Bethesda in Biblical History

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What is Bethesda?
BETHES'DA
(house of mercy, or flowing water), a pool in Jerusalem near the sheep-gate or market, John 5:2-9; tradition identifies it with the modern pool Birket-Israel, 360 feet long, 120 feet wide, and 80 feet deep, half filled with rubbish. Capt. Warren found an aqueduct leading from it, probably into the Kedron. Robinson, with more probability, regards Bethesda as identical with the intermittent Pool of the Virgin, outside of the city, above the Pool of Siloam.

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Schaff, Philip, Dr. "Biblical Definition for 'bethesda' in Schaffs Bible Dictionary".
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