Verse 4
For an angel. The water was intermittent from the upper springs of the waters of Gihon (see App-68 , and 2 Chronicles 32:33 , Revised Version) The common belief of the man expressed in John 5:7 is hereby described. All will be clear, if we insert a parenthesis, thus: "For [it was said that] an angel", &c.
at a certain season = from time to time. Greek. kata ( App-104 . kairon .
into. Greek. en. App-104 .
troubled . Greek. tarasso. Compare John 11:33 ; John 12:27 ; John 13:21 ; John 14:1 , John 14:27 .
whole = well or sound. Greek. hugies. Seven times in John. Compare John 7:23 .
he had = held him fast. See note on "withholdeth", 2 Thessalonians 2:6 .
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