2 Upon the day before the Sabbath day they reached Mount Olives and they tarried at an inn before Mount Olives on the north.
3 And in the early morning of the Sabbath day they went in through the sheep gate to Jerusalem.
4 The healing fountain of Bethesda, near the gate, was thronged about with people who were sick;
5 For they believed that at a certain time an angel came and poured a healing virtue in the pool, and those who entered first and bathed, would be made whole.
6 And Jesus and the twelve were standing near the pool.
7 And Jesus saw a man near by who had been stricken eight and thirty years; without a hand to help he could not move.
8 And Jesus said to him, My brother, man, would you be healed?
9 The man replied, I earnestly desire to be healed; but I am helpless and when the angel comes and pours the healing virtues in the pool,
10 Another who can walk, steps in the fountain first and I am left unhealed.
11 And Jesus said, Who sends an angel here to potentize this pool for just a favored few?