The Healing at Bethesda

After these things there was (A)a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

Now in Jerusalem, by (B)the Sheep Gate, there is a pool which (C)in [a]Hebrew is called [b]Bethesda, having five [c]porticoes. In these porticoes lay a multitude of those who were sick, blind, limping, or [d]paralyzed.[e] Now a man was there who had been [f]ill for thirty-eight years. Jesus, upon seeing this man lying there and knowing that he had already been in that condition for a long time, *said to him, “Do you want to get well?” 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.” Jesus *said to him, (D)Get up, pick up your pallet and walk.” Immediately the man became well, and picked up his pallet and began to walk.

(E)Now it was a Sabbath on that day. 10 So (F)the Jews were saying to the man who was cured, “It is a Sabbath, and (G)it is not permissible for you to carry your pallet.” 11 But he answered them, “He who made me well was the one who said to me, ‘Pick up your pallet and walk.’ 12 They asked him, “Who is the man who said to you, ‘Pick it up and walk’?” 13 But the man who was healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had slipped away while there was a crowd in that place. 14 Afterward, Jesus *found him in the temple and said to him, “Behold, you have become well; do not (H)sin anymore, (I)so that nothing worse happens to you.” 15 The man went away, and informed (J)the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.

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Footnotes

  1. John 5:2 I.e., Jewish Aramaic
  2. John 5:2 Some early mss Bethsaida or Bethzatha
  3. John 5:2 Or colonnades (with roofs)
  4. John 5:3 Or had shrunken limbs
  5. 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
  6. John 5:5 Lit in his sickness

After meta this houtos there was eimi a festival heortē of the ho Jews Ioudaios, and kai Jesus Iēsous went up anabainō to eis Jerusalem Hierosolyma. Now de in en · ho Jerusalem Hierosolyma by epi the ho Sheep probatikos Gate there is eimi a pool kolymbēthra, in Hebrew Hebraisti · ho called epilegō Bethesda, having echō five pente covered stoa colonnades . In en these houtos lay katakeimai a number plēthos of ho disabled astheneō people blind typhlos, lame chōlos, and paralyzed xēros. One tis man anthrōpos who was eimi · de there ekei had been echō an invalid astheneia for thirty-eight triakonta · kai years etos. · ho When Jesus Iēsous saw him houtos · ho lying katakeimai there and kai learned ginōskō that hoti he had echō been in that condition for a long polys time chronos already ēdē, he said legō to him autos, “ Do you want thelō to be ginomai healed hygiēs?” The ho sick man astheneō answered apokrinomai him autos, “ Sir kyrios, I have echō no ou one anthrōpos to hina put ballō me egō into eis the ho pool kolymbēthra when hotan the ho water hydōr is stirred tarassō up , but de while en hos I egō am on my way erchomai someone allos else steps down katabainō ahead pro of me egō.” Jesus Iēsous said legō to him autos, · ho Get egeirō up , pick airō up · ho your sy mat krabattos and kai walk peripateō.” And kai immediately eutheōs the ho man anthrōpos was ginomai healed hygiēs, and kai he picked airō up · ho his autos mat krabattos and kai started walking peripateō. Now de that ekeinos day hēmera was eimi a Sabbath sabbaton. · ho 10 So oun the ho Jews Ioudaios said legō to the ho man who had been healed therapeuō, “ It is eimi the Sabbath sabbaton, and kai it is not ou lawful for you sy to carry airō · ho your sy mat krabattos. 11 But de he ho answered apokrinomai them autos, “ The ho man ekeinos who made poieō me egō well hygiēs said legō to me egō, ‘ Pick airō up · ho your sy mat krabattos and kai walk peripateō.’” 12 They questioned erōtaō him autos, “ Who tis is eimi the ho man anthrōpos who ho said legō to you sy, ‘ Pick airō up your mat and kai walk peripateō’?” 13 However de, the ho man who had been healed iaomai did not ou know oida who tis it was eimi, · ho for gar Jesus Iēsous had slipped ekneuō away , there being eimi a crowd ochlos in en that ho place topos. 14 Later meta on houtos Jesus Iēsous found heuriskō him autos · ho in en the ho temple hieron and kai said legō to him autos, “ See ide, you have been ginomai healed hygiēs! Do hamartanō not sin hamartanō any mēketi longer , so hina that nothing worse cheirōn happens ginomai to you sy.” 15 The ho man anthrōpos went aperchomai away and kai told anangellō the ho Jews Ioudaios that hoti it was eimi Jesus Iēsous who ho had made poieō him autos well hygiēs.

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