Pool of Bethesda

The Pool of Bethesda is referred to in John's Gospel in the Christian New Testament, in an account of Jesus healing a paralyzed man at a pool of water in , described as being near the Sheep Gate and surrounded by five covered colonnades or porticoes.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: reservoir in Jerusalem
  • Also known as: “Bethesda Pool”
  • Wheelchair access: limited

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Dome of the Rock and Saint Anne Church.

Place of worship
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The is an octagonal Islamic shrine at the center of the Al-Aqsa mosque compound on the in the . It is the world's oldest surviving work of Islamic architecture, the earliest archaeologically-attested religious structure to be built by a Muslim ruler and contains the earliest inscriptions proclaiming Islam and the prophet Muhammad. is situated 390 metres south of Pool of Bethesda.

Church
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The Church of Saint Anne is a French Catholic church and part of the French national domain in the Holy Land located in the of the Old City of , near the start of the Via Dolorosa, next to the .

Mosque
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The Aqsa Mosque, also known as the Qibli Mosque or Qibli Chapel, is the main congregational mosque or in the compound in the Old City of . is situated 590 metres south of Pool of Bethesda.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include East Jerusalem and Muslim Quarter.

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is the part of Jerusalem that belongs to the Palestinian territories. The walled is formally part of it, but is discussed in its own article.

Neighborhood
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The is one of the four sectors of the ancient, walled . It covers 31 hectares of the northeastern sector of the Old City.

Locality
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is a garden as well as a courtyard at the foot of the in , where, according to the four Gospels of the New Testament, Jesus Christ underwent the Agony in the Garden and was arrested before his crucifixion.

Pool of Bethesda

Latitude
31.78147° or 31° 46′ 53″ north
Longitude
35.23599° or 35° 14′ 10″ east
Open location code
8G3QQ6JP+H9
Open­Street­Map ID
way 126864878
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­limited
Wiki­data ID
Q831297
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wolof—“Pool of Bethesda” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بركة بيت حسدا”
  • Basque: “Betzatako urmaela”
  • Breton: “Poull Betesda”
  • Bulgarian: “Витезда”
  • Catalan: “Betzatà”
  • Chinese: “毕士大池”
  • Chinese: “畢士大池”
  • Czech: “Bethesda”
  • Dutch: “Baden van Bethesda”
  • Dutch: “Pool of Bethesda”
  • Esperanto: “lageto Betesda”
  • Esperanto: “Lageto Betesda”
  • Finnish: “Betesda”
  • Finnish: “Betesdan allas”
  • French: “piscine de Bethesda”
  • French: “Piscine de bethesda”
  • French: “Piscine de Bethesda”
  • German: “Betesda”
  • German: “Bethesda”
  • German: “Teich Betesda”
  • German: “Teich Bethesda”
  • Greek: “Βηθεσδά”
  • Hebrew: “בית חסדא”
  • Hebrew: “בריכות בית חסדא”
  • Hebrew: “בריכות הצאן”
  • Hebrew: “בריכת בית חסדא”
  • Hebrew: “בריכת הצאן”
  • Hungarian: “Bethesda fürdő”
  • Hungarian: “Bethesda”
  • Indonesian: “Betesda”
  • Italian: “Piscina di Betesda”
  • Italian: “piscina di Betzaeta”
  • Italian: “Piscina di Betzaeta”
  • Italian: “Piscina probatica”
  • Italian: “Piscina Probatica”
  • Japanese: “ベセスダのプール”
  • Japanese: “ベトザタの池”
  • Korean: “베데스다 못”
  • Korean: “베데스다 연못”
  • Korean: “베데스다못”
  • Korean: “벳자타 못”
  • Korean: “벳자타 연못”
  • Macedonian: “Бетезда”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Betesda”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Betesda”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Betesdadammen”
  • Persian: “تالاب بیت حسدا”
  • Polish: “Sadzawka Owcza”
  • Portuguese: “Piscina de Betesda”
  • Portuguese: “Piscina de bethesda”
  • Portuguese: “Piscina de Bethesda”
  • Portuguese: “Reservatório de betsata”
  • Portuguese: “Reservatório de Betsata”
  • Portuguese: “Tanque de betesda”
  • Portuguese: “Tanque de Betesda”
  • Romanian: “Scăldătoarea Betezda”
  • Russian: “Вифезда”
  • Russian: “Исцеление расслабленного при овчей купели”
  • Russian: “Овечья купель”
  • Serbian: “Витезда”
  • Spanish: “Estanque de Betesda”
  • Spanish: “Estanque de Bethesda”
  • Spanish: “Estanque de Betzatá”
  • Spanish: “Piscina de Bethesda”
  • Swedish: “Betesda”
  • Tamil: “பெத்சதாக் குளம்”
  • Turkish: “Beytesta Havuzu”
  • Ukrainian: “Бетезда”
  • Ukrainian: “Віфезда”
  • Urdu: “حوض بیت حسدا”
  • Welsh: “Llyn Bethesda”
  • Wolof: “Betesda”

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