John 5:39
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Get a full Reformed explanation of this passageBethesda was a pool near Jerusalem’s Sheep Gate, where Jesus had healed a disabled man earlier in John 5. The setting matters because the controversy over that healing leads Jesus to confront religious leaders who search the Scriptures yet refuse to come to him, whom those Scriptures testify about.
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John 5:39 mentions Bethesda, Jerusalem and Sheep Gate.
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