✨ Day 18 — The Study of Jesus, with Bonnie Moore

John 5:1–15 — “Do You Want to Be Made Well?”

This lesson brings us into Jerusalem, to a man who had waited 38 years for healing. What follows is a powerful display of mercy, authority, and challenge — both physical and spiritual.

1 After this 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 Hebrew, Bethesda, having five porches.

3 In these lay a great multitude of sick people, blind, lame, paralyzed, waiting for the moving of the water.

4 For an angel went down at a certain time into the pool and stirred up the water; then whoever stepped in first, after the stirring of the water, was made well of whatever disease he had.

5 Now a certain man was there who had an infirmity thirty-eight years.

6 When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he already had been in that condition a long time, He said to him, “Do you want to be made well?”

7 The sick man answered Him, “Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up; but while I am coming, another steps down before me.”

8 Jesus said to him, “Rise, take up your bed and walk.”

9 And immediately the man was made well, took up his bed, and walked. And that day was the Sabbath.

10 The Jews therefore said to him who was cured, “It is the Sabbath; it is not lawful for you to carry your bed.”

11 He answered them, “He who made me well said to me, ‘Take up your bed and walk.’”

12 Then they asked him, “Who is the Man who said to you, ‘Take up your bed and walk’?”

13 But the one who was healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn, a multitude being in that place.

14 Afterward Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him, “See, you have been made well. Sin no more, lest a worse thing come upon you.”

15 The man departed and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.

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✅ References — Day 18: John 5:1–15

📖 Bible Translation

• The Holy Bible, New King James Version. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1982.

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📚 Word Study and Lexicons

• Strong, James. Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible. Hendrickson Publishers, 2007.(Entries: G589 – Bethesda, G769 – astheneia, G5199 – hugiēs, G1453 – egeirō, G264 – hamartanō)
• Mounce, William D. Complete Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words. Zondervan, 2006.

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📖 Cultural and Historical Background

• Freeman, James M. The New Manners and Customs of the Bible. Bridge-Logos, 1998.
• Edersheim, Alfred. The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah. Hendrickson Publishers, 1993.
• Ritmeyer, Leen. The Quest: Revealing the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Carta Jerusalem, 2006.

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📚 Gospel Harmony Resources

• Thomas, Robert L. and Stanley N. Gundry, editors. A Harmony of the Gospels: With Explanations and Essays.HarperCollins, 1978.

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📜 Old Testament Cross-References

• Exodus 20:8–10; Deuteronomy 2:14; Psalm 103:2–3; Isaiah 53:5; Jeremiah 17:21; Ezekiel 47:8–9; Hosea 6:6; Psalm 68:5; Isaiah 61:1 — all quoted from the NKJV.

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💻 Study Partner Acknowledgment

• ChatGPT. “Day 18 — The Study of Jesus, with Bonnie Moore: John 5:1–15 – ‘Do You Want to Be Made Well?’” OpenAI, 2025, https://chat.openai.com.

This study was created in collaboration with ChatGPT, a research assistant designed to support deep, Christ-centered Bible study. All Scripture is taken from the New King James Version (NKJV), and supporting references include Strong’s Concordance, cultural background texts, and trusted harmony of the Gospels materials. May this work bring glory to God and encouragement to the hearts of those who read it. 🕊️