John 5:3 KJV — MannaFest

John 5:3

In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water.

KJV

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ASV

In these lay a multitude of them that were sick, blind, halt, withered.

WEB

On these walkways lay a great number of the sick, the blind, the lame, and the paralyzed.

YLT

in these were lying a great multitude of the ailing, blind, lame, withered, waiting for the moving of the water,

DBT

In these lay a multitude of sick, blind, lame, withered, [awaiting the moving of the water.

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John — The Gospel of sevens and signs. Seven signs, seven 'I AM' sayings, a prologue and an epilogue — written 'that ye might believe' (20:31).

Author: John the Apostle (2nd-century patristic attribution + internal claims)
Date: c. AD 85–95

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13 verses on the floor

Mark 3:1–4
And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there which had a withered hand.
Matthew 15:30
And great multitudes came unto him, having with them those that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down at Jesus’ feet; and he healed them:
Luke 7:22
Then Jesus answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell John what things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached.
Zechariah 11:17
Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.
Lamentations 3:26
It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord.

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Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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The sermon was Christ's vindication of himself before the sanhedrim, when he was prosecuted as a criminal for healing the man on the sabbath day, in which, 1. He asserts his authority as Messiah, and Mediator between God and man,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

How it was called: It was a pool (a pond or bath), which is called in Hebrew, Bethesda--the house of mercy; for therein appeared much of the mercy of God to the sick and diseased. In a world of so much misery as this is, it is well that there are some Bethesdas--houses of mercy (remedies against those maladies), that the scene is not all melancholy.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

It is possible that diseased persons lay in the porches to ask alms when the people were passing there who were going into the temple to worship; and there, too, it was customary to purchase the beasts which were to be offered in sacrifice. Yet at each feast God cured a certain number, that, in this way, he might recommend the worship prescribed in the Law and the holiness of the temple.

John Calvin· Commentaries, 1554reformed

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JHN 5:3LUK 7:22 ISA 35:5-6
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
JHN 5:3LAM 3:26 PSA 37:7
JHN 5:3LAM 3:26 PSA 37:34
JHN 5:3LAM 3:26 PSA 130:5
JHN 5:3LUK 7:22 ISA 61:1-3
JHN 5:3LAM 3:26 HEB 10:35
JHN 5:3LAM 3:26 GEN 49:18
JHN 5:3LUK 7:22 LUK 4:18

The whole web at once: see the Arc.

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