KJV King James Version
Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep [market] a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.
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John 5:2
Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep [market] a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool with five covered colonnades, which in Hebrew is called Bethesda.
WEB World English Bible
Now in Jerusalem by the sheep gate, there is a pool, which is called in Hebrew, “Bethesda,” having five porches.
ASV American Standard Version
Now there is in Jerusalem by the sheep gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew Bethesda, having five porches.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and there is in Jerusalem by the sheep -gate a pool that is called in Hebrew Bethesda, having five porches,
Surrounding context — John 5
1 After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
2 Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep [market] a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.
3 In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water.
4 For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had.
5 And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ἔστινG1510 · eimito beδὲG1161 · dethenἐνG1722 · enin/on/amongτοῖςG3588 · hothe/this/whoἹεροσολύμοιςG2414 · HierosolumaJerusalemἐπὶG1909 · epiupon/to/againstτῇG3588 · hothe/this/whoπροβατικῇG4262 · probatikosSheep Gateκολυμβήθρα,G2861 · kolumbēthrapoolἡG3588 · hothe/this/whoἐπιλεγομένηG1951 · epilegōto call/chooseἙβραϊστὶG1447 · HebraistiHebrewπέντεG4002 · pentefiveστοὰςG4745 · stoaPorticoἔχουσα.G2192 · echōto have/be
Cross-references
Nehemiah 3:1Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Meah they sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananeel.Nehemiah 12:39And from above the gate of Ephraim, and above the old gate, and above the fish gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, even unto the sheep gate: and they stood still in the prison gate.Isaiah 22:11Ye made also a ditch between the two walls for the water of the old pool: but ye have not looked unto the maker thereof, neither had respect unto him that fashioned it long ago.Nehemiah 3:32And between the going up of the corner unto the sheep gate repaired the goldsmiths and the merchants.Isaiah 22:9Ye have seen also the breaches of the city of David, that they are many: and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool.John 19:17And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called [the place] of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha:John 19:13When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha.John 20:16Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turned herself, and saith unto him, Rabboni; which is to say, Master.Acts 21:40And when he had given him licence, Paul stood on the stairs, and beckoned with the hand unto the people. And when there was made a great silence, he spake unto [them] in the Hebrew tongue, saying,John 19:20This title then read many of the Jews: for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, [and] Greek, [and] Latin.
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