Chapter 12—Jesus at Bethesda “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. 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.” {2SP 156.3}

"Derefter indtraf en af jødernes højtider, og Jesus drog op til Jerusalem. Der ligger I Jerusalem ved Fåreporten en dam, som på hebraisk hedder Bethesda. Ved den findes der fem søjlegange, hvor der lå en mængde syge mennesker, blinde, lamme, visne, som ventede på (157) at vandet skulle komme i bevægelse. Thi på visse tider fo'r en Herrens engel ned i dammen og bragte vandet i oprør. Den, som da, efter at vandet var kommet i oprør, først steg ned deri, blev rask, hvilken sygdom han end led af." Joh 5,1-4