When Jesus Christ came to the pool of Bethesda, in Him was feelings of compassion, for He was a Man of sorrow, acquainted with grief. And He loved the people. But when He came to that pool where approximately, I’d say, when the Bible said, “Great multitudes…” where there’d be none less than ten thousand. Saw one place referred that as fifty thousand. Now, let’s say approximately a low number, ten thousand people laying there that was halt, blind, lame, withered, and all kinds of conditions like that. And here came Jesus the Son of God. Well, He was—He was God on earth. He was God in the flesh: First Timothy 3:16, “Without controversy, great is the mystery of God, for God was manifested in flesh.” The Bible said that God was in Christ reconciling Himself to the world. The only way that God could make Himself known, was to live in His Son, Christ Jesus, suffer death and temptation for all human race. And He had all the qualities of the Father was in Him.

The Pool of Bethesda, 1950-08-11, Cleveland, OH, §5