35. Church of St. Anne’s and Pool of Bethesda (Sheep’s pool)
36. Just inside Lions Gate or Stephens Gate is the Crusader Church of St. Anne … the traditional home of Anne and Joachim Mary’s parents…all three major religions of the Holy land have owned this property at some point…1856 the Ottoman Turks in gratitude for help in the Crimean war gave the church back to the French Christians
37. John 5:1-16…by the sheep market a pool…a certain man was there which had an infirmity 38 years…
Did the man healed come to the pool when Jesus was a boy he was infirm 38 years…Mary’s Mother lived right by the pool…what are the prevailing winds? Did they often smell the sweet savior of the incense? See the smoke and smell offerings while visiting grandmas house? What thoughts of future healing , cleansing and sacrifice must have flooded into to his perfect mind and heart filled vision and compassion….?