Pool of Siloam, Blind Man Healed, 4 Purposes of Sickness, City of David, Gihon Spring, Jerusalem

Historical Background
1. The Pool of Siloam was a large purification mitzvah for the Jewish holy festivals like the Passover, Feast of Tabernacles, Pentecost, etc.
2. The historian, Josephus, who lived during the time of Christ, records that up to a million Jews would make pilgrimages to Jerusalem on these holy festivals. These Jews had to be purified before entering the Temple Mount.
3. It was the size of two Olympic sized swimming pools.
4. It has the same kind of stones and style as the Southern Stairs.
5. Its water source comes from the Gihon Spring in the City of David.
6. The water runs through Hezekiah’s Tunnel, which was built in 700 BC to prevent Jerusalem’s water source from being cut off by the warring army of the Assyrians.

Places of Interest
1. Pool of Siloam
2. Road from the Pool of Siloam leading up to the southern entrance to the temple
3. Southern temple entrance
4. Gihon Spring
5. City of David
6. Temple Mount
7. Hezekiah's Tunnel

Pool of Siloam in the Bible
1. Jesus performed an amazing miracle here by healing a blind man.
John 9:1–7
2. Why did Jesus make clay out of dirt and His saliva?
To possibly show that He was the Creator and formed Adam and Eve out of the dust of the ground.
3. Why the Pool of Siloam?
It was a key purification place, and multitudes of people were likely present to witness the miracle.
It was an example of living water. John 7:37–38: Now on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink. He who believes in Me, as the