Pool of Bethesda

As follow-up on yesterday’s post I wanted to include a photo of the pool of Bethesda. There were actually two adjacent pools. Our photo shows excavations of the southern pool.

Southern Pool of Bethesda. Setting of John 5. Photo by Leon Mauldin.

Southern Pool of Bethesda. Setting of John 5. Photo by Leon Mauldin.

These pools date back to about 200 BC, and furnished water for the temple. As noted yesterday, this is the setting of the miracle of John 5, when Jesus healed the man who had been lame for 38 years.

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This entry was posted on Tuesday, May 14th, 2013 at 11:00 PM and is filed under Bible History and Geography, Bible Study, Israel, Jerusalem, New Testament, photography, Turkey. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

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  1. Pools Around the Temple | Leon's Message Board says:
    November 17, 2016 at 4:35 PM

    […] previous posts on Bethesda can be seen by clicking here, here, here and […]

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