John 5:2

Isaiah 22:11; Isaiah 22:9; Nehemiah 12:39; Nehemiah 3:1

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The sheep-market - This might have been rendered the “sheep-gate,” or the gate through which the sheep were taken into the city for sacrifice. Th...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(1) Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep [market] a (a) pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue (b) Bethesda, having five porches. (1) There is...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

John 5:1-9 a . The Pool of Bethzatha. If in John 5:1 we read the feast, Tabernacles is probably meant ( cf. John 7:2 ). The true text, howev...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

at . in. Greek. en. App-104. by . upon, or at. Greek. epi. App-104. market, or gate . Compare Nehemiah 3:1 ; Nehemiah 3:32 ; Nehemiah 12...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

2. There was in Jerusalem, at the sheep-market, a pool. The circumstance of the place is added, from which we learn that the miracle was not...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches. There Is - This is though...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Now there is at Jerusalem, &c.— Some are of opinion from this passage, that Jerusalem was standing when St. John wrote his gospel; but others,...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches. Now there is at Jer...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Bethesda. Christ and the Sabbath 1-47. A miracle at the Pool of Bethesda on the Sabbath Day, and a controversy arising therefrom. This miracle may...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Sheep market ] RV 'sheep gate': cp. Nehemiah 3:1 ; Nehemiah 12:39 . Bethesda ] i.e. 'house of mercy,' or, possibly, 'house of the stream,' is...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Now there is at Jerusalem. — We have no certain knowledge of the time referred to in the last, nor of the place referred to in this, verse. For “sh...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 12 SABBATH CURE AT BETHESDA. “After these things there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now there is in Jerusalem...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Weakness Made Strength John 5:1-9 An interval of some months lies between the previous chapter and this, in which many of the incidents of our...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

It was at this time that the conflict between Christ and His enemies, which culminated in His Cross began. A miracle wrought on the Sabbath gave rise...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep [market] ,.... The word "market" is not in the text, and of such a market, no account is given in the Scriptu...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches. Ver. 2. Having five p...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Now there is at Jerusalem The Syriac seems to have read, ην, there was , as it is rendered in that version in the past time. Cyril, Chrysostom, an...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

AGAIN IN JERUSALEM: THE POOL OF BETHESDA (vs.1-15) Once more we find the Lord Jesus visiting Jerusalem, and as in Chapter 2:13 the feast is calle...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Cure at the Pool of Bethesda. 1 After this there was a feast of the Jews; and...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

OLBGrk; We read in Scripture of the sheep gate in Jerusalem, Nehemiah 3:1 . There was also a market for sheep and other cattle, Deuteronomy 1...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Healing of the Disabled Man at the Pool ( John 5:1-18 ). When John recounts an incident in the life of Jesus we must always ask what it is int...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘Now there is in Jerusalem, near the Sheep Gate, a pool which in Hebrew is called Bethesda' (or Bethzatha or Bethsaida or, less likely, Belzetha - th...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES “Up to the present time our Lord has offered Himself to typical representatives of the whole Jewish race at Jerusal...
Scofield Reference Notes

market a pool Or, gate, ( Nehemiah 3:1 ); ( Nehemiah 12:39 ).
Sermon Bible Commentary

John 5:2-3 Scripture a Record of Human Sorrow I. There lay about the Pool of Bethesda a great multitude of impotent folk of blind, halt, and with...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

John 5:1-9 . After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

John 5:1 . After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. For he had respect to the Law. As long as the Law lasted, Ch...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

John 5:2 . Now there is at Jerusalem a pool, called Bethesda, which signifies a house of mercy, beneficence, or alms. The pool was situate at too...
The Biblical Illustrator

After this there was a feast of the Jews The Pool of Bethesda, a type of favoured localities in a religious community in which the highest miracu...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Here commences the second division of the Gospel ( John 5:1 ) II. THE CONFLICT WITH THE CHOSEN PEOPLE IN JERUSALEM...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Sick Man of Bethesda. The health-giving waters:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep-market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.
Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Man Made Whole John 5:1-10 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Every footstep of the Lord Jesus Christ was one of mercy and of grace. The beautiful thing a...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

There is in Jerusalem — Hence it appears, that St. John wrote his Gospel before Jerusalem was destroyed: it is supposed about thirty years after th...

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

Related Commentaries of John 5:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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