Arizona republican., 1917-02-24
International Sunday School Lesson for
 Feb. 25
JESUS AT THE POOL
 OF BETHESDA

Golden Text.-"It was Jesus which had made him whole" Jno. 5:15.
 Lesson TeNt-Jno 5:1-15 (Memor- 1e Ts. s. 9.)
 G1 After this (these thngsl there vas a feast of the Jews. and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. @ Now there at Jerusalem by the sheep market
 gate). a pool which is called in the Iebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches t3) In these lay 9 great multitude of impotent folks (them that &ere sick), of blind. halt withered, waiting for the moving of the water. t4) For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool. and trou- bled the water. whosoever then first after the troubling of the water step ped in, was made whole of whatsoever disease he had. (5) And a certain man was there. which had an inform ity thirty and eight years. (6) When Jesus saw him lie Qying) and knew that he had been now a long time in that case. he saith unto him. Wilt tWouldsD thou be made whole? (D The inpotent (siclD man answered him, Sir l have no man when the water is troubled. to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me t6) Jesus saith unto him. Arise. take up thy bed, and walk. (9) And immediately the man was made whole, and tooa up his bed and walked: And on the same day was the sabbath, (10) The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured. It is the sabbath day, it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed. CID He answered them, He that made mo whole, the same said lfa ht nd U2) Then asked they him. What (Who is the) man is that which said unto thee. Take up thy bed. and walk? d3) And he that was healed wist not who it was for Jesus had con veyed himself away a multitude being in that place. GD Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him. Behold. thou art made whole: sin no more. lest a worse thing come unto thee. 15) The man de parted and told the Jews that it was Jesus which had made him whole.
 Time.-April. A. D. 2S. Places Roof of Bethesda. Jerusalem.
 Exposition-@ Tn Need of the Great Physician, 1-5 An occasion of great rejoicing, "a feast or festival, took Jesus up to Jerusalem. There was joy in it for the wretchcd company so graphically pictured to us in verses and ]. How deeply engraven the scene was upon the memory of John, who here tells the story. There is not much real joy in any feast with out Christ in it. The coming of Christ brought joy to at least one miserable man. Jesus went up to the feast because this was the requirement of the Jewish law (EX. :23; of Gal. 4:4. It was a wretched company that was gathered around this pool, this multitude of them that were blind. halt, withered," a picture of the multitudes of this world Men soon found out that the best place to bring these afflicted ones was to Jesus Him self (Mat. 15: 3W Wretched men sought the pool. but Jesus first seeks the men. Apparently the most mis- erable and helpless and hopeless case present was the one that Jesus specially noticed and helped. He had been there often (v. ? and his case seemed to be beyond all hope; but it was not beyond hope because there is nothing too hard for the Lord (Gen. IS: II; Jer. 32: ID.
 r. Made Whole by the Great Phy- sician, 6-9. Jesus saw this man in his wretched and hopeless condition. | He always sees men in their wretch | edness, helplessness and hopelessness. | He was at once moved with compass | has that feeling as He looks upon the sufferings and misfortunes of man l fHeb. 13:S 4:15-l6; Isa. 639). The fact that he had been a long time in
 his wretchedness especially awakened