A strange question

By the pool of Bethesda in Jerusalem, whose remains archaeologists have excavated, lay a man who had been ill for thirty-eight years. Jesus asked him whether he wanted to be made whole.

That seems an unnecessary question. But the man didn't answer it. He gave a reason why it wasn't working: Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool. Sometimes it is easier to get used to your situation than to change.