone gets all out of wack, understand this, there were people that stayed home who never got healed, there were people around the world that never got healed, there are those who never approached Jesus that never got healed. Simply put, they did not go after healing from Jesus. Now I do need to add, those who could Not come, BUT had someone intercede for them on their behalf (like the soldier and the mother with sick kid at home) they got healed.

The bible makes note of it several times, that when the crowds gathered to SEE (to come to) Jesus, He healed them ALL.
So the actual logical question is, "Did Jesus heal everyone who came to Him?" YES!

Now as some of you do Bible Study, it is importance to cross examine verbiage (text) in different versions (NIV, NKJ, KJV) is a good idea. According to Marks answer "Jesus did Not heal everyone" in John 5:3 we can see in KJV & NKJ that Mark is CORRECT. It is presented as there were other folks in that area already, BUT it does NOT state they were there for Jesus. It DOES state they were there for the Pool of Bethesda waiting for the Angle to stir the waters. So in one regards, Jesus didn't heal everyone, simply because THEY WERE NOT THERE FOR HIM, they were there for the angle stirring the water.

Now according to (NIV) Mark is INCORRECT, because it states "used to lie" this means past tense, not current. However let's say for the sake of discussion, that there were people there. (I actually like the NKJ the best anyway, because it is closer to the actual English translation KJV, and easier to read.) So let's say Jesus did not heal anyone else there, just that one man. The other issue at hand is this; When you go to the hospital because you got something wrong with you, do you see Every doctor? No, one should be enough. If that one doesn't do the trick, you see a specialist, or another Physician. The Healing Angel was enough for most of those folks, however Jesus points out that the invalid man was there for 38 years waiting and could not get into the water quick enough. Knowing that, Jesus reaches out to that man Only, and heals him.

Why heal Only that man? (biblically speaking)
1) There was another Heavenly Healer there already. (The angle)
2) It was the sabbath day. (Didn't want to draw a crowd/get into trouble)
3) Because those other men were Not there for Jesus. (They were there because of the water/pool)

Now to end all this off, after Jesus Heals the man, Jesus says, "Stop sinning or else something worse may happen to you." Here we see another relationship to SIN and SICKNESS. Forgiveness and Healing. (just a thought)
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John 5 (NIV)
1.Some time later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem for a feast of the Jews.
2.Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool, which in Aramaic is called Bethesda and which is surrounded by five covered colonnades.
3.Here a great number of disabled people used to lie—the blind, the lame, the paralyzed.
5.One who was there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years.
6.When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in this condition for a long time, he asked him, "Do you want to get well?"
7."Sir," the invalid replied, "I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am trying to get in, someone else goes down ahead of me."
8.Then Jesus said to him, "Get up! Pick up your mat and walk."
9. At once the man was cured; he picked up his mat and walked. The day on which this took place was a Sabbath,
10. and so the Jews said to the man who had been healed, "It is the Sabbath; the law forbids you to carry your mat."
11. But he replied, "The man who made me well said to me, 'Pick up your mat and walk.' "
12. So they asked him, "Who is this fellow who told you to pick it up and walk?"
13. The man who was healed had no idea who it was, for Jesus had slipped away into the crowd that was there.
14. Later Jesus found him at the temple and said to him, "See, you are well again. Stop sinning or something worse may happen to you."
15. The man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.

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John 5 (NKJ)
1. After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
2. Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew, Bethesda, having five porches.
3. In these lay a great multitude of sick people, blind, lame, paralyzed, waiting for the moving of the water.
4. 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.
5. Now a certain man was there who had an infirmity thirty-eight years.
6. When 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?”
7. The sick man answered Him, “Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up; but while I am coming, another steps down before me.”
8. Jesus said to him, “Rise, take up your bed and walk.”
9. And immediately the man was made well, took up his bed, and walked.
And that day was the Sabbath.
10. The Jews therefore said to him who was cured, “It is the Sabbath; it is not lawful for you to carry your bed.”
11. He answered them, “He who made me well said to me, ‘Take up your bed and walk.’”
12. Then they asked him, “Who is the Man who said to you, ‘Take up your bed and walk’?”
13. But the one who was healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn, a multitude being in that place.
14. Afterward Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him, “See, you have been made well. Sin no more, lest a worse thing come upon you.”
15. The man departed and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.

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John 5 (KJV)
1. After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
2. Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.
3. In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water.
4. 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.
5. And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years.
6. When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he saith unto him, Wilt thou be made whole?
7. The 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.
8. Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk.
9. And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked: and on the same day was the sabbath.
10. The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath day: it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed.
11. He answered them, He that made me whole, the same said unto me, Take up thy bed, and walk.
12. Then asked they him, What man is that which said unto thee, Take up thy bed, and walk?
13. And he that was healed wist not who it was: for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in that place.
14. Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.
15. The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus, which had made him whole.