Talk:The blind man of Bethsaida

Identical articles
There is another, almost identical article with the same name as this one, except the b in blind and the m in man is capitalized. I don't know whether the articles should be merged or one should be deleted. The other page is the one the other articles direct to, but I think this one was made first. So if a more experienced editor who knows what to do could handle it, that would be great. -Kerplunk- 23:44, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

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Edit: John 5:1-15 tells of the healing of an invalid man at a pool called Bathesda. Some manuscripts call the pool Bethsiada. If this is the same Bathsaida as the one mentioned above then a great number of mighty works were preformed there even before the time Jesus walked the Earth. John 5:4, which is contained only in the footnotes of NIV bibles because it is only recorded in later manuscripts, but is believed to be an add-in by scribes to clarify the reason for the invalid man being at the pool for readers unfimiliar to the pool's history, says, "From time to time an angel of the Lord would come down and stir up the waters. The first one into the pool after each such disturbance would be cured of whatever disease he had." -This edit was done by Nathan Rogers of Stafford, Va.