John 5:3
In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water.
John 5:3 in other translations
| BSB | On these walkways lay a great number of the sick, the blind, the lame, and the paralyzed. |
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| WEB | In these lay a great multitude of those who were sick, blind, lame, or paralyzed, waiting for the moving of the water; |
| ASV | In these lay a multitude of them that were sick, blind, halt, withered. |
| YLT | in these were lying a great multitude of the ailing, blind, lame, withered, waiting for the moving of the water, |
| DARBY | In these lay a multitude of sick, blind, lame, withered, [awaiting the moving of the water. |
| BBE | In these doorways there were a great number of people with different diseases: some unable to see, some without the power of walking, some with wasted bodies. |
| Webster | In these lay a great multitude of impotent persons, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water. |
What does John 5:3 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 5:2-3
2-3. sheep market--The supplement should be (as in Margin) "sheep [gate]," mentioned in Ne 3:1, 32. Bethesda--that is, "house (place) of mercy," from the cures wrought there. five porches--for shelter to the patients.
Barnes' Notes
Halt. Lame.
Withered. Those who were afflicted with one form of the palsy that withered or dried up the part affected. Mt 4:24.
Moving of the water. It appears that this pool had medicinal properties only when it was agitated or stirred. It is probable that at regular times or intervals the fountain put forth an unusual quantity of water, or water of peculiar properties, and that about these times the people assembled in multitudes who were to be healed.
Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on John 5:1-9
We are all by nature impotent folk in spiritual things, blind, halt, and withered; but full provision is made for our cure, if we attend to it. An angel went down, and troubled the water; and what disease soever it was, this water cured it, but only he that first stepped in had benefit. This teaches us to be careful, that we let not a season slip which may never return. The man had lost the use of his limbs…
John 5:3 in the original Greek
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Cross references for John 5:3
- Mark 3:1-4
And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there which had a withered hand. And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him. And he saith unto the man which had the withered hand, Stand forth. And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace.
- Matthew 15:30
And great multitudes came unto him, having with them those that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down at Jesus’ feet; and he healed them:
- Luke 7:22
Then Jesus answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell John what things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached.
- Zechariah 11:17
Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.
- Lamentations 3:26
It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord.
- James 5:7
Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.
- Proverbs 8:34
Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
- 1 Kings 13:4
And it came to pass, when king Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God, which had cried against the altar in Beth–el, that he put forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it in again to him.
- Romans 8:25
But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.
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Context
- John 5:2
Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.
- John 5:3
In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water.
- John 5:4
For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had.
John 5:3 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | En éstos yacía multitud de enfermos, ciegos, cojos, secos, que estaban esperando el movimiento del agua. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | dans lesquels étaient couchés une multitude d’infirmes, d’aveugles, de boiteux et de gens qui avaient les membres secs, [attendant le mouvement de l’eau. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | In diesen lag eine Menge Kranker, Blinder, Lahmer, Dürrer, die auf die Bewegung des Wassers warteten. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | In his jacebat multitudo magna languentium, cæcorum, claudorum, aridorum, exspectantium aquæ motum. |