John 5
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John 5:1-3

1AfterG3326 theseG3778 thingsG3778 there was 1a feastG1859 of the JewsG2453, and JesusG2424 wentG305 upG305 to JerusalemG2414.

2NowG1161 in JerusalemG2414, by 2the SheepG4262 Gate, there is a poolG2861 which 3in 4HebrewG1447 is calledG1951 5BethesdaG964, havingG2192 fiveG4002 6porticoesG4745. 3In theseG3778 porticoes layG2621 a multitudeG4128 of thoseG3588 who were sickG770, blindG5185, limpingG5560, or 7paralyzedG3584.8

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Notes

  1. 1. John 5:1 Deut 16:1; John 2:13 ↩
  2. 2. John 5:2 Neh 3:1, 32; 12:39 ↩
  3. 3. John 5:2 John 19:13, 17, 20; 20:16; Acts 21:40; Rev 9:11; 16:16 ↩
  4. 4. John 5:2 I.e., Jewish Aramaic ↩
  5. 5. John 5:2 Some early mss Bethsaida or Bethzatha ↩
  6. 6. John 5:2 Or colonnades (with roofs) ↩
  7. 7. John 5:3 Or had shrunken limbs ↩
  8. 8. John 5:3 Late mss add the following as the remainder of v 3, and v 4: paralyzed, waiting for the moving of the waters; for an angel of the Lord went down at certain seasons into the pool and stirred up the water; whoever then first stepped in after the stirring up of the water was made well from whatever disease with which he was afflicted ↩

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