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The Pool of Bethesda

John 5:2

In 9 translations

BSB
Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool with five covered colonnades, which in Hebrew is called Bethesda.Or in AramaicNA, NE, and WH Bethzatha
KJV
Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.
WEB
Now in Jerusalem by the sheep gate, there is a pool, which is called in Hebrew, “Bethesda”, having five porches.
ASV
Now there is in Jerusalem by the sheep gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew Bethesda, having five porches.
LSV
and there is in Jerusalem by the sheep-[gate] a pool that is called in Hebrew Bethesda, having five porches,
YLT
and there is in Jerusalem by the sheep -[gate] a pool that is called in Hebrew Bethesda, having five porches,
DBY
Now there is in Jerusalem, at the sheepgate, a pool, which is called in Hebrew, Bethesda, having five porches.
DRC
Now there is at Jerusalem a pond, called Probatica, which in Hebrew is named Bethsaida, having five porches.
GNV
And there is at Hierusalem by the place of the sheepe, a poole called in Ebrew Bethesda, hauing fiue porches:

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  • NA28, NA27, Westcott–Hort read Βηθζαθά (“Bethzatha”); Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read Βηθεσδά (“Bethesda”).
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  • SBLGNT: Βηθεσδά. Tregelles, the Greek text behind the NIV, Robinson–Pierpont read Βηθεσδά; Westcott and Hort (1881), Nestle–Aland 28th edition read Βηθζαθά.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
ἔστιν δὲ ἐν τοῖς Ἱεροσολύμοις ἐπὶ τῇ προβατικῇ κολυμβήθρα ἡ ἐπιλεγομένη Ἑβραϊστὶ Βηθεσδά, πέντε στοὰς ἔχουσα·
RP2018
Ἔστιν δὲ ἐν τοῖς Ἱεροσολύμοις ἐπὶ τῇ προβατικῇ κολυμβήθρα, ἡ ἐπιλεγομένη Ἑβραϊστὶ Βηθεσδά, πέντε στοὰς ἔχουσα.
TR-Boyd
Ἔστι δὲ ἐν τοῖς Ἱεροσολύμοις ἐπὶ τῇ προβατικῇ κολυμβήθρα, ἡ ἐπιλεγομένη Ἑβραϊστὶ Βηθεσδά, πέντε στοὰς ἔχουσα.
SCR1894
εστιν δε εν τοις ιεροσολυμοις επι τη προβατικη κολυμβηθρα η επιλεγομενη εβραιστι βηθεσδα πεντε στοας εχουσα

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  • Nehemiah 3:1At 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…
  • Nehemiah 12:39over 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.
  • Isaiah 22:11You 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.
  • Nehemiah 3:32And between the upper room above the corner and the Sheep Gate, the goldsmiths and merchants made repairs.
  • Isaiah 22:9You saw that there were many breaches in the walls of the City of David. You collected water from the lower pool.
  • Acts 21:40Having 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 20:16Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned and said to Him in Hebrew, “Rabboni!” (which means “Teacher”).
  • John 19:17Carrying His own cross, He went out to The Place of the Skull, which in Hebrew is called Golgotha.
  • John 19:13When 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 19:20Many 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.

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