After these things Jesus went up to Jerusalem to a Feast of the Jews,
and visited the Pool of Bethesda. There he saw a man who had been
infirm for thirty-eight years. After talking with him Jesus cured
him, although it was Sabbath. (John 5:1-8.)
_Van Lint, Plate 61,_ shows the man arising with his bed, verse 9.
[Illustration: Healing of the Impotent Man.]
Plate 61. _Healing of the Impotent Man._ Peter Van Lint.
_Bida, Plate 60,_ represents the instant when Jesus is giving the
command, but before the man has grasped its meaning. Both artists
suggest the pool, with its colonnade, or porches. Perhaps a
subsequent event is illustrated by _Van Dyck, Plate 62,_ for
"Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold
thou art made whole; sin no more lest a worse thing befall thee."
(John 5:14.)
[Illustration: Healing of the Impotent Man.]
Plate 60. _Healing of the Impotent Man._ Alexandra Bida. 1813-1895.
[Illustration: Talking with the Lame Man, Bethesda.]
Plate 62. _Talking with the Lame Man, Bethesda._ Van Dyck. 1599-1641.
_Dore, Plate 63,_ gives an interpretation of Matt. 12:1-8. The
Pharisees are accusing the disciples of breaking the Sabbath by
plucking the heads of wheat, and Jesus is excusing them. The Master
seems to be saying, "Have ye not read what David did when he was an
hungered, and they that were with him? . . . If ye had known ye would
not have condemned the guiltless. The Son of man is lord of the
Sabbath. The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath."
(Mark 2:27.)
[Illustration: Jesus and His Disciples Going Through the Cornfield.]
Plate 63. _Jesus and His Disciples Going Through the Cornfield._
Gustave Dore. 1833-1883.