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Jesus healed man Pool Bethesda owned by Temple Asclepius

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English: Statue of Asclepius, exhibited in the Museum of Epidaurus Theatre. Deutsch: Statue des Asklepios, ausgestellt im Museum des antiken Theaters von Epidauros. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Jesus healed a man who couldn't get into a pool belonging to a Roman god Asclepius. The lower pool would flush from the upper pool and people were fooled by the rumor that an angel brought healing. Jesus healed the man to simply show, his belief was in a false ido and Jesus was God.  The history of the pool began in the 8th century BC , when a dam was built across the short Beth Zeta valley , turning it into a reservoir for rain water ;a sluice-gate in the dam allowed the height to be controlled, and a rock-cut channel brought a steady stream of water from the reservoir into the city The reservoir became known as the Upper Pool (בריכה העליונה). Around 200 BC , during the period in which Simon II was the Jewish High Priest , the channel was enclosed, and a second pool was added o