John 5:2-4

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²In Jerusalem there is a pool with five covered porches. In Aramaic it is called Bethzatha.^[a] This pool is near the Sheep Gate. ³Many sick people were lying on the porches beside the pool. Some of them were blind, some were crippled, and some were paralyzed.^[b] ⁴^[c]

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Footnotes

John 5:2 Bethzatha Also called Bethsaida or Bethesda, a pool of water north of the Temple in Jerusalem.
John 5:3 At the end of verse 3, some Greek copies add “and they waited for the water to move.”
John 5:4 A few later copies add verse 4: “Sometimes an angel of the Lord came down to the pool and shook the water. After this, the first person to go into the pool was healed from any sickness he had.”