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John 5:7

King James Version (KJV)

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John 5:7

Verse 7 of 47

Scripture focus

The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me.

John 5:7 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on John 5:7

Theological / Devotional

I have no man. The pathetic reply of the afflicted man lays bare a story of physical misery, of desertion by friends, and of the repeated revival of hope, followed each time by bitter disappointment. At this point in the narrative his hope was still centered on the supposedly miraculous pool. Apparently it had not yet occurred to him that Jesus could heal him by other means.

By SdaBc