Neville Goddard on John 5:1-2 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read John 5 in context

Scripture Focus

1After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

2Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.

John 5:1-2

Biblical Context

Jesus goes to Jerusalem for a feast and finds the pool called Bethesda by the sheep gate with five porches. The scene hints at healing arising from a higher interior process.

Neville's Inner Vision

John 5:1-2 sets before us not a hospital of stones, but the inner city of your own awareness. The feast and the gate symbolize a rhythm of attention, while Bethesda, the pool, signifies a living state in consciousness where healing flows when you accept who you are as I AM. Five porches represent different poles of your thinking—memory, expectation, belief, desire, and gratitude—through which the living water can thread if you align with the I AM rather than cling to lack. Jesus appears as consciousness embodied, not a person outside you, inviting you to step beyond ordinary view into a state of trust where the healing is already present. The events are movements of mind: you move toward a fixed, interior recognition that the presence of God is here, now; the pool is always full in the inner sense. Your faith isn't about begging; it is the act of assuming the healed state and letting imagination render it outwardly.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and rest in the I AM while picturing Bethesda's pool inside your chest; declare 'I am healed now' and feel the returning energy as proof. This simple revision aligns you with the state of wholeness.