João 5

1 After this there was a Jewish festival, so Jesus went to Jerusalem. 2 Now near the Sheep Gate in Jerusalem is a pool called Bethzatha in Hebrew, with five porches beside it. 3 Crowds of sick people were lying in these porches—those who were blind, lame, or paralyzed. 4 *5:4. This text is not in the earliest manuscripts and appears to have been added to explain verse 7. It is added here for information: "There they waited for the water to move, for an angel of the Lord would come down to the pool every so often and stir the water. Whoever got into the pool first after the water was stirred was healed of whatever disease they had." It seems that this idea was what was believed by some at the time.5 One man who was there had been sick for thirty-eight years. Jesus looked at him, knowing he had been lying there for a long time, and asked him, 6 "Do you want to be healed?"

7 "Sir," the sick man answered, "I don’t have anyone to help me get into the pool when the water is stirred. While I’m trying to get there, someone always gets in before me."

8 "Stand up, pick up your mat, and start walking!" Jesus told him. 9 Immediately the man was healed. He picked up his mat and started walking.

Now the day that this happened was the Sabbath.