2Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool, which in Aramaic is called Bethesda and which is surrounded by five covered colonnades.


In Context

1 Some time later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem for a feast of the Jews.

2 Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool, which in Aramaic is called Bethesda and which is surrounded by five covered colonnades.

3 Here a great number of disabled people used to lie--the blind, the lame, the paralyzed.

5 One who was there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years.

John 5:2 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:2Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep [market] a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:2Now there is at Jerusalem a pond, called Probatica, which in Hebrew is named Bethsaida, having five porches.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:2Now there is in Jerusalem by the sheep gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew Bethesda, having five porches.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:2Now there is in Jerusalem, at the sheepgate, a pool, which is called in Hebrew, Bethesda, having five porches.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:2Now there is in Jerusalem by the sheep gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew Bethesda, having five porches.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:2Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue, Bethesda, having five porches.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:2Now in Jerusalem by the sheep gate, there is a pool, which is called in Hebrew, |Bethesda,| having five porches.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:2and there is in Jerusalem by the sheep -gate a pool that is called in Hebrew Bethesda, having five porches,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:2Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.