King James Version
John 5:3 in the King James Version says “In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water.” — study this verse from John chapter 5 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water.”
John 5:3 · KJV
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 is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches. market: or, gate
In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water.
For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had.
And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“lay”
G2621to lie down, i.e., (by implication) be sick; specially, to recline at a meal
“a great”
G4183(singular) much (in any respect) or (plural) many; neuter (singular) as adverbial, largely; neuter (plural) as adverb or noun often, mostly, largely
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