Christ heals a man, who has been ill for thirty-eight years, at the Bath of Betzata. A man is immersed in the bath. The sick, the blind, the lame, and the deformed sit around the water. In the sky an angel flies. Below the depiction a reference in Latin to the Bible text in John 5:2. Christ heals the sick of Betzata (Bethesda) Miracles of Christ Theatrum biblicum , print maker: Johannes Wierix, (mentioned on object), Gerard van Groeningen, publisher: Claes Jansz. Visscher (II), print maker: Antwerp, publisher: Amsterdam, 1585 and/or 1643, paper, engraving, h 206 mm × w 258 mm

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