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	Pool of Bethesda, Jerusalem
		The pool by which the sick man lay was close to the Sheep Gate and was therefore known as the Sheep Pool (Piscina Probatica).
		John's reference to "five porches" at the pool seems to indicate that there was a portico on each side of the pool and a fifth on a rock division between its two halves, each 50m/165ft square and 13m/43ft deep.
		By the pool, which no doubt originally served as a reservoir of water for the Temple precinct and in the time of Jesus was frequented by the sick and crippled, a temple of Aesculapius, the god of healing whose cult had spread from Epidaurus throughout the ancient world, was built in the second century.
	www.planetware.com /jerusalem/pool-of-bethesda-isr-jr-jpb.htm (368 words)

	Pool of Bethesda - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Bethesda was originally the name of a pool in Jerusalem, on the path of the Beth Zeta Vally.
		This use of the pools gave the water of the pools a halo of sanctity, and many invalids came to the pools to be healed.
		Prior to archeological digs it was identified with the modern so-called Fountain of the Virgin, in the valley of the Kidron, and not far from the Pool of Siloam and also with the Birket Israel, a pool near the mouth of the valley which runs into the Kidron south of St.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pool_of_Bethesda (519 words)

	POOL OF BETHESDA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Pool of Bethesda is situated inside of the Lion’s Gate in the eastern wall of the Old City of Jerusalem.
		The pool was on of several open-air reservoirs built in and around Jerusalem to provide water for the growing population of the city.
		The Pool of Bethesda lay in a small valley, which ran from the area of Damascus Gate to the northeastern corner of the Al-Aqsa Compound and is now silted up.
	www.patg.org /Sites/pool_of_bethesda.htm (428 words)

	The Rock From the Pool of Bethesda (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		At the time that the Temple Mount platform was built (during the reign of King Solomon), the Brook's lower sections were walled up to form pools, the best known being the Pool of Israel and the Sheep's Pool, also known as the Pool of Bethesda.
		While researching the history of Bethesda, Maryland, the staff of the Bethesda-Chevy Chase Center learned that the name Bethesda came from the Hebrew "Bet Chesed" meaning "House of Mercy" and was indeed named for a section of Jerusalem which existed from the time of King Solomon.
		The Rock of Bethesda also serves as a reminder that a time capsule depicting Suburban Hospital at its 50th Anniversary is enclosed in the base of the Rock's new display.
	www.suburbanhospital.org /welcome/pool.html (496 words)

	17. Christ at the Pool of Bethesda (John 5:1-15)
		The background is the pool of Bethesda, around which lay a great multitude of impotent folk.
		This pool was the object in which the great multitude placed all their hopes.
		The waters of this pool reflect the Sinaitic law, which was "given by the disposition of angels"; that law which promised "life" to him who did all that it enjoined.
	www.pbministries.org /books/pink/John/john_17.htm (4916 words)

	Sundkler deconstructed: Bethesda AICs and syncretism
		That centre is the pool -- the Bethesda or Jordan.
		This is one of the fundamental elements of baptismal theology in the Bethesda Church.
		I use the term 'Bethesda' to describe the fellowship of the prophet and his followers who, as patients, stay at his kraal for a considerable length of time with a view to being prayed for and going through purification rites.
	www.geocities.com /missionalia/bethesda.htm (3348 words)

	Lesson 19
		A remarkable accomplishment of King Hezekiah was the construction in 700 B.C. of a tunnel that was used to protect Jerusalem's water supply from the invading Assyrian army.
		The Pool of Bethesda, located below the modern street level just north of the Temple, is rectangular in shape, surrounded on all four sides by porches and divided laterally by a fifth porch.
		Both the Pool of Siloam and the Pool of Bethesda are sites of two of the most famous miracles of Jesus.
	www.stevefanning.com /lesson19.htm (243 words)

	Hope and Healing
		From time to time an angel would stir the waters, and whoever was first in the pool would be cured of his disease.
		Jesus, the Great Physician, challenged the man at the Pool of Bethesda to embrace the healing that was offered.
		Bethesda Workshops is Sponsored by the Woodmont Hills Church, Nashville, TN.
	www.bethesdaworkshops.org /home.cfm?pg=abt (313 words)

	Bethesda Lutheran Church (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Bethesda Lutheran Church is a caring Christian community called by the Word of God to provide healing and hope through forgiveness and love.
		It was there that Jesus healed a paralyzed man. Today worshippers walk through the pool under the descending Spirit as they gather to hear God's healing word.
		As they leave, they walk through the pool again to carry God's healing waters back with them into the world.
	www.bethesdanet.org (163 words)

	Uncovering the Pool of Bethesda (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The name Bethesda mentioned in John 5:2 is actually two words in Aramaic: Bet Hasda, which means "house of kindness" or "house of shame." It is located in the vicinity of the biblical Sheep Gate (known as the Lion’s or St. Stephen’s Gate today).
		The pools are divided by a wall twenty feet wide running east to west, surrounded by five porches, with the southern pool being the larger of the two.
		These pools were abandoned as a reservoir when the much larger "Pool of Israel" was constructed in Herodian days to serve the Temple area.
	www.restorationfoundation.org /volume_2/22_31.htm (517 words)

