Parallel Verses

Lexham Expanded Bible

In these were lying a large number of those who were sick, blind, lame, paralyzed.

New American Standard Bible

In these lay a multitude of those who were sick, blind, lame, and withered, [waiting for the moving of the waters;

King James Version

In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water.

Holman Bible

Within these lay a large number of the sick—blind, lame, and paralyzed [—waiting for the moving of the water,

International Standard Version

and under these a large number of sick people were lying blind, lame, or paralyzed waiting for the movement of the water.

A Conservative Version

In these lay a great multitude of those who are feeble, blind, lame, withered, waiting for the movement of the water.

American Standard Version

In these lay a multitude of them that were sick, blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water.

Amplified

In these porticoes lay a great number of people who were sick, blind, lame, withered, [waiting for the stirring of the water;

An Understandable Version

Under these porticos a large number of sick, blind, crippled and deformed people were placed {{A few ancient authorities add "to wait for the water [of the pool] to become choppy.

Anderson New Testament

In these lay a great multitude of sick persons, blind, lame, withered, who waited for the moving of the water.

Bible in Basic English

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.

Common New Testament

In these lay a multitude of disabled people, blind, lame, paralyzed.

Daniel Mace New Testament

where a great number of infirm, blind, lame, and paralytic people lay waiting for the moving of the water:

Darby Translation

In these lay a multitude of sick, blind, lame, withered, awaiting the moving of the water.

Godbey New Testament

In them a multitude of the sick, blind, lame, withered, were lying down.

Goodspeed New Testament

In these there used to lie a great number of people who were sick, blind, lame, or paralyzed.

John Wesley New Testament

In these lay a great multitude of diseased, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water.

Julia Smith Translation

In these lay a great multitude of weak, blind, lame, withered, expecting the moving of the water.

King James 2000

In these lay a great multitude of invalid folk, of blind, lame, paralyzed, waiting for the moving of the water.

Modern King James verseion

In these lay a great multitude of those who were sick, of blind, lame, withered, waiting for the moving of the water.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

in which lay a great multitude of sick folk: of blind, halt, and withered, waiting for the moving of the water.

Moffatt New Testament

where a crowd of invalids used to lie, the blind, the lame, and folk with shrivelled limbs [waiting for the water to bubble.

Montgomery New Testament

It has five colonnades. In these there used to lie a great crowd of sick people??lind, lame, paralyzed.

NET Bible

A great number of sick, blind, lame, and paralyzed people were lying in these walkways.

New Heart English Bible

In these lay a multitude of those who were sick, blind, lame, or paralyzed.

Noyes New Testament

In these were lying a multitude of diseased persons, blind, lame, withered.

Sawyer New Testament

In these lay a multitude of sick, blind, lame, withered.

The Emphasized Bible

In these, was lying a throng of them who were sick, - blind, lame, withered.

Thomas Haweis New Testament

In these lay a vast multitude of infirm persons, blind, lame, withered, waiting the motion of the water.

Twentieth Century New Testament

In these colonnades a large number of afflicted people were lying--blind, lame, and crippled.

Webster

In these lay a great multitude of impotent persons, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water.

Weymouth New Testament

In these there used to lie a great number of sick persons, and of people who were blind or lame or paralyzed.

Williams New Testament

and in these there used to lie a great crowd of sick people, blind, crippled, paralyzed.

World English Bible

In these lay a great multitude of those who were sick, blind, lame, or paralyzed, waiting for the moving of the water;

Worrell New Testament

In these were lying a multitude of those who were sick, blind, lame, withered, [waiting for the moving of the waters:

Worsley New Testament

In these lay a great number of people that were infirm, blind, lame, withered, waiting for the moving of the water.

Youngs Literal Translation

in these were lying a great multitude of the ailing, blind, lame, withered, waiting for the moving of the water,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
In
ἐν 
En 
in, by, with, among, at, on, through,
Usage: 2128

οὗτος οὗτοι αὕτη αὕται 
Houtos 
this, these, he, the same, this man, she, they,
Usage: 258

lay
κατάκειμαι 
Katakeimai 
Usage: 11

a
πλῆθος 
Plethos 
Usage: 32

πολύς πολλός 
Polus 
Usage: 292

πλῆθος 
Plethos 
Usage: 32

ἀσθενέω 
Astheneo 
Usage: 34

of blind
τυφλός 
Tuphlos 
Usage: 34

χωλός 
Cholos 
Usage: 9

ξηρός 
Xeros 
Usage: 5

ἐκδέχομαι 
Ekdechomai 
Usage: 8

the moving
κίνησις 
Kinesis 
Usage: 1

Devotionals

Devotionals about John 5:3

References

Context Readings

A Paralytic Is Healed

2 Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool called in Aramaic Bethzatha, which has five porticoes. 3 In these were lying a large number of those who were sick, blind, lame, paralyzed.


Cross References

1 Kings 13:4

It happened at the moment the king heard the word of the man of God that he cried out against the altar in Bethel, Jeroboam stretched out his hand from the altar, saying, "Seize him!" But his hand which he stretched out to him was paralyzed, and he was not able to draw it back to himself.

Proverbs 8:34

Happy [is the] person who listens to me, [in order] to keep watch at my doors day by day, [in order] to guard the frames of my entrances.

Lamentations 3:26

[It is] good to wait in silence for the salvation of Yahweh.

Zechariah 11:17

"Woe, my worthless shepherd who deserts the flock! [May] a sword [fall] on his arm and on {his right eye}! May his arm wither completely and {his right eye} be utterly blinded!"

Matthew 15:30

And large crowds came to him, having with them [the] mute, blind, lame, crippled, and many others, and they put them down at his feet, and he healed them.

Mark 3:1-4

And he entered into the synagogue again, and a man who had a withered hand was there.

Luke 7:22

And he answered [and] said to them, "Go [and] tell John what you have seen and heard: the blind receive sight, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear; the dead are raised, the poor have good news announced to [them].

Romans 8:25

But if we hope for what we do not see, we await [it] eagerly with patient endurance.

James 5:7

Therefore be patient, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the soil, being patient concerning it until it receives the early and late rains.

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