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October 24, 2025

Did an Angel Really Stir Up the Water and Heal People at the Pool of Bethesda?

Angel, Heal, healing, John 5:4, Pool, Sick, Stir, Waters

Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Sam Marr are answering a question about the pool of Bethesda mentioned in John 5:4. Was there an actual angel who periodically stirred the waters to give healing as described in this verse? Or was this some other phenomena that people just mystically believed was from God? Please listen, and never miss an episode of the Grace in Focus Podcast!

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Who Took John 5:4 Out of My Bible?

July 4, 2018 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Bible study, John 5:4, Majority Text, Textual criticism

“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 from whatever disease he had” (John 5:4). A friend sent me Dr. Michael Heiser’s LogosTalk article “Who Took John 5:4 Out of My Bible?”