	Pool (WebBible Encyclopedia) - ChristianAnswers.Net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		2:13); the pool of Hebron (4:12); the upper pool at Jerusalem (2 Kings 18:17; 20:20); the pool of Samaria (1 Kings 22:38); the king's pool (Neh.
		The "pool of Bethesda" (John 5:2,4, 7) and the "pool of Siloam" (John 9:7, 11) are also mentioned.
		The cisterns or pools of the Holy City are for the most part excavations beneath the surface.
	www.christiananswers.net /dictionary/pool.html (247 words)

	Healing at the Pool of Bethesda
		The Hebrew name for the pool was Bethesda and there were five porches around the pool.
		Then the first person to get into the pool after the water was stirred, would be healed of whatever disease or infirmity the person had.
		One of the people at the pool that day was a man who had not been able to walk for thirty-eight years.
	www.gardenofpraise.com /bibl41s.htm (1162 words)

	Pool of Bethesda
		An angel came daily to stir the waters of the pool.
		It was as if this man knew, or was experiancing all the pain I had felt these 38 years.
		And like so many others in the pool who had been healed I did not become like my brothers the Jews and try to fit in.
	members.tripod.com /~troettger/bethesda.html (1184 words)

	Evidence for the Christian Faith: The Pool of Bethesda (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		In chapter 5 of John's Gospel, the author describes a pool in Jerusalem, near the Sheep Gate, called Bethesda, and surrounded by five covered colonnades.
		Until the 19th century, there was no evidence for the existence of this pool outside John's gospel.
		Scholars argued that the gospel was written later, probably by someone without first-hand knowledge of the city of Jerusalem, and that the pool had a metaphorical or symbolic, rather than actual, significance.
	www.request.org.uk /issues/evidence/evidence21.htm (102 words)

	Bethesda-Chevy Chase YMCA Swimming Pool Information
		Pool 3 is operated from Apr. to early Dec.
		The outdoor pool is a lot colder than the temperature they post, except in summer, when it can get a lot warmer than shown.
		One of the indoor pools has a glass wall to outside - makes for a pleasant atmosphere.
	www.swimmersguide.com /query/Detail.cfm?PoolID=982 (379 words)

	Pool of Bethesda
		The Pool of Bethesda (also known as Bethsaida) is located near the Sheep Gate just north of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.
		Today, there’s really no question that archaeologists have uncovered the actual Pool of Bethesda where Jesus healed the invalid (John 5:1-15).
		The colonnades were visible to John at the time of Jesus, but the pool probably didn’t appear sunken and surrounded by walls like it does today.
	www.allaboutarchaeology.org /pool-of-bethesda-faq.htm (221 words)

	BETHESDA CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP, About the name and mission
		The name and mission of Bethesda Christian Fellowship was inspired by a sermon Pastor John preached just a few weeks before the church's first meeting.
		The the pool at Bethesda, a well established archaeological site in Israel, had five porches or coverings, which spoke to us of the five-fold ministry.
		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.
	members.aol.com /bethesdachrfell/about.htm (293 words)

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		The paintings are on a very large scale, each canvas filling a wall of the Grand Staircase in the Hospital's North Wing, and represent the first of Hogarth's attempts at "the great style of history painting", as he called it.
		'Christ at the Pool of Bethesda' was painted first, and it is this painting which excites must interest in visitors to the Hospital.
		The pool of Bethesda in Jerusalem was famed for its healing properties: periodically the water would be disturbed, supposedly by an angel, and whoever first entered the pool afterwards would be cured.
	www.smd.qmul.ac.uk /admissions/hogarth (620 words)

	Jesus at the Pool of Bethesda
		There is at Jerusalem by the sheep market, a pool, which is called in Hebrew, Bethesda, which means "House of mercy", and it had five porches.
		Those are places where a great many people who were blind, or were limping, or had other things wrong with them, gathered and waited for the water to move.
		Because at a certain time, an angel went down into the pool, and disturbed the water, and whoever was the first person to step in the water after that, this person was healed of whatever disease he had.
	littlelambsministry.freeservers.com /storyJesuspoolBethesda.htm (526 words)

	Sermons John 5:5-6, The Pool at Bethesda, #520
		The background is the pool of Bethesda (which stands for mercy), around which lied a great multitude of impotent folk, and not one of them recognized the Great Physician.
		We see the blessed harmony with five porches, (that is, undeserved favor) around the pool of mercy and of grace, by the sheep gate, awaiting the entrance of "the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world." (JOH 1:29) This is the scene that we have at the pool of Bethesda.
		He was, as it were, right at the pool of Bethesda, by the sheep gate, and yet he was not healed of the dreadful disease that Jesus spoke of to Jerusalem, "…and ye would not!" That disease clings to us.
	www.gospelchapel.com /Sermons/John/31.htm (6355 words)

