Berean Standard Bible
John 5:2-7
2NowG1161 there isG1510 inG1722 JerusalemG2414 nearG1909 theG3588 Sheep GateG4262 a poolG2861 withG2192 fiveG4002 covered colonnadesG4745, whichG3588 in HebrewG14471 is calledG1951 BethesdaG964.2 3OnG1722 theseG3778 walkways3 layG2621 a great numberG4128 of theG3588 sickG770, the blindG5185, the lameG5560, and the paralyzedG3584.4
OneG5100 manG444 thereG1563 had beenG2192 an invalidG769 for thirty-eightG5144G2532G3638 yearsG2094. 6When JesusG2424 sawG3708 himG3778 lyingG2621 there andG2532 realizedG1097 thatG3754 he had spentG2192 a longG2235G4183 timeG5550 in this condition, He askedG3004 himG846, “Do you wantG2309 to getG1096 wellG5199?”
7“SirG2962,” theG3588 invalidG770 repliedG611, “I haveG2192 noG3756 oneG444 to helpG906 meG1473 intoG1519 theG3588 poolG2861 whenG3752 theG3588 waterG5204 is stirredG5015. WhileG1722G3739 IG1473 am on my wayG2064, someone elseG243 goes inG2597 beforeG4253 meG1473.”
Notes
- 1. John 5:2 Or in Aramaic ↩
- 2. John 5:2 NA, NE, and WH Bethzatha ↩
- 3. John 5:3 Literally In these ↩
- 4. John 5:3 NE, BYZ, and TR include awaiting the moving of the waters. 4For from time to time an angel descended into the pool and stirred the water. As soon as it was stirred, the first to enter the pool would be healed of his disease. ↩
Commentaries on John 5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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