There is (εστιν). Bengel argues that this proves a date before the destruction of Jerusalem, but it is probably only John's vivid …

The sheep-market. This might have been translated as the sheep-gate, or the gate through which the sheep were taken into the city…

Now there is at Jerusalem.—We have no certain knowledge of the time referred to in the last verse, nor of the place refer…

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…

St. Augustine of Hippo: After the miracle in Galilee, Jesus returned to Jerusalem: After this there was a feast of the Jews,…

Excavations have located this pool in the northwest corner of old Jerusalem. It was surrounded by a colonnade on all four sides and down the middle…

There was in Jerusalem, at the sheep-market, a pool. The circumstance of the place is added, from which we learn that the miracle was not …

Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep [market]
The word "market" is not in the text, and of such a market, no accou…

We are all by nature impotent people in spiritual things: blind, lame, and withered. However, full provision is made for our cure, if we pay attent…

John 5:8: Jesus said to him, “Arise, take up your bed and walk.” [n. 716]