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John 5 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Get Up and Walk

Answers here are a guide. Welcome any answer that shows a child is thinking about the story, and celebrate their effort. Talk About It questions are open, so they have no set answers.

PreschoolJesus Heals at the Pool

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Coloring and finding page: any careful coloring is a win. Help your child point to and name each picture above.

KindergartenGet Up and Walk

POOL → picture 2MAT → picture 1WALK → picture 4BIBLE → picture 3

Grade 1Get Up and Walk

The pool of Bethesda → picture 3Pick up your mat → picture 4Jesus finds him in the temple → picture 5The Father loves the Son → picture 1The Scriptures tell of Me → picture 2

Order:

1. The pool of Bethesda2. Pick up your mat3. Jesus finds him in the temple4. The Father loves the Son5. The Scriptures tell of Me

Grade 2The Man at the Pool

  1. Where did the sick people lie? Near a pool in Jerusalem
  2. How long had the man been sick? Thirty-eight years (circle)
  3. What did Jesus ask the man? Do you want to be made well?
  4. What did Jesus tell the man to pick up? His mat (circle)
  5. What does this story show about Jesus? He has power to heal.
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Grade 3Do You Want to Be Made Well?

  1. What was the name of the pool? Bethesda
  2. What did the man say when Jesus asked if he wanted to be well? He had no one to put him in the water.
  3. Why were some leaders upset? The man carried his mat on the Sabbath, and Jesus healed on the Sabbath.
  4. What did Jesus say His Father is always doing? Working
  5. What did Jesus say tells about Him? The Scriptures, John the Baptist, and His own works
1: The pool of Bethesda2: Pick up your mat3: Jesus finds him in the temple4: The Father loves the Son5: The Scriptures tell of Me

Grade 4The Son Gives Life

  1. How long had the man been unable to walk? Thirty-eight years
  2. Why did the leaders become angry? Jesus healed on the Sabbath and called God His own Father, making Himself equal with God.
  3. What does the Son give, just like the Father? Life
  4. What happens to whoever hears Jesus' word and believes? They have eternal life and pass from death to life.

Word bank: 1. pool; 2. walk; 3. mat; 4. Sabbath; 5. Father

Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

Grade 5From Death to Life

  1. How did the man answer Jesus' question about being made well? He gave reasons why he could not be helped (no one to put him in the pool).
  2. What did Jesus warn the man about later, and what does this show? To stop sinning so something worse would not happen; Jesus cares even more about souls than bodies.
  3. Why did Jesus say He could work on the Sabbath? His Father keeps working, so He works too.
  4. What authority has the Father given the Son? Authority to give life and to judge
  5. What was the tragedy about the leaders and the Scriptures? They searched the Scriptures but refused to come to Jesus, whom the Scriptures are about.
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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