“When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he saith unto him, Wilt thou be made whole?”
The sick man answered, 'Sir, 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.' — the man's response reveals his condition's psychology: he is trapped in ritualistic hope (the stirred water) and feels victimized by others' speed. He cannot conceive of healing apart from the pool's mechanism, showing the limitation of his faith and understanding.
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