At the pool Bethesda: “Jesus saith unto him, ‘Rise, take thy bed, and walk.’ And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed and walked: and on the same day was the sabbath.” – John 5: 8-9
Around the pool there were many
seeking to be healed.
Of them all, the one he spied
was to the rest concealed.
The infirmed man for thirty-eight years
could barely move at all.
But on that day at Jesus' word
he stood up straight and tall.
He knew not then who cured him there.
But when he broke the rules,
the Righteous Ones demanded to know
who freed him at the pool.
He later learned that Jesus did it,
and told the Righteous Guild,
who from that day conspired and said,
"That Jesus must be killed!"