Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
John 5:3 Cross-References
Explore 9 cross-references for John 5:3 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting John chapter 5 verse 3 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water.”
John 5:3 (KJV)
Commentary on John 5:3
'In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water.' The scene is desperate—blind, lame, paralyzed people waiting for an uncertain cure. The 'moving of the water' refers to periodic disturbance, superstitiously believed to have healing properties. Religion without power produces waiting, not healing. The multitude represents humanity's hopeless condition apart from divine intervention.
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for John 5:3
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“and there was a man there who had his hand withered.”
“Go and tell John the things which you have seen and heard: that the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them.,Then Jesus answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell John what things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached.,,,,,,,,”
“having with them the lame”
“It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.”
“and on his right eye. His arm will be completely withered”
“brothers”
“watching daily at my gates”
“we wait for it with patience.”
“when the king heard the saying of the man of God”