A moment in scripture
John 5:7
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The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me.
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The surrounding passage
- John 5:5
And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years.
- John 5:6
When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he saith unto him, Wilt thou be made whole?
- John 5:8
Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk.
- John 5:9
And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked: and on the same day was the sabbath.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.