John

John 5:3–5

³On these walkways^c lay a great number of the sick, the blind, the lame, and the paralyzed.^d

⁵One man there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years.

Footnotes

c 5:3 Literally In these
d 5:3 NE, BYZ, and TR include awaiting the moving of the waters. ⁴For from time to time an angel descended into the pool and stirred the water. As soon as it was stirred, the first to enter the pool would be healed of his disease.

Word by word

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English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
On	ἐν	en	Preposition	G1722 in, on, among
these	ταύταις	tautais	Demonstrative Pronoun - Dative Feminine Plural	G3778 this, he, she, it
lay	κατέκειτο	katekeito	Verb - Imperfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular	G2621 I recline, am lying ill
a great number	πλῆθος	plēthos	Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular	G4128 a multitude
of the	τῶν	tōn	Article - Genitive Masculine Plural	G3588 the
sick	ἀσθενούντων	asthenountōn	Verb - Present Participle Active - Genitive Masculine Plural	G770 I am weak, sick
blind	τυφλῶν	typhlōn	Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural	G5185 blind
lame	χωλῶν	chōlōn	Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural	G5560 lame, deprived of a foot
paralyzed	ξηρῶν	xērōn	Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural	G3584 dry, withered, dry land

English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
One	τις	tis	Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular	G5100 any one, some one
man	ἄνθρωπος	anthrōpos	Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular	G444 a man, one of the human race
there	ἐκεῖ	ekei	Adverb	G1563 there, yonder, thither
had been	ἔχων	echōn	Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular	G2192 I have, hold, possess
invalid	ἀσθενείᾳ	astheneia	Noun - Dative Feminine Singular	G769 want of strength, weakness, illness
thirty-eight	τριάκοντα	triakonta	Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural	G5144 thirty
years	ἔτη	etē	Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural	G2094 a year

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

John 5:3 Mark 3:1–4 · Luke 7:22 · Matthew 15:30 · Zechariah 11:17 · Lamentations 3:26

John 5:5 Acts 3:2 · Luke 8:43 · Mark 9:21 · Luke 13:16 · Acts 14:8 · John 9:1 · Acts 9:33 · John 5:14 · Acts 4:22 · John 9:21

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.