Now there is in Jerusalem by (A)the sheep gate a pool, which is called (B)in [a]Hebrew [b]Bethesda, having five porticoes. In these lay a multitude of those who were sick, blind, lame, and withered, [[c]waiting for the moving of the waters; for an angel of the Lord went down at certain seasons into the pool and stirred up the water; whoever then first, after the stirring up of the water, stepped in was made well from whatever disease with which he was afflicted.]

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Footnotes

  1. John 5:2 I.e. Jewish Aramaic
  2. John 5:2 Some early mss read Bethsaida or Bethzatha
  3. John 5:3 Early mss do not contain the remainder of v 3, nor v 4