"After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem." — John 5:1

John 5:1 · KJV

“After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.”

— John 5:1

Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep {market} a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches. {market: or, gate}

John 5 — Context

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. {market: or, gate}

In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water.

Cross References

Deuteronomy 16:16

Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the LORD empty:

Exodus 23:14-17

Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year.

Leviticus 23:2-4

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, {Concerning} the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim {to be} holy convocations, {even} these {are} my feasts.

Exodus 34:23

Thrice in the year shall all your men children appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel.

John 2:13

And the Jews' passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem,

Galatians 4:4

But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,

Matthew 3:15

And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer {it to be so} now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him.