John 5:2 “Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool with five covered…”

John 5:2

Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool with five covered colonnades, which in Hebrew is called Bethesda.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

World English Bible

Now in Jerusalem by the sheep gate, there is a pool, which is called in Hebrew, “Bethesda”, having five porches.

American Standard Version

Now there is in Jerusalem by the sheep gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew Bethesda, having five porches.

Geneva Bible 1599

And there is at Hierusalem by the place of the sheepe, a poole called in Ebrew Bethesda, hauing fiue porches:

Darby Translation

Now there is in Jerusalem, at the sheepgate, a pool, which is called in Hebrew, Bethesda, having five porches.

Young's Literal Translation

and there is in Jerusalem by the sheep -[gate] a pool that is called in Hebrew Bethesda, having five porches,

Bible in Basic English

Now in Jerusalem near the sheep-market there is a public bath which in Hebrew is named Beth-zatha. It has five doorways.

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Cross references

“market”

Nehemiah 3:1 Nehemiah 12:39

Nehemiah 3:1 · BSB

At the Sheep Gate, Eliashib the high priest and his fellow priests began rebuilding. They dedicated it and installed its doors. After building as far as the Tower of the Hundred and the Tower of Hananel, they dedicated t…

Nehemiah 12:39 · BSB

over the Gate of Ephraim, the Jeshanah Gate, the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananel, and the Tower of the Hundred, as far as the Sheep Gate. And they stopped at the Gate of the Guard.

“pool”

Isaiah 22:11 Isaiah 22:9

Isaiah 22:11 · BSB

You built a reservoir between the walls for the waters of the ancient pool, but you did not look to the One who made it, or consider Him who planned it long ago.

Isaiah 22:9 · BSB

You saw that there were many breaches in the walls of the City of David. You collected water from the lower pool.

Also

Nehemiah 3:32 John 19:13 John 19:17 John 20:16 Acts 21:40 John 19:20

Nehemiah 3:32 · BSB

And between the upper room above the corner and the Sheep Gate, the goldsmiths and merchants made repairs.

John 19:13 · BSB

When Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus out and sat on the judgment seat at a place called the Stone Pavement, which in Hebrew is Gabbatha.

John 19:17 · BSB

Carrying His own cross, He went out to The Place of the Skull, which in Hebrew is called Golgotha.

John 20:16 · BSB

Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned and said to Him in Hebrew, “Rabboni!” (which means “Teacher”).

Acts 21:40 · BSB

Having received permission, Paul stood on the steps and motioned to the crowd. A great hush came over the crowd, and he addressed them in Hebrew:

John 19:20 · BSB

Many of the Jews read this sign, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and it was written in Hebrew, Latin, and Greek.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

1Some time later there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

3On these walkways lay a great number of the sick, the blind, the lame, and the paralyzed.

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