John 5:2

And there is in Jerusalem by the sheep-gate a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

In The King James Version

Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.

In Context

1AFTER these things there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

3In these lay a multitude of the infirm, of blind, lame, withered [waiting for the moving of the water.

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Cross References

John 19:17And bearing his cross he went forth into the place called Place of a skull, which in Hebrew is called Golgotha;

John 20:16Jesus says to her: Mary! Turning, she says to him in Hebrew: Rabboni! (which is to say, Teacher!)

Matthew Henry on John 5:2-17

The Cure at the Pool of Bethesda. 1 After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 2 Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches. 3 In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water. 4 For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of… Read the whole commentary →

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