Originally Posted by worldly

we need someone good at searching through the bible.
could it be another verse they tell him that the supposed
to be good at it healers had failed so they challenged
if jesus was as good as claimed?

Guys my memory is not to be trusted that way
but my gut feeling is that the text does refer to these
Therapeutae somethign but maybe don't mention that term
could it be the comments in some Bible from the Translators
giving their understanding and the text itself only mention
Healers or something. Did they mention a Bath and that
it was used for to heal persons? Sorry I have to give up
I get headache thinking about it.

Originally Posted by WIKI

The Pool of Bethesda is a pool of water in the Muslim Quarter of Jerusalem, on the path of the Beth Zeta Valley. The Gospel of John describes such a pool in Jerusalem, near the Sheep Gate, which is surrounded by five covered colonnades. It is associated with healing.


History

The history of the pool began in the 8th century BC, when a dam was built across the short Beth Zeta valley, turning it into a reservoir for rain water;[24][25][26] a sluice-gate in the dam allowed the height to be controlled, and a rock-cut channel brought a steady stream of water from the reservoir into the city[24] The reservoir became known as the Upper Pool (בריכה העליונה). Around 200 BC, during the period in which Simon II was the Jewish High Priest, the channel was enclosed, and a second pool was added on the south side of the dam;[24][25][26] although popular legend argues that this pool was used for washing sheep, this is very unlikely due to the pool's use as a water supply, and its extreme depth (13m).

In the 1st century BC, natural caves to the east of the two pools were turned into small baths, as part of an asclepieion;[24][27] however, the Mishnah implies that at least one of these new pools was sacred to Fortuna,[28] the goddess of fortune, rather than Asclepius, the god of healing.[29] Scholars think it likely that this development was founded by the Roman garrison of the nearby Antonia Fortress,[24] who would also have been able to protect it from attack[27] the location of the asclepieion, outside the then city walls, would have made its presence tolerable to the Jews, who might otherwise have objected to a non-Jewish religious presence in their holy city.[27]

In the mid 1st century AD, Herod Agrippa expanded the city walls, bringing the asclepieion into the city. When Hadrian rebuilt Jerusalem as Aelia Capitolina, he placed a roadway along the dam, and expanded the asclepieion into a large temple to Asclepius and Serapis.[24] In the Byzantine era, the asclepieion was converted to a church.

Originally Posted by mountainman

Who were the therapeutae in antiquity?

Originally Posted by stephan huller

θεραπευτής* comes from a root that means "to attend" usually the gods

Originally Posted by Sheshbazzar

You ought to know by now, the tune is an old one. Bullneck & Co, in the name of Christ Jebus slaughtered 'em all and burned all of the evidence.
Leaving us not much to talk about.

Originally Posted by outhouse

Not much to talk about, other then a little known hellenistic community.

Originally Posted by mountainman

The Asclepian network of temples do represent a little known hellenistic community to those who have not examined them. Do some homework.

Originally Posted by outhouse

Your confusing the two.

How much influence is the only question.