John 5:1-3

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Jesus Heals a Man at a Pool

5 Later, Jesus went to Jerusalem for a special Jewish festival. 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]

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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.”