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John 5:3-5
Good News Translation
John 5:3-5
Good News Translation
3 A large crowd of sick people were lying on the porches—the blind, the lame, and the paralyzed. 4 [a] 5 A man was there who had been sick for thirty-eight years.
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- John 5:4 Some manuscripts add verses 3b-4: They were waiting for the water to move, because every now and then an angel of the Lord went down into the pool and stirred up the water. The first sick person to go into the pool after the water was stirred up was healed from whatever disease he had.
John 5:3-5
New International Version
John 5:3-5
New International Version
3 Here a great number of disabled people used to lie—the blind, the lame, the paralyzed. [4] [a] 5 One who was there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years.
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- John 5:4 Some manuscripts include here, wholly or in part, paralyzed—and they waited for the moving of the waters. 4 From time to time an angel of the Lord would come down and stir up the waters. The first one into the pool after each such disturbance would be cured of whatever disease they had.
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