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.

Here a great number of disabled people used to lie—the blind, the lame, the paralyzed. [4] [a] One who was there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years.

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  1. John 5:4 Some manuscripts include here, wholly or in part, paralyzed—and they waited for the moving of the waters. From time to time an angel of the Lord would come down and stir up the waters. The first one into the pool after each such disturbance would be cured of whatever disease they had.

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 multitude of invalids—blind, lame, and (A)paralyzed.[a] One man was there who had been an invalid for thirty-eight years.

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  1. John 5:3 Some manuscripts insert, wholly or in part, waiting for the moving of the water; for an angel of the Lord went down at certain seasons into the pool, and stirred the water: whoever stepped in first after the stirring of the water was healed of whatever disease he had