Pool of Bethesda

The Pool of Bethesda in First Century Jerusalem

The Pool of the Sheepmarket was just below the Fortress of Antonia. BETHES'DA (beth-ez'da; Gk. from Aram. Beth hesda, "house of grace"). A spring-fed pool with five porches where invalids waited their turn to step into the mysteriously troubled waters that were supposed to possess healing virtue (John 5:2-4). The last part of v. 3 and all of v....

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