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John 5:1

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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.

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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.

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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 in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the LORD empty:

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  • Exodus 23:14–17

    Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year.

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  • Leviticus 23:2–4

    Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, Concerning the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my feasts.

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  • Exodus 34:23

    Thrice in the year shall all your men children appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel.

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  • John 2:13

    And the Jews’ passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem,

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