The man whose eyes were healed could have said. Why not the Pool of Struthius by the Sheep Gate? (some maps indicated it might be a different gate like the prison gate.) That way I don't have to go nearly as far, go down and then have to climb all the way back up. It would be way more efficient! To get there he had to go out the Water Gate. There is no bypassing God’s Word. As sinners we also need to be brought down in our own thoughts of ourselves as part of God’s work in us.