Augustine of Hippo, on John 5:1

“After these things was a festival day of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.”

“(Tr. xvii. c. 2) The water then, i. e. the people, was enclosed within five porches, i. e. the five books of Moses. But those books only betrayed the impotent, and did not recover them; that is to say, the Law convicted the sinner, but did not absolve him.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.