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Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, in Hebrew called Beth-za′tha,[a] which has five porticoes. In these lay a multitude of invalids, blind, lame, paralyzed.[b]

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  1. John 5:2 Other ancient authorities read Bethesda, others Bethsaida
  2. John 5:3 Other ancient authorities insert, wholly or in part, waiting for the moving of the water; for an angel of the Lord went down at certain seasons into the pool, and troubled the water: whoever stepped in first after the troubling of the water was healed of whatever disease he had

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