Now in Jerusalem, by (A)the Sheep Gate, there is a pool which (B)in [a]Hebrew is called [b]Bethesda, having five [c]porticoes.

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  1. John 5:2 I.e., Jewish Aramaic
  2. John 5:2 Some early mss Bethsaida or Bethzatha
  3. John 5:2 Or colonnades (with roofs)

Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate(A) a pool, which in Aramaic(B) is called Bethesda[a] and which is surrounded by five covered colonnades.

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  1. John 5:2 Some manuscripts Bethzatha; other manuscripts Bethsaida

19 And it became known to all the residents of Jerusalem; as a result that field was called Hakeldama in (A)their own language, that is, Field of Blood.)

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19 Everyone in Jerusalem heard about this, so they called that field in their language(A) Akeldama, that is, Field of Blood.)

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And when they heard that he was addressing them in the [a](A)Hebrew dialect, they became even more quiet; and he *said,

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  1. Acts 22:2 I.e., Jewish Aramaic

When they heard him speak to them in Aramaic,(A) they became very quiet.

Then Paul said:

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14 And when we had (A)all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in the [a](B)Hebrew dialect, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me? [b]It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’

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  1. Acts 26:14 I.e., Jewish Aramaic
  2. Acts 26:14 An idiom referring to an animal’s futile resistance to being prodded with a spiked stick

14 We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice(A) saying to me in Aramaic,[a](B) ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’

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  1. Acts 26:14 Or Hebrew