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A pool in Jerusalem where Jesus healed a man born blind
JudeaA pool at the southern end of Jerusalem fed by the Gihon Spring through Hezekiah's tunnel. Jesus sent a man born blind to wash in the Pool of Siloam, and the man received his sight (John 9:7). Jesus also referenced the collapse of the Tower of Siloam, which killed 18 people, to challenge the assumption that suffering means someone sinned more than others (Luke 13:4).
Luke
Tragedy, Trees, and Tiny Seeds
Siloam is the Jerusalem neighborhood where a tower collapsed and killed eighteen people — Jesus uses it as a second data point to dismantle the crowd's assumption that disasters are targeted divine punishment.
John
The Man Who Saw Everything
Siloam is the pool where Jesus sends the blind man to wash the mud from his eyes — the man obeys, and he returns able to see for the first time in his life.
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