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John 5:3

1 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.

In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water.

4 For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had.

5 And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years.

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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)

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Cross references

  • Mark 3:1–4

    And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there which had a withered hand.

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  • Matthew 15:30

    And great multitudes came unto him, having with them those that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down at Jesus’ feet; and he healed them:

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  • Luke 7:22

    Then Jesus answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell John what things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached.

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  • Zechariah 11:17

    Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.

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  • Lamentations 3:26

    It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.

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  • James 5:7

    Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.

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  • Proverbs 8:34

    Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.

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  • 1 Kings 13:4

    And it came to pass, when king Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God, which had cried against the altar in Beth-el, that he put forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it in again to him.

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