John 5:2 meaning and explanation
Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool with five covered colonnades, which in Hebrew is called Bethesda.
John 5:2, Berean Standard Bible
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The narrator pauses the healing story to locate it. Near Jerusalem's Sheep Gate, where sacrificial animals were brought, lay a pool called Bethesda, a name meaning house of mercy or house of grace.
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