Pool of Bethesda
High confidence~100 m
- Modern identification
- Bethesda pools archaeological complex · Jerusalem Old City
- Coordinates
- 31.7815, 35.2367
The excavated pool complex near St Anne is widely identified with Bethesda.
What happened at Pool of Bethesda
- At a feast in Jerusalem (possibly the Passover) Jesus heals a lame man on the Sabbath and defends this action to the Pharisees in a great discourse
John 5:1-47
The excavated pool complex near St Anne is widely identified with Bethesda.