It’s surrounded by five rows of columns that have a roof over them. A great number of people who were disabled used to lie down by that pool. These included people who were blind, who couldn’t walk, and who could hardly move.
Jesus went all over Galilee, teaching in the synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every illness and sickness that the people had.
Some of the Pharisees said, “This Jesus is not from God, because he doesn’t keep the Sabbath day.” But others asked, “How could a sinner do such signs?” So the Pharisees were divided.
One Sabbath day when Jesus was walking through some grainfields, his disciples began to break off heads of grain, rub them in their hands, and eat them.