New American Standard Bible 2020

John 5:2-16

2NowG1161 in JerusalemG2414, by 1the SheepG4262 Gate, there is a poolG2861 which 2in 3HebrewG1447 is calledG1951 4BethesdaG964, havingG2192 fiveG4002 5porticoesG4745. 3In theseG3778 porticoes layG2621 a multitudeG4128 of thoseG3588 who were sickG770, blindG5185, limpingG5560, or 6paralyzedG3584.7 5NowG1161 a manG444 was thereG1563 who had beenG2192 8illG769 for thirty-eightG5144 G3638 yearsG2094. 6JesusG2424, upon seeingG3708 thisG3778 manG3778 lyingG2621 there and knowingG1097 that he had alreadyG2235 beenG2192 in that condition for a longG4183 timeG5550, saidG3004 to him, “Do you wantG2309 to getG1096 wellG5199?” 7The sickG770 man answeredG611 Him, “SirG2962, I haveG2192 noG3756 manG444 to putG906 me into the poolG2861 whenG3752 the waterG5204 is stirredG5015 up, but whileG1722 G3739 I am comingG2064, anotherG243 stepsG2597 downG2597 beforeG4253 me.” 8JesusG2424 saidG3004 to him, “9GetG1453 upG1453, pickG142 upG142 your palletG2895 and walkG4043.” 9ImmediatelyG2112 the manG444 becameG1096 wellG5199, and pickedG142 upG142 his palletG2895 and began to walkG4043.

10NowG1161 it was a SabbathG4521 on that dayG2250. 10SoG3767 11the JewsG2453 were sayingG3004 to the man who was curedG2323, “It is a SabbathG4521, and 12it is not permissibleG1832 for you to carryG142 your palletG2895.” 11But he answeredG611 them, “He who madeG4160 me wellG5199 was the oneG1565 who saidG3004 to me, ‘PickG142 upG142 your palletG2895 and walkG4043.’” 12They askedG2065 him, “WhoG5101 is the ManG444 who saidG3004 to you, ‘PickG142 it upG142 and walkG4043’?” 13But the man who was healedG2390 did not knowG3609 whoG5101 it was, for JesusG2424 had slippedG1593 awayG1593 while there was a crowdG3793 in that placeG5117. 14AfterwardG3326 G3778, JesusG2424 foundG2147 him in the templeG2413 and saidG3004 to him, “BeholdG2396, you have becomeG1096 wellG5199; do not 13sinG264 anymoreG3371, 14soG2443 thatG2443 nothingG3361 G5100 worseG5501 happensG1096 to you.” 15The manG444 wentG565 awayG565, and informedG3004 15the JewsG2453 that it was JesusG2424 who had madeG4160 him wellG5199. 16For thisG3778 reasonG1223 16the JewsG2453 were persecutingG1377 JesusG2424, becauseG3754 He was doingG4160 theseG3778 thingsG3778 on a SabbathG4521.

Notes

1. John 5:2 Neh 3:1, 32; 12:39 ↩
2. John 5:2 John 19:13, 17, 20; 20:16; Acts 21:40; Rev 9:11; 16:16 ↩
3. John 5:2 I.e., Jewish Aramaic ↩
4. John 5:2 Some early mss Bethsaida or Bethzatha ↩
5. John 5:2 Or colonnades (with roofs) ↩
6. John 5:3 Or had shrunken limbs ↩
7. 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 ↩
8. John 5:5 Lit in his sickness ↩
9. John 5:8 Matt 9:6; Mark 2:11; Luke 5:24 ↩
10. John 5:9 John 9:14 ↩
11. John 5:10 John 1:19; 5:15, 16, 18 ↩
12. John 5:10 Neh 13:19; Jer 17:21f; Matt 12:2; Luke 6:2; John 7:23; 9:16 ↩
13. John 5:14 Mark 2:5; John 8:11 ↩
14. John 5:14 Ezra 9:14 ↩
15. John 5:15 John 1:19; 5:16, 18 ↩
16. John 5:16 John 1:19; 5:10, 15, 18 ↩