	THE MIRACLE AT THE POOL OF BETHESDA
		Just as the pool of Bethesda was surrounded with people who had no physical strength, and who were blind, lame, and paralyzed, people who are without Christ are spiritually without strength and are spiritually blind, lame and paralyzed.
		So the blind, the lame, and the paralyzed at the pool of Bethesda are perfect pictures of people who are without Christ’s spiritual healing in their lives.
		It seems to me that the man went from the pool of Bethesda to the temple to thank God for his healing, and while there he pointed out Jesus to the Jews.
	www.agapeindia.com /miracle_07.htm (3232 words)

	The Pool Of Bethesda -- 50-0811 -- Sermon preached by William Branham (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Pool Of Bethesda -- 50-0811 -- Sermon preached by William Branham
		When Jesus Christ came to the pool of Bethesda, in Him was feelings of compassion, for He was a Man of sorrow, acquainted with grief.
		And He walked by that pool and saw that great multitude of people bound by the devil: blind, halt, withered, twisted, laying there waiting maybe year after year, waiting for that Angel to come out of heaven and trouble the water.
	www.nathan.co.za /message.asp?sermonum=25 (5762 words)

	Pool of Bethesda
		Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.
		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.
		Now many are gathered waiting for their chance to receive healing, steadfastly watching for the sign of the troubled waters positioning themselves to be first in the pool.
	users.vnet.net /fmiccoli/pool_of_bethesda.html (1067 words)

	Bethesda - Press Center
		"It is a privilege to bestow the Pool of Bethesda Award on Dr. Lakin" explained Dr. David Geske, president and CEO of Bethesda.
		"The Pool of Bethesda Award is presented annually to recognize an individual who has made national or international contributions of service and leadership in the field of developmental disabilities," added Geske.
		For more information on Bethesda’s services and support programs, call the public relations office at 1.800.369.4636, ext.
	www.blhs.org /about/news/pressCenter/2004/04111770.asp (393 words)

	Church of St. Anne and Pool of Bethesda, Jerusalem (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Pool of Bethesda is very close to the Church of St. Anne, near the Lions Gate.
		The imposing remains of a pool with two baths and five porches confirm the story told in the Gospel according to John.
		There was once a gate there called the Sheep Gate, near where a sheep market was held, and animals to be used in the city's sacrifices were washed in the pool.
	www.atlastours.net /holyland/st_anne_church_and_bethesda_pool.html (205 words)

	Bethesda Christian Fellowship - House of Mercy - Madison, WI Church
		Bethesda Christian Fellowship - House of Mercy - Madison, WI Church
		The Bible reveals that Bethesda was a pool near Jerusalem where Jesus healed a man who had been lame for over thirty-eight years (John 5).
		In the Hebrew language Bethesda literally means House of Mercy.
	www.bethesda1.com (138 words)

	The Sign at the Pool at Bethesda
		This “pool” was much like a diving or swimming pool and was named “Bethesda,” meaning “house of mercy,” or perhaps Bethzath, meaning “house of the olive tree.” The pool had five porticoes, or “covered colonnades,” where people could gather and be protected from the elements.
		It was here by the pool that a very large number of individuals with various illnesses congregated and would “lie,” including “the blind, the lame, the paralyzed” (v.3)
		More than likely, however, the pool was fed by “intermittent springs that caused the disturbance” [Carson, 242].
	www.founders.org /ss/100602.htm (955 words)

	The Pool of Bethesda Acrylic on Panel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Jerome Pryor, S.J. This scene shows the famous healing pool, which was stirred periodically by an angel.
		The first cripple to submerge in the pool was cured.
		Christ cured the cripple who was too incapacitated to ever have been the first.
	www.udayton.edu /mary/gallery/pryor1.html (41 words)

	Jesus Calls Ministries....Praying for the World
		In the 5th chapter of the Gospel according to St.John, we see the Lord Jesus during His ministry on earth healed a man who lay sick for 38 years in Bethesda, in a moment, by His compassion and power.
		It is to impress this concern of our Lord for the sick and the suffering, a similar pool has been formed here.
		The one who first stepped into the water that had been stirred would be healed, however severe his or her disease might be.
	www.jesuscalls.org /bethesda/pool.asp (210 words)

	Jesus at Bethesda. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The portion beginning with "waiting for the moving of the water" in the third verse and including the fourth verse, is omitted by the Revised Version, is not found in the best manuscripts, and is evidently an interpolation by some monkish scribbler who wanted to explain his ideas of how the water was moved.
		The miracle at the pool of Bethesda causes them to seek to kill him (John 5:18).
		In the porches around this pool a great number of afflicted persons were gathered on account of a belief that the waters had a miraculous virtue.
	www.ccel.org /j/johnson_bw/bwjntc3/htm/ix.htm (2718 words)

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