So, I got thinking, always dangerous for me to do!
About all that is in John chapter 5 ....
Okay and odd tale, probably based on some ancient superstition.
And Jerusalem certainly would not be alone in this idea.
Mexico, France and even Greece had these traditions!
( there maybe more but we are working with a crippled mind these days )
Taken place on the Sabbath, just doing much of anything would break the Sabbath!
Rules and regulation always triumphs over any discussion of faith.
Even picking up his bedroll was a violation,
Much less the question of walking perhaps too far,
Or carrying a friend to the pool ...
Get the idea here?
Most likely, everyone had broken the Law here!
But the leaders want to nail Jesus.
And to make it worse, Jesus brings up the question of sin.
Was this man stricten due to sin?
Well, he was told to sin no more.
Or worse would come his way!
Of couse he told the Rabbis,
Whom now were stalking Jesus to accumulate mor blame for him ....
Yeah, Jesus confronted and challenged the faithless.
And it was rarely appreciated.
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