In these porticoes lay a multitude of those who were sick, blind, limping, or [a]paralyzed.[b]

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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

Here a great number of disabled people used to lie—the blind, the lame, the paralyzed. [4] [a]

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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.