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In the city near the sheep gate was a pool with five porches, and its name in Hebrew was Bethzatha.[a]

3-4 Many sick, blind, lame, and paralyzed people were lying close to the pool.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 5.2 Bethzatha: Some manuscripts have “Bethesda” and others have “Bethsaida.”
  2. 5.3,4 pool: Some manuscripts add, “They were waiting for the water to be stirred, because an angel from the Lord would sometimes come down and stir it. The first person to get into the pool after that would be healed.”

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