Siloam

How Nave’s arranged it

• Also called SHILOAH and SILOAH
• A pool in JerusalemNehemiah 3:15Isaiah 8:6
• Jesus directs the blind man whom he had healed to wash inJohn 9:1–11
• Tower of, in the wall of Jerusalem, falls and kills eighteen peopleLuke 13:4

The passages, in Bible order (4)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 4 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Nehemiah 3:15

   The Fountain Gate was repaired by Shallun son of Col-hozeh, ruler of the district of Mizpah. He rebuilt it, roofed it, and installed its doors, bolts, and bars. He also repaired the wall of the Pool of Shelah near the king’s garden, as far as the stairs that descend from the City of David.

   ›Commentary on Nehemiah 3:152 voices

   “And the walls of the pool of Siloam in the garden of the king, etc. Therefore, Siloa, which is interpreted as the sent one, where the man born blind and was illuminated, signifies the Lord Savior, who was sent by God the Father for our …

   “But the gate of the fountain,....

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2. Isaiah 8:6

   “Because this people has rejected the gently flowing waters of Shiloah and rejoiced in Rezin and the son of Remaliah,

   ›Commentary on Isaiah 8:62 voices

   Obviously the only way to preserve the understanding of this passage is to explain its spiritual meaning. By the softly proceeding water of Siloam it means the gospel teaching of the word of salvation, because Siloam means "sent with a message." This would be God the Word, who was sent by the Father, of whom Moses says, "A ruler will not fail from Judah, nor a prince from his loins, until the one for whom it is stored up comes, and he is the expectation of the nations."

   “(Verse 5, et seq.) And the Lord added, speaking to me again, saying: Because this people has rejected the waters of Siloam that flow gently, and has preferred Rezin and the son of Remaliah, therefore behold, the Lord will bring upon them the mighty and abundant waters of the river, the king of Assyria and all his glory. And it will rise above all its channels, and overflow over all its banks. And it will pass through Judah, flooding and reaching up to the neck. And the spreading of its wings will fill the breadth of your land, O Emmanuel.

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3. Luke 13:4

   Or those eighteen who were killed when the tower of Siloam collapsed on them: Do you think that they were more sinful than all the others living in Jerusalem?

   ›Commentary on Luke 13:42 voices

   “The tower in Siloam - This tower was probably built over one of the porticoes near the pool, which is mentioned Joh 9:7. See also Neh 3:15. Debtors, οφειλεται, a Jewish phrase for sinners. Persons professing to be under the law are bound by the law to be obedient to all its precepts; those who obey not are reckoned debtors to the law, or rather to that Divine justice from which the law came.

   “As those eighteen, upon whom, etc. Here he reproves the negligence of repenting by an assumed example, which is conformable to the example heard; in which the gravity of the punishment is set forth first, and the depth of wickedness is denied, and the necessity …

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4. John 9:1–11

   Now as Jesus was passing by, He saw a man blind from birth,

   ›Commentary on John 9:1–112 voices

   “For [they hold] that perfect Nous, previously begotten by the perfect Bythus, was not capable of rendering that production which issued from him perfect, but [could only bring it forth] utterly blind to the knowledge and greatness of the Father.

   “And as Jesus passed by,....

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