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For an angel. The water was intermittent from the upper springs of the waters of Gihon (see App-68, and 2Ch_32:33, Revised Version) The common belief of the man expressed in Joh_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 Joh_11:33; Joh_12:27; Joh_13:21; Joh_14:1, Joh_14:27.
whole = well or sound. Greek. hugies. Seven times in John. Compare Joh_7:23.
he had = held him fast. See note on "withholdeth", 2Th_2:6.