The Miracle of the lame man who walked

Posted in Bible, Miracle, Religion on Tuesday, 1 February 2011

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Jesus was one of the most controversial figures of His time, not only because of the views He expressed peacefully and at times more energetically, even angrily, but also because of His more mysterious actions and deeds. His miracles are among the most inexplicable facts of His life, and represent brightly lit windows on the Divine presence within Him. The miracle in which He cures a lame man is a curious tale because it also involves a scenario in which people are already being healed by angelic intervention. Near the pool at Bethesda a man sits cross-legged on his mat. He is approached by Jesus, and it transpires that he has been lame for some thirty-eight years.

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Jesus heals the lame man at Bethesda, by Clive Uptton

His difficulty is that he has no helper to take him to the water after the angelic visitation has stirred the pool at Bethesda with restorative powers. So Jesus is both concerned about his physical condition and moved by the fact that people have ignored him, disregarded his equally valid need for compassion and assistance. Empathy is always the key to Jesus where the suffering are concerned. The lame man takes up his mat and walks. But the story is not over, because the miracle is performed on the Sabbath. Both Jesus and the healed man are in deep trouble with the neurotic religious leaders and their strict observance of Sabbath laws. But His explanation creates even more problems. He asserts that since they agree that God can work on the Sabbath, then it follows that so can He, being the Son of God.

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