1 After this there was a Jewish festival, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
2 In Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate in the north city wall is a pool with the Aramaic name Bethsaida. It had five covered porches,
3 and a crowd of people who were sick, blind, lame, and paralyzed sat there.
5 A certain man was there who had been sick for thirty-eight years.
6 When Jesus saw him lying there, knowing that he had already been there a long time, he asked him, "Do you want to get well?"