Jesus Heals One Man at Bethesda's Pool
Among a crowd of sick people waiting at the pool, Jesus saw one man, knew his thirty-eight years, and healed him by speaking. The cure came from Christ's authority, not the water or the man's effort.
John 5:19–29: The Son Does the Father's Works
Jesus does not perform works alongside the Father but only what he sees the Father doing. That claim carries his power to give life and to judge, and it anchors the promise that those who hear and believe have already crossed from death into life.
Canonical context: reading each passage within the whole Bible: A Step-by-Step Guide
Jesus tells his hearers that the Scriptures they search are genuinely about him, and that searching is not the same as coming to him for life. Reading the whole Bible toward Christ is a call to meet the person the text announces, not a technique for mastery.