#sheep gate

Eliashib and The Sheep Gate

Then Elyashiv the Kohen Gadol rose up with his brothers the Kohanim, and they built the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even to the tower of Hammeah they sanctified it, to the tower of Hanan'el. — Nehemiah 3:1 | Hebrew Names Version (HNV) The Hebrew Names Version Bible is in the public domain. Cross References: 1 Kings 6:31-35; 1 Kings 8:62-63; 2 Kings 12:4-15; 2 Chronicles 7:56; 2 Chronicles 24:4-14; Ezra 3:2; Ezra 3:8-9; Ezra 6:16-17; Nehemiah 7:1; Nehemiah 12:27-43; Jeremiah 31:38-40; Ezekiel 34:11-16; Zechariah 14:10; John 5:2; John 10:7-8

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Why did no one help the man for 38 years?

John 5:1-9 Now in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate there is a pool, called in Hebrew Beth-zatha, which has five porticoes. In these lay many invalids– blind, lame, and paralyzed. One man was there who had been ill for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had been there a long time, he said to him, “Do you want to be made well?” (Read the whole passage) Sermon We are…

“Do You Want to be Healed?”

Seeing stirred waters through a different lens. Photo credit: E.Thomas, 2016 The Healing at Bethesda (John 5:1-9)

5 After these things there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

2 Now there is in Jerusalem by the sheep gate a pool, which is called in[a]Hebrew [b]Bethesda, having five porticoes. 3 In these lay a multitude of those who were sick, blind, lame, and withered, [[c]…