In these porticoes lay a multitude of those who were sick, blind, limping, or [a]paralyzed.[b] Now a man was there who had been [c]ill for thirty-eight years.

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  1. John 5:3 Or had shrunken limbs
  2. 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
  3. John 5:5 Lit in his sickness

In these lay a great multitude of sick people, blind, lame, [a]paralyzed, [b]waiting for the moving of the water. 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. Now a certain man was there who had an infirmity thirty-eight years.

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  1. John 5:3 withered
  2. John 5:3 NU omits the rest of v. 3 and all of v. 4.