For the guitarist, see John Lowery. John 5 is the fifth chapter of the Gospel of John of the New Testament of the Christian Bible. Healing at Bethesda Jesus goes to Jerusalem for a feast. At the Pool of Bethesda he heals a paralyzed man. Jesus tells him to "Pick up your mat and walk!" This takes place on the sabbath, and many people see the man carrying his mat and tell him this is against the law. He tells them the man who healed him told him to do so, and they ask who that was. He tries to point out Jesus, but he has slipped away into the crowd. Jesus comes to him later and tells him "Stop sinning or something worse may happen to you." The man then tells people it was Jesus who healed him. This story is very similar to one that takes place in the synoptic gospels, ([LINK: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=48&chapter=2&version=31] Mark 2,