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Christ heals a man at the pool of Bethesda
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Christ heals a man at the pool of Bethesda

Lucas van Doetechum · 1585 · engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

On the left in the background, sick people wait at the pool of Bethesda until an angel comes to stir the water. A man who has been sick for thirty-eight years and has no one to carry him to the water lies to the right of the pool and is healed by Christ. Christ orders him to pick up his mat and walk. In the foreground, the healed man walks with his mat on his back past the temple. The Pharisees in front of the temple reprimand him because he carries a mat on the Sabbath. Below the image, a reference in Latin to the biblical text in John 5. This print is part of an album.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineChristus geneest een man bij het bad van Betzata. 1585. Lucas van Doetechum. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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