7 MAY 1937, Page 22

THE POOL OF BETHESDA

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Permit me to correct a misquotation from the Bible, which today I fear is too little studied. On p. 653 of the issue of April 9th, 1937, the writer refers to the pool of Siloam, which should read Bethesda. Vide St. John, chapter v. • I have only just returned from abroad ; hence this belated