New American Standard Bible 2020

John 5:2-7

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.”

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 ↩