John 5:2 - Compare All Versions

John 5:1-6 MSG (The Message)

Soon another Feast came around and Jesus was back in Jerusalem. Near the Sheep Gate in Jerusalem there was a pool, in Hebrew called Bethesda, with five alcoves. Hundreds of sick people—blind, crippled, paralyzed—were in these alcoves. One man had been an invalid there for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him stretched out by the pool and knew how long he had been there, he said, “Do you want to get well?”

John 5:2 KJV (King James Version)

Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.

John 5:2 NASB1995 (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

Now there is in Jerusalem by the sheep gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew Bethesda, having five porticoes.

John 5:2 NCV (New Century Version)

In Jerusalem there is a pool with five covered porches, which is called Bethesda in the Hebrew language. This pool is near the Sheep Gate.

John 5:2 ASV (American Standard Version)

Now there is in Jerusalem by the sheep gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew Bethesda, having five porches.

John 5:2 NIV (New International Version)

Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool, which in Aramaic is called Bethesda and which is surrounded by five covered colonnades.

John 5:2 NKJV (New King James Version)

Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew, Bethesda, having five porches.

John 5:2 AMP (Amplified Bible)

Now in Jerusalem, near the Sheep Gate, there is a pool, which is called in Hebrew (Jewish Aramaic) Bethesda, having five porticoes (alcoves, colonnades).

John 5:2 NLT (New Living Translation)

Inside the city, near the Sheep Gate, was the pool of Bethesda, with five covered porches.

John 5:2 TPT (The Passion Translation)

Inside the city, near the Sheep Gate, there is a pool called in Aramaic, The House of Loving Kindness, surrounded by five covered porches.

John 5:2 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)

Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, in Aramaic called Bethesda, which has five roofed colonnades.