John 5:2

Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches. NOW THERE IS AT JERUSALEM, BY THE SHEEP [MARKET]. The supplement here is an unhappy one, as no such market-place is known. But as the sheep gate is mentioned in Nehemiah 3:1; Nehemiah 3:32, and is familiar in the Jewish references to the temple, no doubt the supplement ought to be, as in the margin, "by the sheep [gate]." A POOL, WHICH IS CALLED IN THE HEBREW TONGUE BETHESDA, [ beeyt (H1004) chacdaa' (H2617)] - that is, 'Mercy-house;' doubtless from the cures performed...

2._There was in Jerusalem, at the sheep-market, a pool. _The circumstance of the place is added, from which we learn that the miracle was not concealed or known to a few persons only; for the _five porches _show that the place was celebrated for the great number of persons who resorted to it, and this was also implied in its vicinity to the temple. Besides, the Evangelist expressly says that _many diseased persons lay there _With respect to the meaning of the name, the learned justly reject the fanciful opinion of Jerome, who, instead of _Bethesda, _makes it _Betheder_, and interprets it to mean _the house of the flock_; for here mention is made _of a pool, _which was _near the sheep-market _Those who read it _Bethesda, _as meaning _a place of fishing_, have no reason on their side. There is greater probability in the opinion of those who explain it to be _a place of pouring out_; for th...

1-9 We are all by nature impotent folk in spiritual things, blind, halt, and withered; but full provision is made for our cure, if we attend to it. An angel went down, and troubled the water; and what disease soever it was, this water cured it, but only he that first stepped in had benefit. This teaches us to be careful, that we let not a season slip which may never return. The man had lost the use of his limbs thirty-eight years. Shall we, who perhaps for many years have scarcely known what it has been to be a day sick, complain of one wearisome night, when many others, better than we, have scarcely known what it has been to be a day well? Christ singled this one out from the rest. Those long in affliction, may comfort themselves that God keeps account how long. Observe, this man speaks of the unkindness of those about him, without any peevish reflections. As we should be thankful, so...

Verse John 5:2. _THERE IS_] This is thought by some to be a proof that John wrote his Gospel _before_ the destruction of Jerusalem; and that the pool and its porticoes were still remaining. Though there can be little doubt that Jerusalem was destroyed many years before John wrote, yet this does not necessarily imply that the pool and its porticoes must have been destroyed too. It, or something in its place, is shown to travellers to the present day. See Maundrell's Jour. p. 108. But instead of εστι, IS, both the _Syriac_, all the _Arabic, Persic, Armenian_, and _Nonnus_, read ην, WAS; which is to me some proof that it did not exist when these versions were made, and that the pool which is shown now is not the original. _BY THE SHEEP MARKET_] Rather, _gate_: see Ne

THE SHEEP-MARKET - This might have been rendered the “sheep-gate,” or the gate through which the sheep were taken into the city for sacrifice. The marginal rendering is “gate,” and the word “market” is not in the original, nor is a “sheep-market” mentioned in the Scriptures or in any of the Jewish writings. A “sheep-gate” is repeatedly mentioned by Nehemiah Nehemiah 3:1, Nehemiah 3:32; Nehemiah 12:39, being that by which sheep and oxen were brought into the city. As these were brought mainly for sacrifice, the gate was doubtless near the temple, and near the present place which is shown as the pool of Bethesda. A POOL - This word may either mean a

EXPOSITION Here commences the second division of the Gospel (John 5:1) II. THE CONFLICT WITH THE CHOSEN PEOPLE IN JERUSALEM, GALILEE, AND JERUSALEM, TO THE DEATH SENTENCE RECORDED BY THE SANHEDRIN. JOHN 5:1 1. _Christ proved, by signs and wonders and testimonies, to be Source of life._ JOHN 5:1 (1)

NOW THERE IS AT JERUSALEM BY THE SHEEP [MARKET],.... The word "market" is not in the text, and of such a market, no account is given in the Scripture, nor in the Jewish writings; and besides, in our Lord's time, sheep and oxen were sold in the temple; rather therefore this signifies, the sheep gate, of which mention is made, in Ne 3:1, through which the sheep were brought into the city, to the temple. A POOL. The Vulgate Latin and Ethiopic versions read, "there is at Jerusalem a sheep pool"; and so it is interpreted in the Arabic version, and Jerom calls it the "cattle pool" f. The Targumist on Jeremiah 31:39 speaks of a pool called בריכה עגלה, "the calf", or "heifer pool", as Dr. Lightfoot renders it; though the translations of it, both in the London Polyglott, and in the king of Spain's Bible, interpret it "the ro

John 5:1. After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches. In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water. For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had. And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years. When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he saith unto him, Wilt thou be made whole? The impotent man answered him, Sir, have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me. Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take...

MARKET A POOL Or, gate, (Nehemiah 3:1); (Nehemiah 12:39)....

JOHN 5:2 Bhqzaqa, {C} Of the several variant readings, Bhqsai?da, has strong attestation but is suspect as an assimilation to the town of Bethsaida on the Sea of Galilee, mentioned in John 1:44. Bhqesda,, though widely supported, is also suspect as a scribal alteration originally introduced because of its edifying etymology (aD"s.x, tyBe, “House of [Divine] Mercy”)· In the opinion of a majority of the Committee the least unsatisfactory reading appears to be Bhqzaqa, (a 33 Eusebius), of which Bhzaqa, (L ite) and perhaps Belzeqa,...