Bethesda in the Bible

Meaning: house of pity or mercy

Thematic Bible



Verily, verily I say unto you, he, that heareth my word, and believeth in Him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come under condemnation; but is passed from death to life.


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


References

Hastings

Easton

American

Fausets

Morish

Smith

Watsons