Summary of John 5:1-15
Jesus went up to Jerusalem. There was a pool called Bethesda, and a great number of disabled people used to lie near it. One who was there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. 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?” The man said he had no one to carry him to the pool. Jesus told him to pick up his mat and walk, and he did!
BSF Study Questions John’s Gospel: The Truth Lesson 7, Day 2: John 5:1-15
3) The man could not walk. He had been an invalid for 38 years. He was in need of spiritual healing since Jesus told him to stop sinning. He was hopeless since no one would help him into the water.
4a) Jesus asked the man if he wanted to get well. He asks this because some people don’t want to get well. It is also asking the man if he had faith in him to get well. The man explained his situation, which was hopeless.
b) Jesus said to the man, “Get up! Pick up your mat, and walk.” The commands required the man to do something (get up, pick up your mat, and walk) and required faith in Jesus’ words.
c) “Stop sinning or something worse may happen to you.” It shows Jesus’ concern for the man’s spiritual health as well as his physical health. He is warning the man to stop sinning especially since he now has a new life.
5) I feel in time, answers reveal themselves. In the moment, it is extremely difficult to keep moving forward!
Conclusions BSF Study Questions John’s Gospel: The Truth Lesson 7, Day 2: John 5:1-15
I love this miracle/sign of Jesus that John records. The power of Jesus when he speaks!
End Notes BSF Study Questions John’s Gospel: The Truth Lesson 7, Day 2: John 5:1-15
John 5 begins a new section in the Book of John. We’ll see a shift to more public disputes rather than Jesus as an unknown prophet.
The pool of Bethesda was a purported to be a place of healing.
Out of the multitude waiting, Jesus picked this man to heal. Spurgeon speculates that this was because no one else looked to Jesus for healing; instead, they looked at the water only.
The man responded out of faith, for he does what Jesus commands.
Jesus’ command to walk was to choose a new life.
Note the Jewish leaders asked the man who told him to walk, not who healed him. They didn’t care about the healing; all they cared about was who broke their man-made laws.
Jesus was just as concerned about the man’s spiritual health as he was for his physical health; in fact, more so, since this is infinitely more important.
The man reported Jesus out of fear of the religious leaders.
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