John 5:1
Some time later there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
2 Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool with five covered colonnades, which in Hebrew is called Bethesda.
3 On these walkways lay a great number of the sick, the blind, the lame, and the paralyzed.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Some time later there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
- KJV
- After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
- WEB
- After these things, there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
- ASV
- After these things there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
- DARBY
- After these things was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
- BLB
- After these things there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
- ÅB
- Deretter var det en av jødenes høytider, og Jesus dro opp til Jerusalem.
- OTB
- Etter disse hendelsene var det en jødisk høytid, og Jesus dro opp til Jerusalem.
- B1930
- Derefter var det en av jødenes høitider, og Jesus drog op til Jerusalem.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Deuteronomy 16:16
Three times a year all your men are to appear before the LORD your God in the place He will choose: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Tabernacles. No one should appear before the LORD empty-handed.
Read in contextExodus 23:14–17
Three times a year you are to celebrate a feast to Me.
Read in contextLeviticus 23:2–4
“Speak to the Israelites and say to them, ‘These are My appointed feasts, the feasts of the LORD that you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies.
Read in contextExodus 34:23
Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel.
Read in contextJohn 2:13
When the Jewish Passover was near, Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
Read in context