John 5:7

have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool.

His attention was excited, but his only thought was of being healed by the pool. He explains that he has no man to put him into the pool, and his movements are so slow on account of his infirmity that some one else always anticipates him. His answer reveals the ideas that prevailed. The water was agitated at intervals, probably by an intermittent spring, and they supposed that the first one to enter after would receive the benefit. Only one could be healed at. time. No doubt many were, even without. miracle. In nervous diseases faith is the great healing power.