John 5:7

New English Translation

The sick man answered him, “Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up. While I am trying to get into the water, someone else goes down there before me.”

Cross References

Psalm 142:4

Look to the right and see! No one cares about me. I have nowhere to run; no one is concerned about my life.

Psalm 72:12

For he will rescue the needy when they cry out for help, and the oppressed who have no defender.

John 5:2

Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool called Bethzatha in Aramaic, which has five covered walkways.

John 5:3

A great number of sick, blind, lame, and paralyzed people were lying in these walkways.

John 5:6

When Jesus saw him lying there and when he realized that the man had been disabled a long time already, he said to him, “Do you want to become well?”

Romans 5:6

For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.

1 Corinthians 9:24

Do you not know that all the runners in a stadium compete, but only one receives the prize? So run to win.

Deuteronomy 32:36

The Lord will judge his people, and will change his plans concerning his servants; when he sees that their power has disappeared, and that no one is left, whether confined or set free.