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Ἄγγελος γὰρ κατὰ καιρὸν κατέβαινεν ἐν τῇ κολυμβήθρᾳ, καὶ ἐταράσσετο τὸ ὕδωρ· ὁ οὖν πρῶτος ἐμβὰς μετὰ τὴν ταραχὴν τοῦ ὕδατος ὑγιὴς ἐγίνετο ᾧ δήποτε κατείχετο νοσήματι. (John 5:4)

For an angel would come down at a certain time into the pool, and the water would be stirred. Then the first who stepped in after the stirring of the water would become healthy, whatever disease he was held by.

A Verse in Question

John 5:4, though absent from the earliest manuscripts, reflects a well-known tradition about the pool of Bethesda: an angel would periodically descend, stir the waters, and the first person to enter would be healed.… Learn Koine Greek