The Bible tells us only a couple things about the man that Jesus healed at the Pool of Bethesda: 1) He went to the pool in order to be healed by its reported power. 2) At the time when he was healed, he had been paralyzed for thirty-eight years. The Bible does not give us his name or mention anyone to whom he was related. In The Chosen, the man at the pool is given the name Jesse and is depicted as the brother of Simon the Zealot (see more above).