By the Sheep Gate in Jerusalem there is a pool, called Bethesda in Aramaic, which has five colonnades.
John 5:7 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised ‘Sir,’ the disabled man answered, ‘I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, but while I’m coming, someone goes down ahead of me.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The invalid answered, Sir, I have nobody when the water is moving to put me into the pool; but while I am trying to come [into it] myself, somebody else steps down ahead of me. American Standard Version (1901) The sick man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me. Common English Bible The sick man answered him, “Sir, I don’t have anyone who can put me in the water when it is stirred up. When I’m trying to get to it, someone else has gotten in ahead of me.” Catholic Public Domain Version The invalid answered him: "Lord, I do not have any man to put me in the pool, when the water has been stirred. For as I am going, another descends ahead of me." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The infirm man answered him: Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pond. For whilst I am coming, another goeth down before me. |
By the Sheep Gate in Jerusalem there is a pool, called Bethesda in Aramaic, which has five colonnades.
Within these lay a large number of the disabled #– #blind, lame, and paralysed.
When Jesus saw him lying there and realised he had already been there a long time, he said to him, ‘Do you want to get well? ’
For while we were still helpless, at the right time, Christ died for the ungodly.
Don’t you know that the runners in a stadium all race, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way as to win the prize.
The Lord will indeed vindicate his people and have compassion on his servants when he sees that their strength is gone and no one is left #– #slave or free.