<P> In the New Testament , only the archangels Gabriel and Michael are mentioned by name ( Luke 1 : 9 -- 26 ; Jude 1 : 9 ) . Later manuscripts of John 5 : 1 -- 4 refer to the pool of Bethesda , where the multitude of the infirm lay awaiting the moving of the water , for `` an angel of the Lord descended at certain times into the pond ; and the water was moved . And he that went down first into the pond after the motion of the water was made whole of whatsoever infirmity he lay under '' . Because of the healing role assigned to Raphael , this particular angel is generally associated with the archangel . </P>
<P> In the New Testament , only the archangels Gabriel and Michael are mentioned by name ( Luke 1 : 9 -- 26 ; Jude 1 : 9 ) . Later manuscripts of John 5 : 1 -- 4 refer to the pool of Bethesda , where the multitude of the infirm lay awaiting the moving of the water , for `` an angel of the Lord descended at certain times into the pond ; and the water was moved . And he that went down first into the pond after the motion of the water was made whole of whatsoever infirmity he lay under '' . Because of the healing role assigned to Raphael , this particular angel is generally associated with the archangel . </P>
where is archangel raphael mentioned in the bible
where is archangel raphael mentioned in the bible
John 5 : 1 -- 4
John 5 : 1 -- 4