John 5:3 — Bible Verse (KJV)

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

John 5:3 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

John 5:3 in 6 Bible Translations

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John 5:3 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“In these lay a great multitude of those who were sick, blind, lame, or paralyzed, waiting for the moving of the water;”

John 5:3 — World English Bible

John 5:3 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

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

John 5:3 — American Standard Version

John 5:3 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

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

John 5:3 — Young's Literal Translation

John 5:3 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

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

John 5:3 — Darby Translation

John 5:3 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“In the which lay a great multitude of sicke folke, of blinde, halte, and withered, wayting for the mouing of the water.”

John 5:3 — Geneva Bible

John 5:3 in Context — John 5

1 After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

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

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

4 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.

5 And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years.

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What Does John 5:3 Mean?

John 5:3 is a verse from the Book of John, part of the New Testament. It appears in John chapter 5. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Greek.

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