John 5:3
In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water.
KJV
ἐν ταύταις κατέκειτο πλῆθος τῶν ἀσθενούντων, τυφλῶν, χωλῶν, ξηρῶν.
Greek NT
In his jacebat multitudo magna languentium, cæcorum, claudorum, aridorum, exspectantium aquæ motum.
Vulgate
In these lay a multitude of them that were sick, blind, halt, withered.
ASV
In these lay a great multitude of sick, of blind, of lame, of withered: waiting for the moving of the water.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
9 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
κατάκειμαι
katakeimai
verb · 12×
ξηρός
xeros
adjective · 8×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
πλῆθος
plethos
noun · 32×
τυφλός
tuphlos
adjective · 50×
χωλός
cholos
adjective · 14×
ἀσθενέω
astheneo
verb · 34×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Textual variants
2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
notable
SBLGNT: πλῆθος | WH/Treg/NIV: πλῆθος | RP: + πολὺ
- πλῆθος — SBLGNT
- πλῆθος — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- + πολὺ — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
notable
SBLGNT: ξηρῶν | WH/Treg/NIV: ξηρῶν | RP: + ἐκδεχομένων τὴν τοῦ ὕδατος κίνησιν. 4 ἄγγελος γὰρ κατὰ καιρὸν κατέβαινεν ἐν τῇ κολυμβήθρᾳ, καὶ ἐτάρασσεν τὸ ὕδωρ· ὁ οὖν πρῶτος ἐμβὰς μετὰ τὴν ταραχὴν τοῦ ὕδατος, ὑγιὴς ἐγίνετο, ᾧ δήποτε κατείχετο νοσήματι.
- ξηρῶν — SBLGNT
- ξηρῶν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- + ἐκδεχομένων τὴν τοῦ ὕδατος κίνησιν. 4 ἄγγελος γὰρ κατὰ καιρὸν κατέβαινεν ἐν τῇ κολυμβήθρᾳ, καὶ ἐτάρασσεν τὸ ὕδωρ· ὁ οὖν πρῶτος ἐμβὰς μετὰ τὴν ταραχὴν τοῦ ὕδατος, ὑγιὴς ἐγίνετο, ᾧ δήποτε κατείχετο νοσήματι. — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Acts 14:8 — And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a cripple from his mother’s womb, who never had walked:
- Lam 3:26 — It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
- Luke 6:6 — And it came to pass also on another sabbath, that he entered into the synagogue and taught: and there was a man whose right hand was withered.
- Luke 7:22 — Then Jesus answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell John what things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised,
- Mark 3:1 — And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there which had a withered hand.
- Matt 12:10 — And, behold, there was a man which had his hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days? that they might accuse him.
- Matt 15:30 — And great multitudes came unto him, having with them those that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down at Jesus’ feet; and he healed them:
- Zech 11:17 — Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.