Bible Discussion Thread

"An angel went down and troubled the water..." that is, so they supposed. The meaning is, that such was the popular opinion; for that God would really thus miraculously interpose, to throw down, from time to time, a single boon among a company of cripples, to be seized by the most forward, selfish, and eager, leaving those most discouraged, helpless, and miserable, to be overwhelmed again and again with bitter disappointment, is a supposition not admissible. The foregoing is from the Abbott New Testament Commentary. This recorded incident cannot be an action of the God of love. It is inconceivable that God would pit disabled and distressed people against one another to receive physical healing. There is no scriptural precedent for anything like this.
Some corrupt and perverted translations have, "angel of the Lord." NO, NO, NO if anything this is one of Satan's angels. Revelation 12:9 "And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him."