John 5:2

And there is a pool at the sheep-market, called in Hebrew Bethzatha, having five porches.

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

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 was the feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up into Jerusalem.

3In them a multitude of the sick, blind, lame, withered, were lying down.

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Cross References

John 19:17And He was bearing His cross. And He went out into a place called Calvary, which in Hebrew is called Golgotha.

John 20:16Jesus says to her, Mary: she turning, says to Him in Hebrew, Rabboni, which is called 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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