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John 5

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47 verses in KJV · 667 outgoing cross-reference links

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Opening verses of John 5 (KJV)

5:1 After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

5:2 Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep [market] a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.

5:3 In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water.

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Historical / attribution context

Traditional writer attribution: John the Apostle

Approximate study chronology: c. AD 31

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