Bethesda in the Bible

Meaning: house of pity or mercy

Thematic Bible



Verily, verily, I say unto you, That he that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment; but is passed from death into life.


Now there is at Jerusalem near the sheep-market a pool, called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porticos.


References

Hastings

Easton

American

Fausets

Morish

Smith

Watsons