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John 5:4

For an angel. The water was intermittent from the upper springs of the waters of Gihon (see App-68, and 2 Chronicles 32:33, Revised Version) The common belief of the man expressed in John 5:7 is hereby described. All will be clear, if we insert. parenthesis, thus: "For [it was said that] an angel", &c.

at. certain season. from time to time. Greek. kata (App-104. kairon.

into. Greek. en. App-104.

troubled. Greek. tarasso. Compare John 11:33; John 12:27; John 13:21; John 14:1; John 14:27.

whole. well or sound. Greek. hugies. Seven times in John. Compare John 7:23.

he had. held him fast. See note on "withholdeth", 2 Thessalonians 2:6.

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