Commentaries:Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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John 5:9
the same day was the sabbath—Beyond all doubt this was intentional, as in so many other healings, in order that when opposition arose on this account men might be compelled to listen to His claims and His teaching.
John 5:5-9
thirty and eight years—but not all that time at the pool. This was probably the most pitiable of all the cases, and therefore selected.
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