The Bible In Paintings: JESUS HEALS A PARALYTIC AT THE POOL OF BETHESDA

[Hebrews 11:6]

The Bible In Paintings
~ Encouragement for Appreciating and Applying God's Word ~

JESUS HEALS A
PARALYTIC AT THE
POOL OF BETHESDA

֎ Featuring 2 Etchings, 30 Paintings and 1 Photograph ֎

J O H N
CHAPTER 5

Some time later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem for a feast of the Jews. Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool, which in Aramaic is called Bethesda and which is surrounded by five covered colonnades. Here a great number of disabled people used to lie— the blind, the lame, the paralyzed. One who was there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in this condition for a long time, he asked him, “Do you want to get well?”

“Sir,” the invalid replied, “I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am trying to get in, someone else goes down ahead of me.”

Then Jesus said to him, “Get up! Pick up your mat and walk.” At once the man was cured; he picked up his mat and walked.

The day on which this took place was a Sabbath, and so the Jews said to the man who had been healed, “It is the Sabbath; the law forbids you to carry your mat.”

But he replied, “The man who made me well said to me, ‘Pick up your mat and walk.’ ”

So they asked him, “Who is this fellow who told you to pick it up and walk?”

The man who was healed had no idea who it was, for Jesus had slipped away into the crowd that was there.

Later Jesus found him at the temple and said to him, “See, you are well again. Stop sinning or something worse may happen to you.” The man went away and told the Jews that IT WAS JESUS WHO HAD MADE HIM WELL.

1
JAMES TISSOT
"Pool of Bethesda"

2
ROBERT BATEMAN
"Pool of Bethesda"

3
PALMA IL GIOVANE
"Christ Healing the Paralytic at Bethesda"

4
CARL HEINRICH BLOCH
"Christ Healing the Sick at the Pool of Bethesda"

5
WILLIAM BRASSEY HOLE
"Jesus Cures a Sick Man"

6
BARTOLOME ESTEBAN MURILLO
"Christ Healing the Paralytic at the Pool of Bethesda"

7
RYAN L JONES
"Bethesda - House of Mercy"

8
PIETER AERTSEN
"Christ Healing"

9
GIAN PAOLO PANINI
"The Pool at Bethesda"

10
DOUGLAS RAMSEY
"Healing at the Pool"

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Source

12
PIETER VAN LINT
"Christ Healing the Lame at the Pool of Bethesda"

13
SEBASTIANO RICCI
"Christ Healing the Lame Man at the Pool of Bethesda"

14
Source

15
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16
Source

17
WILLIAM HOGARTH
"The Pool of Bethesda"

18
KIDMANIAC
"Jesus Heals the Man at the Pool of Bethesda"

19
Source

20
JAN FRANZEVICH CIOGLINSKY
"The Miracle at the Pool of Bethesda"

21
GIOVANNI DOMENICO TIEPOLO
"The Miracle of the Pool of Bethesda"

22
LUCIO MASSARI
"Probatic Pool"

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Source

24
JACOB JORDAENS
"Christ Healing the Paralytic at the Pool of Bethesda"

25
ARTUS WOLFFORT
"The Pool of Bethesda"

26
Source

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28
SIMON FRANCOIS RAVENET
"The Pool of Bethesda"

29
DOMENICO CUNEGO
"Jesus Christ Healing the Lame at the Pool of Bethesda"

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31
ABRAHAM HONDIUS
"Jésus à la Piscine de Bethsaïda"

32
PEDRO ORRENTE
"Healing the paralytic at Bethesda"

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33
ANTHONY VAN DYCK
"Christ Healing the Paralytic"

New International Version ©1984, EMPHASES Added

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[Hebrews 11:6]

JESUS HEALS A
PARALYTIC AT THE
POOL OF BETHESDA

[InkStone]

Good Morning Dan, and a joyful Saturday to each of you!
A fine continuance of miracles presented by our Savior. Sometimes I wonder if He healed intentionally on the Sabbath, to reveal hypocrisy.

#5 Hole
#15 (artist unknown)
#16 Copping

Dan, much appreciative of you many hours of labor to bring us this Bible Art Ministry =:^)

[Hebrews 11:6]

if He healed intentionally on the Sabbath

It certainly appears to be the case.

Thanks for your acknowledgment. Leon.

[left that other site]

Good Morning, Dan. :-)

[Hebrews 11:6]

Hi, ML! On my way to J.

[etabeta]

All are fine examples of this miracle. #3 by Bloch, the great Danish painter well known for his depiction of the ministry of Christ.
#6 by Murillo.
There is some symbolism in the painting by Ramsey at #10. Christ stands between the paralytic and the waters of the pool. The pool represents the false hope of men for healing, Christ, with his larger than life figure, is intentionally obstructing the superstition of men with the promise of eternal healing represented by the sky and the light emanating from above. Very compelling.
#16 by Copping; #19 and #30.

[Hebrews 11:6]

Ramsey’s Christ towers over the paralytic, who has a choice: deal with Him now, or later find out how He towers at the Great White-Throne Judgment.

[InkStone]

Your teaching helps us- as we look at each painting, to look more deeply and understand the meanings of the symbols. Thank you =:^)

[etabeta]

You are very welcome, InkStone.

[Scott from the Left Coast]

#10 reminds me very much of a dream I had many years ago (the coloring and vision). I was, however, so terrified I woke up with a scream. I realized almost immediately how disappointing it was to wake myself and I felt badly about being afraid…but I’ve always remembered this dream and always will.

[SisterK]

#11 is so tight, it almost looks like a photograph
Jesus is The Light in #11 and #16, but ever so quiet and gentle
#15 and #30 also nice works

[Hebrews 11:6]

#11 is, indeed, a photo, I believe. I think it's from the Jesus movie.

[SisterK]

ok
thank you FRiend

[nicollo]

Nice! And here we have it explicitly, “Stop sinning or something worse may happen to you.”

I vote for no. 15 for the depiction of indifference around the paralytic, which was what he truly suffered from.

[Hebrews 11:6]

paralytic: “Woe is me.”