John 5
Jesus Heals a Lame Man
1. Afterward Jesus returned to Jerusalem for one of the Jewish holy days.
2. Inside the city, near the Sheep Gate, was the pool of Bethesda,[a] with five covered porches.
3. Crowds of sick people—blind, lame, or paralyzed—lay on the porches.[b]
Footnotes:
a. 5:2: Other manuscripts read Beth-zatha; still others read Bethsaida.
b. 5:3: Some manuscripts add an expanded conclusion to verse 3 and all of verse 4: waiting for a certain movement of the water, 4 for an angel of the Lord came from time to time and stirred up the water. And the first person to step in after the water was stirred was healed of whatever disease he had.
c. 5:16: Or persecuting.
d. 5:27: “Son of Man” is a title Jesus used for himself.
e. 5:44: Some manuscripts read from the only One.