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John 5:2-3
American Standard Version
John 5:2-3
American Standard Version
2 Now there is in Jerusalem by the sheep gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew [a]Bethesda, having five porches. 3 In these lay a multitude of them that were sick, blind, halt, withered[b].
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- John 5:2 Some ancient authorities read Bethsaida, others Bethzatha
- John 5:3 Many ancient authorities insert, wholly or in part, waiting for the moving of the water: 4 for an angel of the Lord went down at certain seasons into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole, with whatsoever disease he was holden.
John 5:2-4
New International Version
John 5:2-4
New International Version
2 Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate(A) a pool, which in Aramaic(B) is called Bethesda[a] and which is surrounded by five covered colonnades. 3 Here a great number of disabled people used to lie—the blind, the lame, the paralyzed. [4] [b]
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- John 5:2 Some manuscripts Bethzatha; other manuscripts Bethsaida
- John 5:4 Some manuscripts include here, wholly or in part, paralyzed—and they waited for the moving of the waters. 4 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.
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