John 5:2

New International Reader's Version

In Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate is a pool. In the Aramaic language it is called Bethesda. It is surrounded by five rows of columns with a roof over them.

Cross References

Nehemiah 12:39

They marched over the Gate of Ephraim. They went over the Jeshanah Gate and the Fish Gate. They went past the Tower of Hananel and the Tower of the Hundred. They continued on to the Sheep Gate. At the Gate of the Guard they stopped.

Nehemiah 3:1

Eliashib the high priest and the other priests went to work. They rebuilt the Sheep Gate. They set it apart to God. They put its doors in place. They continued to rebuild the wall up to the Tower of the Hundred. They set the tower apart to God. Then they continued to rebuild the wall all the way to the Tower of Hananel.

Nehemiah 3:32

The traders and those who made their living by working with gold made some repairs. They repaired the wall from the room above the corner to the Sheep Gate.

Isaiah 22:11

You built a pool between the two walls. You used it to save the water that was running down from the Old Pool. But you didn’t look to the God who made it all possible. You didn’t pay any attention to the God who planned everything long ago.

Isaiah 22:9

You saw that the walls of the City of David were broken through in many places. You stored up water in the Lower Pool.

John 19:13

When Pilate heard that, he brought Jesus out. Pilate sat down on the judge’s seat. It was at a place called the Stone Walkway. In the Aramaic language it was called Gabbatha.

John 19:17

He had to carry his own cross. He went out to a place called the Skull. In the Aramaic language it was called Golgotha.

John 19:20

Many of the Jews read the sign. That’s because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city. And the sign was written in the Aramaic, Latin and Greek languages.

John 20:16

Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned toward him. Then she cried out in the Aramaic language, “Rabboni!” Rabboni means Teacher.

John 5:3

Here a great number of disabled people used to lie down. Among them were those who were blind, those who could not walk, and those who could hardly move.

John 7:21

Jesus said to them, “I did one miracle, and you are all amazed.

Acts 21:40

The commander told him he could. So Paul stood on the steps and motioned to the crowd. When all of them were quiet, he spoke to them in the Aramaic language.

Revelation 16:16

Then the evil spirits gathered the kings together. In the Hebrew language, the place where the kings met is called Armageddon.

Revelation 9:11

Their king was the angel of the Abyss. In the Hebrew language his name is Abaddon. In Greek it is Apollyon. His name means Destroyer.