John 5:3
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.
On these walkways lay a great number of the sick, the blind, the lame, and the paralyzed.
5 One man there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years.
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
- On these walkways lay a great number of the sick, the blind, the lame, and the paralyzed.
- KJV
- In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water.
- WEB
- In these lay a great multitude of those who were sick, blind, lame, or paralyzed, waiting for the moving of the water;
- ASV
- In these lay a multitude of them that were sick, blind, halt, withered, [waiting for the moving of the water.]
- DARBY
- In these lay a multitude of sick, blind, lame, withered, [awaiting the moving of the water.
- BLB
- In these were lying a multitude of those ailing, blind, lame, [and] withered.
- ÅB
- i dem lå en mengde syke: blinde, halte, visne.
- OTB
- I disse søylegangene lå en mengde syke, blinde, lamme eller lammede.
- B1930
- i dem lå en mengde syke: blinde, halte, visne.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Mark 3:1–4
Once again Jesus entered the synagogue, and a man with a withered hand was there.
Read in contextMatthew 15:30
Large crowds came to Him, bringing the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute, and many others, and laid them at His feet, and He healed them.
Read in contextLuke 7:22
So He replied, “Go back and report to John what you have seen and heard: The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.
Read in contextZechariah 11:17
Woe to the worthless shepherd, who deserts the flock! May a sword strike his arm and his right eye! May his arm be completely withered and his right eye utterly blinded!”
Read in contextLamentations 3:26
It is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.
Read in contextJames 5:7
Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer awaits the precious fruit of the soil—how patient he is for the fall and spring rains.
Read in contextProverbs 8:34
Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my doors, waiting at the posts of my doorway.
Read in context1 Kings 13:4
Now when King Jeroboam, who was at the altar in Bethel, heard the word that the man of God had cried out against it, he stretched out his hand and said, “Seize him!” But the hand he stretched out toward him withered, so that he could not pull it back.
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