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John 5:4

For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had.

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This verse is not in the SBL Greek New Testament. The King James follows the Textus Receptus.

ἄγγελοςangelosan angelἄγγελοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “an angel”, the subject formG32a messenger, generally a (supernatural) messenger from God, an angel, conveying news or behests from God to men.This verse uses “an angel”.an angelγὰρgarforγάρconjunction — “for”G1063for.κατὰkataatκατάpreposition — “at”G2596gen: against, down from, throughout, by; acc: over against, among, daily, day-by-day, each day, according to, by way of.atκαιρὸνkairona certain seasonκαιρός (kairos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “a certain season”, the object formG2540fitting season, season, opportunity, occasion, time.a certain seasonκατέβαινενkatebainento comeκαταβαίνω (katabainō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to come”, an ongoing action in the pastG2597I go down, come down, either from the sky or from higher land, descend.ἐνenintoἐνpreposition — “into”G1722in, on, among.intoτῇtētheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, feminine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.κολυμβήθρᾳkolumbēthrapoolκολυμβήθραnoun, dative, singular, feminine — “pool”, the to- or for-formG2861(lit: a diving or swimming place), a pool.the poolκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἐτάρασσεetarassetroubledταράσσω (tarassō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “troubled”, an ongoing action in the pastG5015I disturb, agitate, stir up, trouble.troubledτὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ὕδωρhudōrwaterὕδωρnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “water”, the object formG5204water.the waterὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.οὖνounwhosoever thenοὖνconjunction — “whosoever then”G3767therefore, then.This verse uses “then”.whosoever thenπρῶτοςprōtosfirstπρῶτοςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “first”, the subject formG4413first, before, principal, most important.This verse uses “first”.firstἐμβὰςembasstepped inἐμβαίνω (embainō)verb, second aorist active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “stepped in”, a single actionG1684I step in; I go onboard a ship, embark.stepped inμετὰmetawithμετάpreposition — “with”G3326(a) gen: with, in company with, (b) acc: (1) behind, beyond, after, of place, (2) after, of time, with nouns, neut. of adjectives.This verse uses “with”.τὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ταραχὴνtarachēndisturbanceταραχή (tarachē)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “disturbance”, the object formG5016a disturbance, tumult, sedition, trouble.τοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ὕδατοςhudatoswaterὕδωρ (hudōr)noun, genitive, singular, neuter — “water”, the of-formG5204water.ὑγιὴςhugiēswholeὑγιήςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “whole”, the subject formG5199(a) sound, healthy, pure, whole, (b) wholesome.This verse uses “whole”.wholeἐγίνετοeginetoto beγίνομαι (ginomai)verb, imperfect middle or passive indicative, 3rd person singular — “to be”, an ongoing action in the pastG1096I come into being, am born, become, come about, happen.ᾧhōofὅς (hos)relative pronoun, dative, singular, neuter — “of”, the to- or for-formG3739who, which, what, that.ofδήποτεdēpotewhatsoeverδήποτεparticle — “whatsoever”G1221even at that time, whenever.whatsoeverκατειχετοkateichetohe hadκατέχω (katechō)verb, imperfect passive indicative, 3rd person singular — “he had”, an ongoing action in the pastG2722(a) I hold fast, bind, arrest, (b) I take possession of, lay hold of, (c) I hold back, detain, restrain, (d) I hold a ship, keep its head.he hadνοσήματιnosēmatidiseaseνόσημα (nosēma)noun, dative, singular, neuter — “disease”, the to- or for-formG3553a trouble, disease, sickness.This verse uses “disease”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

for a messenger at a set time was going down in the pool, and was troubling the water, the first then having gone in after the troubling of the water, became whole of whatever sickness he was held.

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Young’s Literal Translation

for a messenger at a set time was going down in the pool, and was troubling the water, the first then having gone in after the troubling of the water, became whole of whatever sickness he was held.

World English Bible

for an angel went down at certain times into the pool and stirred up the water. Whoever stepped in first after the stirring of the water was healed of whatever disease he had.

Darby Translation

For an angel descended at a certain season in the pool and troubled the water. Whoever therefore first went in after the troubling of the water became well, whatever disease he laboured under.]

Douay-Rheims

And an angel of the Lord descended at certain times into the pond; and the water was moved. And he that went down first into the pond after the motion of the water, was made whole, of whatsoever infirmity he lay under.

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