The meaning of "Bethesda" is "House of Mercy" or "House of Loving-kindness."
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'''1''' After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
'''1''' After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
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'''2''' Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep ''market'' a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.
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'''2''' Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep ''market'' a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda<ref>The meaning of "Bethesda" is "House of Mercy" or "House of Loving-kindness."</ref>, having five porches.
'''3''' In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water.
'''3''' In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water.