Joh 5:5 | TNotes | STEP | 5:5 No social program helped this man, who had been ill for thirty-eight years . Hygiene and mobility were impossible, and he likely begged for a living from people who came to use the pool (see 5:7 ). His situation seemed hopeless.

‏ John 5:5

5:5 ^a No social program helped this man, who had been ill for thirty-eight years. Hygiene and mobility were impossible, and he likely begged for a living from people who came to use the pool (see 5:7 ^b). His situation seemed hopeless.