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John 5:2
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Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool, which in Aramaic is called Bethesda
[a]
and which is surrounded by five covered colonnades.
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John 5:2 in Other Translations
KJV
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Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.
ESV
2
Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, in Aramaic called Bethesda, which has five roofed colonnades.
NLT
2
Inside the city, near the Sheep Gate, was the pool of Bethesda, with five covered porches.
MSG
2
Near the Sheep Gate in Jerusalem there was a pool, in Hebrew called Bethesda, with five alcoves.
CSB
2
By the Sheep Gate in Jerusalem there is a pool, called Bethesda in Hebrew, which has five colonnades.
John 5:2 In-Context
1
Some time later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem for one of the Jewish festivals.
2
Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool, which in Aramaic is called Bethesda and which is surrounded by five covered colonnades.
3
Here a great number of disabled people used to lie—the blind, the lame, the paralyzed.
5
One who was there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years.
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1.
Nehemiah 3:1
;
Nehemiah 12:39
2.
Jn 19:13,17,20
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John 20:16
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Acts 21:40
;
Acts 22:2
;
Acts 26:14
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[a].
Some manuscripts "Bethzatha" ; other manuscripts "Bethsaida"
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