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.

6 When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he already had been in that condition a long time, He said to him, “Do you want to be made well?”

7 The sick man answered Him, “Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up; but while I am coming, another steps down before me.”

8 Jesus said to him, ^a“Rise, take up your bed and walk.”

9 And immediately the man was made well, took up his bed, and walked. And ^athat day was the Sabbath.

10 The Jews therefore said to him who was cured, “It is the Sabbath; ^ait is not lawful for you to carry your bed.”

11 He answered them, “He who made me well said to me, ‘Take up your bed and walk.’ ”

12 Then they asked him, “Who is the Man who said to you, ‘Take up your bed and walk’?”

13 But the one who was ^ahealed did not know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn, a multitude being in that place.

14 Afterward Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him, “See, you have been made well. ^aSin no more, lest a worse thing come upon you.”

15 The man departed and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.

Honor the Father and the Son

16 For this reason the Jews ^apersecuted Jesus, and sought to kill Him, because He had done these things on the Sabbath.

17 But Jesus answered them, ^a“My Father has been working until now, and I have been working.”

18 Therefore the Jews ^asought all the more to kill Him, because He not only broke the Sabbath, but also said that God was His Father, ^bmaking Himself equal with God.

19 Then Jesus answered and said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, ^athe Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do; for whatever He does, the Son also does in like manner.

20 For ^athe Father loves the Son, and ^bshows Him all things that He Himself does; and He will show Him greater works than these, that you may marvel.

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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