John 5:1-9 Soon another Feast came around and Jesus was back in Jerusalem.  Near the Sheep Gate in Jerusalem there was a pool, in Hebrew called Bethesda, with five alcoves. Hundreds of sick people—blind, crippled, paralyzed—were in these alcoves. One man had been an invalid there for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him stretched out by the pool and knew how long he had been there, he said, “Do you want to get well?”  The sick man said, “Sir, when the water is stirred, I don’t have anybody to put me in the pool. By the time I get there, somebody else is already in.”  Jesus said, “Get up, take your bedroll, start walking.” The man was healed on the spot. He picked up his bedroll and walked off.

Jesus yet again does the miraculous.  He takes a man who has been paralyzed from birth and heals him.  Instantly, the man is up and walking.  Now think about this…  This man has never walked before in his life.  Shouldn’t there be a learning curve?  But instead, this man not only gains strength in his legs but his equilibrium as well.

As great as this miracle was, I can’t help but wonder about the hundreds of other sick people who were at the pool that day as well.  Of all those who were sick, why did Jesus only heal one?  What about the others?