John 5:2 - Forerunner Commentary

John 5:2

A Man Healed at the Pool of Bethesda

1 After ^athis there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus ^bwent up to Jerusalem.

2 Now there is in Jerusalem ^aby the Sheep Gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew,¹ Bethesda, having five porches.

3 In these lay a great multitude of sick people, blind, lame,¹ paralyzed, waiting for the moving of the water.

4 For an angel went down at a certain time into the pool and stirred up the water; then whoever stepped in first, after the stirring of the water, was made well of whatever disease he had.

5 Now a certain man was there who had an infirmity thirty-eight years.

Verse Comparison: John 5:2

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American Standard Version
Now there is in Jerusalem by the sheep `gate' a pool, which is called in Hebrew Bethesda, having five porches.

Amplified® Bible
Now there is in Jerusalem a pool near the Sheep Gate. This pool in the Hebrew is called Bethesda, having five porches (alcoves, colonnades, doorways).

Contemporary English Version
In the city near the sheep gate was a pool with five porches, and its name in Hebrew was Bethzatha.

Darby English Version
Now there is in Jerusalem, at the sheepgate, a pool, which is called in Hebrew, Bethesda, having five porches.

Good News Bible
Near the Sheep Gate in Jerusalem there is a pool with five porches; in Hebrew it is called Bethzatha.

International Standard Version
Near the Sheep Gate in Jerusalem is a pool called Bethesda in Hebrew. It has five colonnades,

King James Version
Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.

New American Standard Bible
Now there is in Jerusalem by the sheep {gate} a pool, which is called in Hebrew Bethesda, having five porticoes.

New International Version
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.

New King James Version
Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew, Bethesda, having five porches.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Now there locates in Jerusalem by the sheep gate a pool, which people call in Hebrew Bethesda, having five porticoes.

Young's Literal Translation
and there is in Jerusalem by the sheep-`gate' a pool that is called in Hebrew Bethesda, having five porches,

New English Translation
Now there is¹ in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate² a pool called Bethzatha³ in Aramaic,⁴ which has five covered walkways.⁵

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