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Jhn 5:4 — 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

whosoever		The sanative property of this pool has been supposed by some to have been communicated by the blood of the sacrifices, and others have referred it to the mineral properties of the waters. But, 1. The beasts for sacrifice were not washed here, but in a laver in the temple. 2. No natural property could cure all manner of diseases. 3. The cure only extended to the first who entered. 4. It took place only at one particular time. 5. As the healing was effected by immersion, it must have been instantaneous; and it was never failing in it effects. All which, not being observed in medicinal waters, determine the cures to have been miraculous, as expressly stated in the text.
first		Psa 119:60; Pro 6:4; Pro 8:17; Ecc 9:10; Hsa 13:13; Mat 6:33; Mat 11:12; Luk 13:24-28; Luk 16:16
was made		2Ki 5:10-14; Eze 47:8; Zec 13:1; Zec 14:8; 1Cr 6:11; 1Jo 1:7

Correlating Passages

first

	Psa 119:60	I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.
	Pro 6:4	Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
	Pro 8:17	I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.
	Ecc 9:10	Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do [it] with thy might; for [there is] no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
	Hsa 13:13	The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he [is] an unwise son; for he should not stay long in [the place of] the breaking forth of children.
	Mat 6:33	But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
	Mat 11:12	And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.
	Luk 13:24	Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
	Luk 13:25	When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are:
	Luk 13:26	Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets.
	Luk 13:27	But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all [ye] workers of iniquity.
	Luk 13:28	There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you [yourselves] thrust out.
	Luk 16:16	The law and the prophets [were] until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.

was made

	2Ki 5:10	And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean.
	2Ki 5:11	But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the LORD his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper.
	2Ki 5:12	[Are] not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage.
	2Ki 5:13	And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, [if] the prophet had bid thee [do some] great thing, wouldest thou not have done [it]? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?
	2Ki 5:14	Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.
	Eze 47:8	Then said he unto me, These waters issue out toward the east country, and go down into the desert, and go into the sea: [which being] brought forth into the sea, the waters shall be healed.
	Zec 13:1	In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness.
	Zec 14:8	And it shall be in that day, [that] living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be.
	1Cr 6:11	And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
	1Jo 1:7	But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

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Scott, Thomas. "John 5:4," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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