John 5:2

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Now in Jerusalem near the sheep-market there is a public bath which in Hebrew is named Beth-zatha. It has five doorways.

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  • Neh 12:39 : 39 And over the doorway of Ephraim and by the old door and the fish door and the tower of Hananel and the tower of Hammeah, as far as the sheep door: and at the doorway of the watchmen they came to a stop.
  • Neh 3:1 : 1 Then Eliashib, the chief priest, got up with his brothers the priests, and took in hand the building of the sheep doorway; they made it holy and put its doors in position; as far as the tower of Hammeah they made it holy, even to the tower of Hananel.
  • Neh 3:32 : 32 And between the way up to the angle and the sheep door, the gold-workers and the traders made good the wall.
  • Isa 22:9 : 9 And you saw all the broken places in the wall of the town of David: and you got together the waters of the lower pool.
  • Isa 22:11 : 11 And you made a place between the two walls for storing the waters of the old pool: but you gave no thought to him who had done this, and were not looking to him by whom it had been purposed long before.
  • John 19:13 : 13 So when these words came to Pilate's ear, he took Jesus out, seating himself in the judge's seat in a place named in Hebrew, Gabbatha, or the Stone Floor.
  • John 19:17 : 17 And he went out with his cross on him to the place which is named Dead Man's Head (in Hebrew, Golgotha):
  • John 19:20 : 20 The writing was seen by a number of the Jews, for the place where Jesus was put to death on the cross was near the town; and the writing was in Hebrew and Latin and Greek.
  • John 20:16 : 16 Jesus said to her, Mary! Turning, she said to him in Hebrew, Rabboni! (which is to say, Master).
  • Acts 21:40 : 40 And when he let him do so, Paul, from the steps, made a sign with his hand to the people, and when they were all quiet, he said to them in the Hebrew language,

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  • John 5:3-15
    13 verses
    87%

    3In 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.

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    5One man was there who had been ill for thirty-eight years.

    6When Jesus saw him there on the floor it was clear to him that he had been now a long time in that condition, and so he said to the man, Is it your desire to get well?

    7The ill man said in answer, Sir, I have nobody to put me into the bath when the water is moving; and while I am on the way down some other person gets in before me.

    8Jesus said to him, Get up, take your bed and go.

    9And the man became well straight away, and took up his bed and went. Now that day was the Sabbath.

    10So the Jews said to the man who had been made well, It is the Sabbath; and it is against the law for you to take up your bed.

    11He said to them, But he who made me well, said to me, Take up your bed and go.

    12Then they put to him the question: Who is the man who said to you, Take it up and go?

    13Now he who had been made well had no knowledge who it was, Jesus having gone away because of the number of people who were in that place.

    14After a time Jesus came across him in the Temple and said to him, See, you are well and strong; do no more sin for fear a worse thing comes to you.

    15The man went away and said to the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.

  • 1After these things there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

  • 2And a certain man who from birth had had no power in his legs, was taken there every day, and put down at the door of the Temple which is named Beautiful, requesting money from those who went into the Temple;

  • Luke 5:17-19
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    17And it came about that on one of these days he was teaching; and some Pharisees and teachers of the law were seated there, who had come from every town of Galilee and Judaea and from Jerusalem; and the power of the Lord was with him, to make those who were ill free from their diseases.

    18And some men had with them, on a bed, a man who was ill, without power of moving; and they made attempts to get him in and put him before Jesus.

    19And because of the mass of people, there was no way to get him in; so they went up on the top of the house and let him down through the roof, on his bed, into the middle in front of Jesus.

  • 13The time of the Passover of the Jews was near and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

  • 1After these things Jesus went away to the other side of the sea of Galilee--that is, the sea of Tiberias.

  • Acts 5:15-16
    2 verses
    67%

    15And they even took into the streets people who were ill, and put them on beds, so that when Peter went by, some of them might be in his shade.

    16And numbers of people came together from the towns round about Jerusalem, with those who were ill and those who were troubled with unclean spirits: and they were all made well.

  • 2But the feast of the Jews, the feast of tents, was near.

  • 12Now a number of signs and wonders were done among the people by the hands of the Apostles; and they were all together in Solomon's covered way.

  • 9If we are questioned today about a good work done to a man who was ill, as to how he has been made well,

  • John 9:7-8
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    7And said to him, Go and make yourself clean in the bath of Siloam (the sense of the name is, Sent). So he went away and, after washing, came back able to see.

    8Then the neighbours and others who had seen him before in the street, with his hand out for money, said, Is not this the man who got money from people?

  • 11And while he kept his hands on Peter and John, all the people came running together to the covered way which is named Solomon's, full of wonder.

  • 14Then I went on to the door of the fountain and to the king's pool: but there was no room for my beast to get through.

  • 11Now on the mountain side there was a great herd of pigs getting their food.

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    22Then came the feast of the opening of the Temple in Jerusalem: it was winter;

    23And Jesus was walking in the Temple, in Solomon's covered way.

  • 30And there came to him great numbers of people having with them those who were broken in body, or blind, or without voice, or wounded, or ill in any way, and a number of others; they put them down at his feet and he made them well:

  • 6Now six pots of stone, every one taking two or three firkins of water, were placed there for the purpose of washing, as is the way of the Jews.

  • 4And when they were unable to get near him because of all the people, they got the roof uncovered where he was: and when it was broken up, they let down the bed on which the man was.

  • 5So he came to a town of Samaria which was named Sychar, near to the bit of land which Jacob gave to his son Joseph:

  • 4Now the Passover, a feast of the Jews, was near.

  • 5Now there were living at Jerusalem, Jews, God-fearing men, from every nation under heaven.

  • 22After these things Jesus and his disciples went into the land of Judaea, and there he was with them for some time, giving baptism.

  • 18Now Bethany was near to Jerusalem, about two miles away;

  • 55Now the Passover of the Jews was near, and numbers of people went up from the country to Jerusalem to make themselves clean before the Passover.

  • 28These things took place at Bethany on the other side of the Jordan, where John was giving baptism.

  • 5And the higher rooms were shorter: for the covered ways took up more space from these than from the lower and middle rooms.

  • 9And you saw all the broken places in the wall of the town of David: and you got together the waters of the lower pool.

  • 15But news of him went out all the more, in every direction, and great numbers of people came together to give hearing to his words and to be made well from their diseases.

  • 2And a certain man was there who had a disease.

  • 2And a great number went after him; and he made them well there.

  • 22For the man on whom this act of power was done was more than forty years old.

  • 25And a woman, who had had a flow of blood for twelve years,

  • 14And the blind and the broken in body came to him in the Temple, and he made them well.