Scripture: John 5:1–9
Near the Sheep Gate, Jesus heals a paralyzed man at a pool called Bethesda, 'which has five porticoes'.
Excavations beside the Church of St. Anne in Jerusalem, from the late 19th century and again in the 1950s–60s, revealed two large pools separated by a central wall: colonnades on four sides plus one across the middle would make five. The site later held a Roman healing sanctuary.
Pool of Bethesda, JerusalemView on OpenStreetMap
