NET Bible
"Now a man was there who had been disabled for thirty-eight years."
— John 5:5, NET Bible
“And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years.”
“And a certain man was there, who had been thirty and eight years in his infirmity. ”
“A certain man was there, who had been sick for thirty-eight years.”
“And there was a certain man there that had been eight and thirty years under his infirmity.”
“One man was there who had been ill for thirty-eight years.”
“And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years.”
Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool called Bethzatha in Aramaic, which has five covered walkways.
A great number of sick, blind, lame, and paralyzed people were lying in these walkways.
Now a man was there who had been disabled for thirty-eight years.
When Jesus saw him lying there and when he realized that the man had been disabled a long time already, he said to him,“Do you want to become well?”
The sick man answered him,“Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up. While I am trying to get into the water, someone else goes down there before me.”
Jesus said to him,“Stand up! Pick up your mat and walk.”